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Menacé par les Esquimaux

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Date:

ca 1820.

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2898621

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Menacé par les Esquimaux
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Date(s):

ca 1820.

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 Aquarelle : aquarelle, plume et encre, lavis noir et gomme arabique sur graphite sur papier vélin
Support 24.500 x 36.200 cm

Language of material:

no language

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Image depicting a vessel trapped in ice and about to be attacked by Inuit. The British prepare their guns and cannon while the natives brandish their spears and arrows. More Inuit arrive from further away in long canoes as well as kayaks., The top-right corner of the work is cropped. The bottom edge has some tears in it., A similar work is listed under accession #R9266-456 (Sotheby's list number W302).

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Artist: Inconnu

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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. W302

Availability of other formats note:

transparent couleur disponible

Exhibitions note:

Titre d'exposition: La collection Peter Winkworth d'oeuvres canadiennes - Un nouveau territoire à perte de vue - Le Nord-Ouest canadien. Conservateur : Jim Burant, Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 2006.11.25-2007.08.29.

Lieu de présentation supplémentaire : Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba; 2006.11.25-2007.01.21.

Lieu de présentation supplémentaire : Red Deer and District Museum, Red Deer, Alberta; 2007.02.17 - 2007.04.15.

Lieu de présentation supplémentaire : Le Centre du Partimoine de La GRC, Regina, Saskatchewan; 2007.06.30-2007.08.29.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscrit., Inscription: au crayon, recto h.d.: Threatened by the Esquimaux returning to the / [illisible] beset in the Ice and thrown on shore / four days heavy gale The preparations to destroy [? depart ?] the boat and Mount [?] to the A[illisible] 300 / Miles distant; (complete transcription)

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évenement

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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00457
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Aucune restriction sur l'accès ou sur l'utilisation pour reproduction ou publication.

Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 457

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [00457] C-150008

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Crédit: Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, no d'acc R9266-457 Collection de Canadiana Peter Winkworth
Droit d'auteur: Expiré

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