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The naval yards, Kingston

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Item (Accession level)

Date:

ca. 1815-1816.

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2962465

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Robert Irvine and Robert Michael Ballantyne collection

The naval yards, Kingston
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Date(s):

ca. 1815-1816.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 watercolour / aquarelle : watercolour on paper
Support x cm

Language of material:

no language

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Image depicts the Naval Yards located at Point Henry in Upper Canada, focussing on the naval dockyard where several ships that served in the War of 1812 can be seen. In the background, the community of Kingston is depicted.

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Artist: Irvine, Robert 1792-1823

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Custodial history:

Purchased at Sotheby's Auction House in London, England, in November of 1994

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colour transparency available

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Inscription: inscribed in pen and brown ink, recto l.r. (7.7 cm in from l.r. corner, written on an angle): R Irvine [Irvine bearly visible, apparently partly lost when conserved], Inscription: inscribed in pencil on a modern mount (now discarded): R. IRVINE. / THE ABOVE DRAWING PROBABLY DATES FROM 1800-1820. / REMAINS OF SIGNATURE AT BOTTOM RIGHT. / PRIOR TO CLEANING THE INITIAL APPREARED TO BE A / CLEAR "R" - HOWEVER NO SUCH ARTIST IS LISTED AND ONE IS FORCED TO WONDER WHETHER THE ARTIST IS / NOT IN FACT HUGH IRVINE EXHBT. FROM 1808-DIED 1829 / IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT THE NAVAL BASE DEPICTED / IS NOT IN THE BRITISH ISLES BUT IS COLONIAL AND ONE / GENTLEMAN THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE KINGSTON ONTARIO, Inscription: typewritten label on the backing board of the framed (now discarded): Remains of signature at bottom right - prior to / cleaning it was very clear. / The identification of the place was made by the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich - who got / in touch with the Canadian authorities for / confirmation.

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Private

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122-080235-2
1995-054 DAP
POE 95-044 (1995-02-15)
POE 96-001 (1996-01-04)
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Copy negative C-145243

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1995-54-1
Copyright: Expired

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