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John Agmodisham Vesey Kirkland Fonds [graphic material, textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

ca. 1835-1896.

Reference:

R12128-0-5-E

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3707313

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John Agmodisham Vesey Kirkland Fonds
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Fonds includes:

286 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

ca. 1835-1896.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

118 photographs.
898 prints.
20 drawings.
22 watercolours.
63 autographs.
8 reproductions.
5 letterpress clippings.
1 cut and paste.

Language of material:

English

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This fonds consists of an album of 132 folio pages containing 1135 individual items pertaining to the life and career of John A. V. Kirkland, British military officer and colonial official in Britain, Canada, India, Mauritius, South Africa, and St. Helena.. Included are military and personal photographs; watercolours, drawings, and prints of various postings in Mauritius, the Crimea, St. Helena, England, Scotland, India, Cape of Good Hope, Kaffraria, Canada; miscellaneous heraldic devices, stamps, letterheads, maps, and newspaper clippings.

The Canadian material includes six prints of "The Wreck of the Premier", 1843; nine prints from "The Quebec Volunteers", 1839; twelve prints from "Nelson's Canadian Views", ca. 1865; and two rare prints, "The Obelisk in memory of Sir Benjamin D'Urban", and "The Grave of Sir Mackenzie Fraser", both 1849; sixteen albumen photographs by J. B. Livernois of Quebec city villas, 1865; and sixteen watercolours of Quebec city and vicinity executed by various artists ca. 1838-1839, including three by Kirkland himself. The bulk of the photographs in the album may have been done by Kirkland himself, although there is no proof that he was an amateur photographer.

Kirkland entered the British Army in 1838, served in canada until 1854, then served in the Crimea where he was wounded, returned to Great Britain, and then raised a battalion of troops to assist in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny. He subsequently served in Mauritius, Sout Africa, and elsewhere, before going on half-pay and retiring to Scotland. Kirkland married twice, first to a Canadian woman, Susan Paterson, the daughter of a prominent Quebec lumber merchant, in 1840; and second to Isabella Hay-Mackenzie, in Scotland, in 1873, following the death of his first wife.

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Kirkland, John Agmodisham Vesey, 1820-1896
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Artist: Dartnell, George R., 1798-1878

Artist: Hope-Wallace, James, 1807-1854

Artist: Kirkland, John Agmodisham Vesey, 1820-1896

Artist: Alexander, James Edward, Sir, 1803-1885

Photographer: Livernois, J. B., 1830-1865

Photographer: Fenton, Roger 1819-1869

Photographer: Beato, Felice, 1832-1909
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(Paper) The file is located in the Art and Photography Section resource area, and consists of a paper listing of all 1135 items in the album. Some items have also been entered into MIKAN. Every page of the album has been photographed. 714-90 (90: Open)

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General note:

The album is discussed in Jim Burant, "Record of Empire, 1835-1896: the John A. V. Kirkland Album", Archivaria 22 (Summer 1986), pp. 120-128.

Note on the state of conservation:

Due to extreme fragility, researchers are asked to consult copies instead.

Custodial history:

Family descent, and then sold at the Christie's South Kensington Photographs Sale of 29 March 1984, lot 319.
Subject heading:

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South Africa

QUEBEC CITY - PARTS OF CITY

Historical Events - Crimean War 1854-1856
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1985-070 PIC

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1985-070 PIC
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