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Lower Water Street Halifax seen from the gate of the main Guard House

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Date:

June 1823

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

2838105

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Lower Water Street Halifax seen from the gate of the main Guard House
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Date(s):

June 1823

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 watercolour / aquarelle : watercolour over graphite on wove paper laid down on grey backing
Support 25.000 x 35.500 cm
Secondary support 29.700 x 42.200 cm

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Subject depicts a cityscape view of a road lined with buildings. On the left hand side of the raod there is a building with a horse in front of it; this building has a sign that reads "LOWER / WATER / Street" The red brick building next to it has three signs on it. The sign on the left is "BULGER"; the middle signed reads "HIGGINS SC / BROWNE" and the sign on the right reads "ROSE". There are several other buildings along the left hand side of the street, but the signs are not legible., On the right side of the street there are three soldiers and a puppy; they stand on a sidewalk where the main street is intersected by another. On the far corner there is a building with a sign "MUIRHEAD / SPIRITOUS / LIQUORS" /. Buildings line the streetscape.

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Artist: Chichester, Charles, Sir, 1795-1847

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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. W161

Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency available

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: The Peter Winkworth Collections of Canadiana: Rocky Shores and Stormy Seas- The Atlantic Region. Curator: Jim Burant, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 2006.03.05-04.22.2007.

Further Venue: Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; 2006.03.05-2006.05.14.

Further Venue: The Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick; 2006.06.16-2006.09.03.

Further Venue: The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John's Newfoundland; 2007.02.02-2007.04.22.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: verso, u.c.: Lower Water St Halifax N.S. from gate of Main Guard; and below this, a listing: house with wood round chimney Mrs. Moffats / with circular sign the Mermaid / beyond Mermaid Handlys store / then Michael Bennetts / Leslie bootmaker / Robinsons hat store; and l.r. verso: Halifax begun June 1823 finished March 1823 [should be 1824?] / C. Chichester / Lt. 60ret
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Nova Scotia

cityscape
Source:

Private

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00094
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
No restriction on access or on use for publication or reproduction.

Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 94

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [00094] C-150424

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-94 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
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Date modified:: 2024-07-04