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Louis-Christophe-Hilarion Fromenteau

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Date:

1800

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Box number: MIN-084

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

2837552

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Louis-Christophe-Hilarion Fromenteau

Portrait of Louis-Christophe-Hilarion Fromenteau
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Date(s):

1800

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 painting : watercolour on paper ; 7.200 x 9.100 cm.
Support 9.100 x 7.200 cm
Locket / case 10.200 x 8.300 cm

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Fromenteau (1749-1816) was a comissary of stores in the British Army, and was captured along with General Burgoyne by the Armerican forces at Saratoga in 1777. He was held prisoner for four years. He was named Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Gaspé from 1792 to 1795. From 1796 to 1802 he was Quarter-Master for the 1st Battalion of the Royal Canadian Volunteers. From 1812 to 1814 he was Pay-Master for the 4th, 8th and 1st Battalion of Trois-Rivières.
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Artist: Unknown artist 283, flourished 1800

Depicted: Fromenteau, Louis-Christophe-Hilarion, 1749-1816

Fromenteau, Louis-Christophe-Hilarion, 1749-1816
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Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency available

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition title: Small Wonders: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures; Exhibition of Reproductions. Curators: Martha Marleau, National Archives of Canada, cat. no.: 6a. Further venue: National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario: 1995.02.13-1995.06.26.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: Inscribed in brushpoint and brown oil [?] paint, recto on medallion on belt: R./C.V./[1] .B [illegible]; in pen and brown ink, verso on glued paper entirely covering wood mount: [L]ouis Christophe/[Hil]arion Fro[men]teau/[né] a Queb[ec]...de /[déc]emb[re] 1[749] peint/[à] 51 an[s] avant.../comm[^re.] L[^t.]...de .../Juge de paix F...Plaid/Commun [à] Gas[pé], et/...1[^er.] Bat.../R...V[^re.] Canadians ([taken from accession file])

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C-125656 : recto support resting on backing piece
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Portraits

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Jewelry
Source:

Private

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1985-211 PIC
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Physical access through an art archivist. No restrictions on use for reproduction or publication

Box [1985-211]

[Consultation 90 Open]

MIN-084 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1985-211]

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C-125656 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1985-211-1
Copyright: Expired

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