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Steamer Acadia

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Date:

ca. 1880

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2838656

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Steamer Acadia
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Date(s):

ca. 1880

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 watercolour / aquarelle : watercolour, pen and ink over graphite on wove paper
Support 47.000 x 97.900 cm

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no language

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An image of the steamer Acadian depicting passengers strolling and lounging on the upper and lower decks with members of the crew, including the captain, visible as well. The steamer's banner is in reverse lettering., This steamer was originally named Fawn and was built at Carleton, New Brunswick in 1867. It was later renamed Acadian in 1877 and burned in Saint John harbour in January 1892., See P. Charlebois: Sternwheelers and Sidewheelers, Toronto 1978, p. 25. The illustration of a watercolour in the New Brunswick Museum is the same composition only reversed., e-copy nos. e000835954_a1 and e000835954_a2

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Artist: Unknown

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Sotheby's inventory no. W36

Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency available.
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New Brunswick

Transportation
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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00535
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Graphic (art)

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

Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 535

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [00535] C-149843

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-535 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: Expired

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