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Unidentified Man Wearing a Hat

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Item (Accession level)

Date:

1832-1833

Reference:

Accession number: 1981-042 PIC, 00052, Box number: A131-02

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2839220

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Henry Byam Martin collection

Unidentified Man Wearing a Hat
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Date(s):

1832-1833

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 watercolour / aquarelle : watercolour over pencil on grey paper
Support 9.900 x 8.700 cm

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See the exhibition catalogue, "Friendly Spies on the Northern Tour..." (Ottawa, National Archives of Can, 1981) for further information on Martin., Watercolours and drawings recording Henry Byam Martin's sojourn in North America from September 1832 to June 1833. He landed in New York, travelled via the Hudson River and Erie Canal to Niagara Falls, then proceeded to Toronto, Kingston, Montréal, Ottawa and Québec City. From Québec he returned to New York, and then travelled to Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Charleston, South Carolina, Alabama, and then to New Orleans. He returned up the Mississippi River via Memphis, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and then embarked at New York to return to England., Many important subjects, including methods of transport, the slave trade, and the Southern Secessionist Convention in 1833 are included in the watercolours. The collection also important for its depiction of costumes, particularly American and for its commentary on the American manners and customs.

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Artist: Martin, Henry Byam, Sir, 1803-1865

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General note:

Removed from: Album: an album of drawings taken during a trip through Canada and the United States, 1832-1833

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Signed. Dated., Inscription: None.
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Portraits

SUBJ. - Portrait : Depicting View Of Half-Length Profile Of Man With Hat - 1832-1833
Source:

Private

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1981-042 PIC

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1981-042 PIC
00052
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
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Box [1981-042]

[Consultation 90 Open]

A131-02 Item no. assigned by LAC 52

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1981-042]

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-100363 Item no. assigned by LAC 52

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1981-42-52R Source: Dr. Nigel Davies, Gelati, Mexico.
Copyright: Expired

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