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Family Bed, soldiers from the wreck of the Premier (4 November 1843) billeted at the house of Mr. Roy, Cape Chat, St. Lawrence River

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Date:

ca. 1845

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Box number: A059-01

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

2901544

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George Russell Dartnell fonds

Family Bed, soldiers from the wreck of the Premier (4 November 1843) billeted at the house of Mr. Roy, Cape Chat, St. Lawrence River
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Date(s):

ca. 1845

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 drawing / dessin : pencil on wove paper
Support 10.400 x 14.800 cm

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no language

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A description of Mr. Roy's house appears in Dartnell's "A brief narrative of the shipwreck of the Transport 'Premier' near the mouth of the river St. Lawrence, on the 4th November 1843...," (Lonodn, 1845), pp. 23-25., A passage on page 23 of Dartnell's narrative describes the present drawing: "Of the inner rooms, one was twelve feet long by eight wide, with sundry hanging cupboards. This formed the sleeping apartment of seven officers, who lay, like the bog-trotters in Connemara, in a 'family-bed' on the floor. The mattresses which were saved from the wreck were, at night laid side by side on the floor, occupying the whole length of the room. The locale of each owner's mattress was indicated by his pillow,, but the coverings, being scanty, were in common."

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Artist: Dartnell, George R., 1798-1878

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Inscription: inscribed in pen and black ink, verso, t.: No 5. Family Bed- / for page 25 of the Manuscript (complete transcription)
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Interior

intérieur
Source:

Private

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1991-129 DAP
00003
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Graphic (art)

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Box [1991-129]

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A059-01 Item no. assigned by LAC 3

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Copy negative [1991-129]

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C-138040 Item no. assigned by LAC 3

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