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William Taylor

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Date:

ca. 1834

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2894480

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Halkett Family Fonds

William Taylor
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Date(s):

ca. 1834

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Place of creation:

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Extent:

1 painting : watercolour on ivory ; image : 7.0 x 5.8 cm, case: 8.0 x 6.8 cm.
Support 9.300 x 6.700 cm

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Colour Transparency: recto in locket., Locket sits in a burgundy leather, hinged case., The son of a loyalist settler who came to Fredericton, New Brunswick, William Taylor (1789-1834) became a partner in the family business. He also became a coroner for York county in 1819 and a member of the New Brunswick Legislature in 1822. He was a member of the committee established to build St. Paul's Church in Fredericton. He first married Anne Cameron in 1816 and then Sally Hatfield in 1819. This portrait miniature was donated by the great-grand-daughter of the sitter.
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Artist: Unknown Artist 240

Depicted: Taylor, William, ca. 1789-1834

Taylor, William, ca. 1789-1834
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Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency available

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: Small Wonders: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures; Exhibition of Reproductions. Curators: Martha Marleau, National Archives of Canada, cat. no.: 9d. Further venue: National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario: 1995.02.13-1995-06.26., Exhibition title: I Know You by Heart: Portrait Miniatures / Je vous connais par coeur : portraits en miniature. Curator: Johanna Mizgala. Library and Archives Canada Exhibition. New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick; 2012.09.20 - 2012.12.31., Further venue: Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; 2013.03.22 -2013.06.02.

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Inscription: Inscribed in pen and black ink, verso t. along right edge: Wm. Taylor N.B. died 1834, age 45.
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Portraits

Miniature

Jewelry
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00001
1938-308 PIC
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Graphic (art)

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

Item no. assigned by LAC [1938-308] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1938-308]

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-083507;

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-085193--C-085194;

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-129839--C-129841;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1934-308-1
Copyright: Expired

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