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Near Sherbrooke

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Date:

ca. 1847-1852

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2838339

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Near Sherbrooke
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

ca. 1847-1852

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 watercolour / aquarelle : watercolour, gouache and scratching out on wove paper laid down
Support 25.000 x 38.700 cm
Secondary support 29.500 x 42.100 cm

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Image depicting an evening on a rural autumn landscape. A small lake in the foreground shimmers gently as little sailboats and floating logs intermingle on its surface., The primary support's surface is slightly marked by a frame that may have previously covered it. The secondary support is in very poor condition: torn, tattered, curled and covered in old, dry glue and dirt. Three of the primary support's edges have some framing material stuck to them.

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Artist: Friend, Washington F., fl. 1820-1886

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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. W417

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition title: The Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana Early Impressions of Quebec. Curators: Jim Burant, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 2006.05.16 - 2006.09.05.
Further venue: Musée des Beaux-arts de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec; 2007.01.20 - 2007.03.18.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed., Inscription: in black watercolour, recto l.c.: W F Friend; in white watercolour, l.r.: W F Friend; in pencil, mount recto u.c.: 169 [illegible] Back [crossed-out diagonally] / near Sherbrook / Canada East; in brown watercolour, u.l.: 1291 [enclosed between two horizontal lines]; u.c.: w131; u.r.: C E; (complete transcription)
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Québec

landscape
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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00232
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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] 232

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-232 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: expired

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