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Through taking an "eye opener" Chris "Backslides"

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Item (Accession level)

Date:

1875

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3026290

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James G. MacKay collection

Through taking an "eye opener" Chris "Backslides"
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Date(s):

1875

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 drawing / dessin : black gall ink on wove paper
Support 20.200 x 12.700

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The page has two images. The image on top depicts Chris lying on the ground pouring alcohol on his head. The image on the bottom depicts Chris holding the arm of another figure and both walking in an inebriated state.

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Artist: MacKay, James G, 1847-1885

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James MacKay Sketchbook

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Inscribed., Inscription: inscribed in black gall ink, t.: (48); u.c.: Through taking an "eye opener" Chris "Backslides" [underlined] / "Then did Christian vaingloriously "smile" but not taking / good heed to his feet he suddenly stumbled and fell"; l.l.: Then I saw in my dream they went very lovingly on together and / had sweet discourse of all things that had happened to them &c.
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cartoon

allegory
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Private

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1988-033 PIC
88-007
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[Consultation90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada (1988-33-1.54)
Copyright: Expired

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