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Aurora Borealis, Quebec

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Item

Date:

25 January 1837

Reference:

R12701-0-2-E

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2894059

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George St Whitmore fonds

Aurora Borealis, Quebec
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

25 January 1837

Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

1 watercolour / aquarelle : watercolour on paper mounted on brown paper, mounted on sketchbook page
Support 14.800 x 23.500 cm

Language of material:

no language

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A spectacular view of the aurora borealis over the Citadel in Quebec City, January 25, 1837. Three other views of the same subject exist, including a second version by Whitmore (acc. no. 1988-10-5), as well as ones from Phillip John Bainbrigge and Lieutenant A. F. Bowen, all of which were formerly in the collection of the 2nd Earl of Gosford, Governor-General of Lower Canada from 1835 to 1838.

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Artist: Whitmore, George St. Vincent 1798-1851

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General note:

sketchbook: Sketches by George St. Vincent Whitmore done around Quebec, 1835-1840

Reproduction note:

C-135183 (copy negative number)

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: in pencil, on the mount, l.r.: 25.Jany/1837/Quebec
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Québec

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évenement
Source:

Private

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1989-434 DAP
00001
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Graphic (art)

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

Item no. assigned by LAC [R12701] 00001 R

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [R12701] C-135183

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1989-434-1R Gift of Mrs. P. Whitmore, England.
Copyright: Expired

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