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The Paté Isle from the north, with Isle Royale and the Mainland on the way to Grand Portage, 1819

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Date:

1819-1820

Type of material:

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Item ID number:

2956917

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John Jeremiah Bigsby fonds

The Paté Isle from the north, with Isle Royale and the Mainland on the way to Grand Portage, 1819
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Date(s):

1819-1820

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 drawing: pen and ink over pencil; 8.8 x 16.2 cm. (sheet); 7.1 x 16.3 cm. (image).
Support 8.800 x 16.000 cm
Image 7.100 x 16.300 cm

Language of material:

English

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The image of Paté Island on Lake Superior is from a grangerized copy of Bigsby's 1850 publication The Shoe and Canoe, to which Bigsby added or inserted additional drawings, prints and maps, as well as annotations on many pages., This item is listed in artist file 705-302 as Bigsby I-48.

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Artist: Bigsby, John J. (John Jeremiah), 1792-1881

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General note:

publication: In Bigsby, John J., "The shoe and canoe, or, Pictures of travel in the Canadas...," London: Chapman and Hall, 1850, vol. 2, glued down to recto of folio inserted between pp. 180-181.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: Inscribed, in pen and ink, top: The paté isle from northerly. L. Superior-; l.: Isle Royale; r.: Mainland on the way to Grand Portage. Taken from the water while in a bay.

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1939-447 PIC
00077
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Material must be examined under the supervision of an art archivist. No restrictions on use for reproduction and publication.

Item no. assigned by LAC [1939-447-77] 77

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1939-447-77] C-011669

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1939-447-77
Copyright: Expired

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