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View of the Naval Yard, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1796
Date:1796Reference:R9266Type of material:ArtFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:2838149Date(s):1796Bilingual equivalent:Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:1 watercolour / aquarelle : Watercolour on wove paper
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Image 20.100 x 27.200 cm
Secondary support 34.000 x 40.400 cmScope and content:Work is a depiction of the naval yard in Halifax. Four ships are visible in the water; two have their sails unfurled, one is furled and the fourth is without sails. On the shore are several architectural structures and a Union Jack is flying on the shoreline. In the distance is a hill on which are visible several more architectural structures on the crest., This watercolour may be either the basis for, or a copy after, the etching "Commissioners House, in the Naval Yard, Halifax" from The Naval Chronicle, 1804, pl. I, facing page 141. See Coverdale 1983, p. 194 for a reference to this watercolour., Watercolour has variations from print. The figures in the boats are more defined and naive in the watercolour. The work looks later than the 18th century., Item is taped to a window mat. On the recto of the mat, across b. it reads CAPTAIN GEORGE TOBIN / NAVAL YARD NOVA SCOTIAAdditional name(s):Additional information:Alpha-numeric note:Sotheby's inventory no. W402Availability of other formats note:Colour transparency availableExhibitions 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: in ink, verso, b,: View of Halifax Naval yard && - from the South; in ink, verso, t.: halifax Naval Yard from the harbour at... [crossed out]; in pencil, verso, b.: To finish the ship &.../1796; in brush and ink over pencil, recto, l.r.: G Tobin 1796Subject heading:Source:PrivateOther accession no.:00393 -
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No restriction on access or on use for publication or reproduction.Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 393[Consultation Open]Copy negative [00393] C-150490[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-393 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
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