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Habitan of Lower Canada

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Date:

1837

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2838531

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Habitan of Lower Canada
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1837

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 watercolour : watercolour over pencil on wove paper
Image 23.400 x 39.400 cm
Secondary support 33.000 x 49.500 cm

Language of material:

no language

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Subject depicts three standing figures in various poses; from left to right - male with right arm extended and holding a tool? in his left hand, man with arms extended standing side ways, woman standing and holding hats in both hands., See other works in the Winkworth Collection which have also been attributed to Gipps.

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Artist: Gipps, George, Sir, 1791-1847

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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. W26.

Attributions and conjectures:

This watercolour is attributed to the artist George Gipps.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: in ink, recto, l.c.: Habitan of Lower Canada 1837; in pencil, verso, u.c.: Habitant of Lower Canada / 1837 [underlined twice]
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Québec

Costume
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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00445
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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] 445

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [00445] C-150336

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada / Acc. No. R9266-445 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: Expired

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