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Sketch of Frederickstown on the River St. John New Brunswick

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

ca. 1819-1866.

Reference:

R11269-1-6-E, Volume number: 1

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3701055

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John Elliott Woolford collection

Sketch of Frederickstown on the River St. John New Brunswick
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

ca. 1819-1866.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 watercolour : watercolour over pencil with scraping out. 51.6 X 20.8 cm.
Support 51.600 x 20.800 cm

Language of material:

English

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A panoramic cityscape of Fredericton from the opposite shore of the St. John River. In the foreground along the shore is evidence of tree-cutting and to the far right a wooden building. On the water plies a timber raft and a small boat. The city's larger structures and churches are visible in their details and other buildings recede back and up into the hills.

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Artist: Woolford, John Elliott, 1778-1866

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Source of title:

Based on artist's inscription on recto of secondary support.

Custodial history:

By family descent to the vendor.

Citation/reference note:

Library and Archives Canada, Accession No. R11269-1.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

There is an inscription in pencil on the verso of the support but as it is laid down on a secondary sheet, conservation is required before it can be correctly cited., In pen and black ink, recto, across b. of secondary support: Sketch of Frederickstown [sic] on the River St. John New Brunswick.
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Fredericton (N.-B.)

Fredericton (N.B.)
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2005-00041-8

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00001
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
No restriction on access nor on use for publication or reproduction.

Volume [R11269]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright: Expired.

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