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Dawson City: "An Alarm of Fire"

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

April 29, 1905

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2838366

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Dawson City: "An Alarm of Fire"
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Date(s):

April 29, 1905

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 watercolour / aquarelle : watercolour, gouache over pencil on commercial board
Image 35.200 x 46.800 cm

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Subject depicts a chaotic city street; numerous figures fleeing; some figures in l.r. and c. are holding a hose and carrying ladders; upper margin there are many commercial signs, Condition: tears and scraping, notably in the l.l., To accompany this work, there is a small envelope with scraps taken from the back of the frame -- inscriptions on these bits of paper are very difficult to distinguish

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Artist: Lanos, Henri, fl. 1886-1919

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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. W130

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: in pencil, verso, u.r.: April 29/05; in pencil, verso, l.c.: DAWSON CITY / AN ALARM OF FIRE / H. LANOS, 1905
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Yukon

Dawson City (Yukon)

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Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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00301
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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] 301

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-301 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: Expired

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