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Elizabeth Simcoe

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Item (Accession level)

Date:

1790

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2894467

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Simcoe family collection

Elizabeth Simcoe
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Date(s):

1790

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 drawing : grey and blue wash on wove paper
Support 15.100 x 12.000 cm

Language of material:

no language

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The artist is identified through information in the Simcoe papers (copies on microfilm at LAC). The spelling of the artist's name is consistantly given as Burges, not Burgess, in the diaries and correspondence., The transparency shows the item out of frame after conservation.
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Artist: Burges, Mary Anne 1763-1813

Depicted: Simcoe, Elizabeth Posthuma, 1766-1850

Simcoe, Elizabeth Posthuma, 1766-1850
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General note:

"Elizabeth Simcoe" (Caption title, Canadian History Hall).

Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency available.

Reproduction note:

A reproduction of this drawing was made for Canadian History Hall, 2017.07.01--

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: Facing History - Portraits from the National Archives of Canada. Curators: Lydia Foy, Sylvie Gervais, Peter Robertson, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1993.05.27-1993.09.08., Exhibition title: Ladylikeness: Historical Portraits of Women by Women. Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta; 2019.03.08 - 2020.01.05.

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Portraits

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1972-118 PIC
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
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C-081931;

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C-095815;

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C-139975;

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada / Acc. No. 1972-118-2 / e011213498
Copyright: Expired

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