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Ten women and four men in evening dress

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Date:

1840-1846

Reference:

Box number: A076-01

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

2884816

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Viscountess Falkland Album

Ten women and four men in evening dress
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1840-1846

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 drawing / dessin : pencil with watercolour over pencil on wove paper
Support 13.500 x 17.200 cm
Image 13.500 x 17.200 cm
Secondary support 33.100 x 43.000 cm

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no language

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A group of ten women and four men in evening dress. At least two of the men are wearing sashes indicating royal or military status. The figures are strung across the page with no indication of the setting. They are meant to be engaging in conversation although none seem to make eye contact., Haliburton is interested in the small details that individualize figures. All of the women are distinguished by hair and dress style. One woman has a double chin, the man beside her has a beakish nose. Two women, c.r., are probably sisters. They are wearing the same dress and have similar features. An old woman, c.l., stands out with her warm shawl, lace cap, and ear trumpet., The majority of the figures are seen full-face, in profile, or from the rear. Only one woman is shown in three-quarter view., Lady Falkland was married to Lucius Bentinck Cary, who was the governor of Nova Scotia from 1840-46. As the wife of the governor, Falkalnd would have been at the centre of Halifax's social elite., Emma Haliburton (artists file #705-897) was the daughter of T. C. Haliburton (1796-1865). The fourth of five daughters, she was born before 1829. Her father cultivated Lord Falkland's friendship in order to secure his posting to the supreme court of Nova Scotia. Haliburton gained entrance to the Falkland's social circle through his friendship with Lieut-Col. Charles Richard Fox, who was married to Lady Falkland's sister Mary., Emma was later married to Rev. J. Bainbridge Smith. She also executed 1990-207-86X and -106X, both illustrations of social life., The inscription on the secondary support is in Lady Falkland's handwriting.

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Artist: Haliburton, Emma

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General note:

Removed from: Album: Pencil sketch with watercolour, mounted with glue on unidentified folio, c. under 1990-207-106X. Folio has been cut from album.

Availability of other formats note:

Copied in black & white under copy negative number: C-003419 (bottom of negative). Colour transparency available ; it is correctly labeled: C-003419 (bottom): original black and white negative shows Four ladies watercolour at the top of the secondary support and Ten Women .... at the bottom. Please note correct digital image number however is: C003419ak.

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition title: Mirror of Canada Past. Curators: Staff of the National Archives, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1972.06.01 - 1972.09.25, cat. no.: no. 37-6.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed., Inscription: in pen and brown ink on secondary support recto, l.r. under image:Emma Haliburton

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A076-01 : bottom
C-003419 : bottom
Subject heading:

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Nova Scotia

activity

activité

SUBJ - COSTUMES, ACTIVITIES - SPORTS & AMUSEMENTS, DANCING

SUBJ - COSTUMES, REGIONS - MARITIMES - CA. 1860?

Sports & Amusements - Balls & Dances
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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00107
1990-207 X DAP
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Nil

Box [1990-207]

[Consultation 90 Open]

A076-01 Item no. assigned by LAC 107

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1990-207-107
Copyright: Expired

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