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[Full page] Buffalo Hunters' Camp, White Horse Plains

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Date:

ca. 1857-1858

Reference:

R3523

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3007568

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Reminiscences of North America I [Blackwell Album].

[Full page] Buffalo Hunters' Camp, White Horse Plains
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Date(s):

ca. 1857-1858

Place of creation:

Manitoba

Extent:

1 Watercolour / Aquarelle : Watercolour and gouache over pencil / Aquarelle et gouache sur crayon
Support 18.400 x 26.700 cm

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no language

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Work by William H. E. Napier entitled "Buffalo Hunters' Camp, White Horse Plains" done ca. 1858. This album was compiled by Thomas Evans Blackwell, manager of the Grand Trunk Railroad between 1855 and 1864, and contains photos, watercolours, drawings, prints and maps., This work was copied by William Armstrong, a Toronto artist and railway engineer who probably knew Napier through working on the GTR together. Armstrong's copy is in the holdings of NA., William H. E. Napier accompanied Henry Youle Hind's expedition to the Red River colony and the Canadian West in 1857-8. In the final report, several drawings are attributed to Napier and some are signed by Napier.

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Artist: Napier, William Henry Edward, 1829-1894

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Removed from: Album: Located on folio 49 recto of Album "Reminiscences of North America / I / T.E.B. [Thomas Evans Blackwell]
St. François Xavier, Manitoba is about 25 km west of the city of Winnipeg on the Assiniboine River. It began in the lee of a ridge on the prairie. Initially, it was named Grantown after its founder Cuthbert Grant (a Métis) who settled there in 1824. He was soon joined by many Métis families. St. François Xavier was also named the White Horse Plains (La Prairie du Cheval Blanc). The ridge itself was called the Coteau de Festin and it was a gathering place for the First Nations' celebrations.
Full page recto, e011857502 (previously copied C-146746). For full page verso, e011857502_s1, see MIKAN 5141690.

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Colour transparency available

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Inscription: inscribed, on album page, title and "W. Napier" in ink.
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Manitoba

Architecture
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Private

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00081
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Physical access restricted due to nature of album. Contact archivist. No restriction on use for reproduction or publication

Item no. assigned by LAC [R3523] 81

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [00081] C-146746

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, e011857502
Copyright: Expired / Expiré.

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