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Sir Jeffery Amherst

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Date:

1797-1804

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Box number: 2000789960, A316-02, C-040905

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

2873109

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W.H. Coverdale collection of Canadiana

Sir Jeffery Amherst
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Date(s):

1797-1804

Place:

London

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print / estampe : mezzotint (fifth state)
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This is the fifth and final state of the print published after 1795, perhaps on the occasion of Amhert's death in 1797., The first state of the print was published in 1766, subsequent states in subsequent states the inscription was changed, otherwise the image is the same., See Facing History (National Archives of Canada, 1993), p. 10, cat. no. 10 for information concerning the sitter and the print.
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Artist: Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792

Depicted: Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

Engraver: Watson, James, ca. 1740-1790

Publisher: Boydell, John, 1720-1804

Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797
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Attributions and conjectures:

After the artist Sir Joshua Reynolds.

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition title: Records of Our History. Curators: George Bolotenko, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1992.06.01-1993.01.17., Exhibition title: Facing History : portraits from the National Archives of Canada / Face à Face : portraits des Archives nationales du Canada. Curators: Lydia Foy, Sylvie Gervais, Peter Robertson, National Archives of Canada, cat. no.: cat. no. 10. Further venue: National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1993.05.27-1993.09.06.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: Inscribed in the print, l.b., "Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. SIR JEFFERY AMHERST, K.B. Engraved by James Watson. Commander in Chief of the British Forces in America from 1758 to 1764; created Baron Amherst of Holmes date in Kent 1776; Governor of Guernsey; Colonel of the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards, and Colonel in Chief of the 60th or Royal American Regiment; One of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council; General Commanding in Chief the British Troops in England from 1778 to 1782; and again from January 1793 to February 1795. Published by J. & J. BOYDELL, cheapside; & at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall-Mall, London.", Inscription: The print bears a blind stamp collectors mark of the Canada Steamship Line l.l.corner.
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Portraits

Québec Campaign, 1759

Québec (Québec) 1759 (Siège)
Source:

Private

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1970-188 PIC
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Physical access through an art archivist. No restriction on use for reproduction or publication

Box [1970-188]

[Consultation 90 Open]

2000789960 Item no. assigned by LAC 40

[Consultation 90 Open]

A316-02 Item no. assigned by LAC 40

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C-040905 Item no. assigned by LAC 40

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1970-188-40 W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: Expired

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