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Date:1832Reference:Accession number: 1981-042 PIC, 00017, Box number: A131-01Type of material:ArtFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:2898023Date(s):1832Bilingual equivalent:Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:1 aquarelle : lavis monochrome brun sur crayon sur papier
Support 9.000 x 16.200 cmScope and content:See the exhibition catalogue, "Friendly Spies on the Northern Tour..." (Ottawa, National Archives of Can, 1981) for further information on Martin., Watercolours and drawings recording Henry Byam Martin's sojourn in North America form September 1832 to June 1833. He landed in New York, travelled via the Hudson River and Erie Canal to Niagara Falls, then proceeded to Toronto, Kingston, Montréal, Ottawa and Québec City. From Québec he returned to New York, and then travelled to Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Charleston, South Carolina, Alabama and then to New Orleans. He returned up the Mississippi River via Memphis, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and then embarked at New York to return to England., Many important subjects, including methods of transport, the slave trade, and the Southern Secessionist Convention in 1833 are included in the watercolours. The collection is also important for its depiction of costume, particularly American, and for its commentary on the American manners and customs.Additional name(s):Additional information:General note:Enlever de: Album: an album of drawings taken during a trip through Canada and the United States, 1832-1833Availability of other formats note:Transparent couleur disponible.Exhibitions note:Titre d'exposition: Friendly Spies on the Northern Tour; 1815-1833; sketches by H.B. Martin. Conservateurs: Jim Burant, Archives nationales du Canada, Ottawa, Ontario: 1981.04.02 - 1981.06.30. Lieu de présentation supplémentaire: Market Gallery, City of Toronto Archives, Toronto, Ontario; 1982.01.23 - 1982.03.21.Signatures and inscriptions note:Inscrit. Signé. Daté., Inscription: Inscribed recto: in pen and brown ink, l.r. "Gentlemen on their travels / Lake Simcoe 25th Sept. 1832".Subject heading:Source:PrivateOther accession no.:1981-042 PIC
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nilBox [1981-042][Consultation Open]A131-01 Item no. assigned by LAC 17[Consultation Open]Copy negative [1981-042][Consultation Open]C-115035 Item no. assigned by LAC 17[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Mention : Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, no d'acc 1981-42-17 Source: Dr. Nigel Davies, Gelati, Mexico.
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