Collection search - Recruits drilling at Bathurst River, Gambia (West Africa)

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Recruits drilling at Bathurst River, Gambia (West Africa)

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Date:

1852

Reference:

Box number: A212-01

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2974270

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Robert S.M. Bouchette and family fonds

Bouchette family art

Recruits drilling at Bathurst River, Gambia (West Africa)
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Date(s):

1852

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 watercolour : watercolour.
Support 20.000 x 22.900 cm

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The work depicts negro soldiers marching. The work was considered to be by R.S.M. Bouchette according to Bouchette family tradition; the locale and date of the work make this improbable., Dec. 1976 - the work has mat burn and a tear l.r. which is repaired. The work has several surface abrasions., Dec. 1976 - the work is glued to cardboard.

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Artist: Unknown Artist 196

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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: Inscribed recto: l.c. "Recruits drilling at Bathurst River Gambia. / 'right shoulders, forward!'" in pen and ink; l.r. "[illegible initials] / 18-8-52" in pen and ink.
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activité militaire

SUBJ. - Military Activity : Depicting Negro Soldiers Marching

Military Activity

Gambia

Gambie
Source:

Private

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1976-104 PIC
00003
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1976-104]

[Consultation 90 Open]

A212-01 Item no. assigned by LAC 3

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [00003] C-104138

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1976-104-3 Source: presented in memory of Alfred Bouchette by his wife, Mrs. Alfred Bouchette (Norfolk, Virginia)

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