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Preliminary Sketch - shield for Royal Geographical Society of Canada

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n.d.

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Box number: HER-171

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

2979032

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Alan B. Beddoe fonds

Preliminary Sketch - shield for Royal Geographical Society of Canada
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Date(s):

n.d.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

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1 drawing / dessin : coloured sketch

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This is a collection of 850 items by Alan Brookman Beddoe (1893-1975) who was a well-known, dedicated Ottawan heraldic designer. Worked on the Books of Remembrance in the Peace Tower. Involved in the design of the Canadian Flag. Designed the badges of 180+ naval vessels of WWII, and designed coats of arms for many Canadian municipalities and institutions. Founder of the Heraldic Society of Canada., Selected items include: 1 colour photograph of the University of Manitoba coat of arms; ship's badge designs for the Kapuskasing, Magnificent, Sioux and Rockcliffe; 1 colour slide of the Earl of Dufferin's coat of arms; preliminary sketches for the coats of arms of Newfoundland, Québec, New Brunswick, Yukon; 1 1965 black and white photograph of the Letters Patent - The Royal Canadian Geographical Society; book plate designs for Charles Clement Tugway, Henry J. Turner, Edward Milner, George Stacey Gibson, etc., etc...

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Artist: Beddoe, Alan, 1893-1975

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allegory

heraldry

HRDY. - Preliminary Sketch For Shield : Royal Geographical Society of Canada

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Private

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1979-043 PIC
00325
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1979-043]

[Consultation 90 Open]

HER-171 Item no. assigned by LAC 325

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1979-43-325 Source: National Photography Coll., acc. no. 1979-86; MSS Div. call. no. MG30 D252.
Copyright: Alan Brookman Beddoe Estate until the year 2025.

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