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Esquimaux Indians of the Coast of Labrador, Communicated by a Moravian Missionary

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Date:

1812

Reference:

R13133-199-1-E, Volume number: 12

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

2837882

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Esquimaux Indians of the Coast of Labrador, Communicated by a Moravian Missionary
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Date(s):

1812

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Place:

London:

Place of creation:

United Kingdom

Publisher:

G. Jones,

Extent:

1 print / estampe : hand-coloured engraving ; 24 x 19.2 cm (plate mark).
Support 17.800 x 15.200 cm

Language of material:

English

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Hand-coloured image depicting an Eskimo man and woman standing in a landscape, dressed in native costume and likely in the midst of hunting. The man carries a spear and a bow and arrow, while the woman carries fish and has a child in her boot and in her hood.

Drawn by Garret, engraved by Chapman, published by G. Jones
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Artist: Garret active late 18th-early 19th century

Engraver: Chapman active early 19th century
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General note:

Copy negative number: C-025700

Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency available

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: Out there is Somewhere: The Arctic in Pictures. Curators: Casandra Getty & Peter White, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario; 2002.03.22-2002.05.27
Further Venue: Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta; 2002.09.06-2002.11.03, Exhibition Title: The Light that Fills the World. Curator: René Picard, Canadian Embassy Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.; 1989.09.19-1990.01.15

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Recto, u.c.: LABRADOR. ; l.l.: Garret del. ; l.r.: Chapman sc. ; l.c.: Esquimaux Indians of the Coast of LABRADOR. / Communicated by a Moravian Missionary. / London, Published as the Act Directs October 17, 1812 by G. Jones.
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Portraits

SUBJ - NATIVES, CULTURE - ACTIVITIES, FISHING

SUBJ - NATIVES, INUIT - COSTUMES

Children

SUBJ. - Natives, Culture : Activities - Hunting
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Volume [R13133]

[Consultation 90 Open]

12 Item no. assigned by LAC 189

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, acc. no. R13133-189
Copyright: Expired

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