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In the Skirmish Line at Batoche

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1885

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Date(s):

1885

Place:

Toronto (Ont.):

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Toronto Lithographing Co.,

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1 print / estampe : lithograph

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Major-General Sir Edward Whipple Bancroft Morrison (1901-1925), was a soldier and journalist. He worked with the Hamilton "Spectator", and then edited the "Ottawa Citizen" from 1898 to 1913. He served in the South African and First World Wars receiving distinguished honours. He is the author of several military books and manuscripts, and his papers are at the National Archives., See other artworks by the artist, accession number 1976-13, sketchbook of the Boer War, and one sketch of the Cemetery at Flanders, north of Ypres (inspiration for Colonel John McCrae's poem, "In Flanders Fields"); and four other prints in "The Canadian Pictorial and Illustrated War News.", See Artist File: 705-1112.

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Artist: Morrison, Edward Whipple Bancroft 1865-1925, after

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publication: In "The Canadian Pictorial and Illustrated War News". Vol. 1, No. 9, Saturday, May 30, 1885, p.65 (cover)
The North-West Rebellion (or North-West Resistance) was a five-month insurgency against the Canadian government, fought mainly by the Métis and their First Nations allies.

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Inscription: Inscribed in the print: In The Skirmish Line at Batoche (From a Sketch by Mr. E.W. Morrison)

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1997-476-152
Copyright: Expired

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