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[A busy farm scene]

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Item

Date:

1882.

Reference:

R9266-81-5-E

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3838102

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2008 Acquisition

W.F. Rennie Newfoundland Album

[A busy farm scene]
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Date(s):

1882.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 watercolour : watercolour and pencil ; 33 x 46.9 cm (sheet); 40.9 x 59 cm (support).

Language of material:

English

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana [graphic material, textual material, cartographic material]

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To the right of the image a steam train traverses the landscape. In April 1881, the government chose the Newfoundland Railway Company to build a narrow-gauge line to Halls Bay. The branch would continue to Harbour Grace, Conception Bay. Construction began on 9 August. In the first year, 10 miles of rail were laid. Service to Topsail began in June 1882; by September the line had reached Holyrood., This could be a depiction of Holyrood., Item consists of an unidentified landscape. The watercolour sketch is found on folio 4, p. 7. It is a bucolic farm scene set against a hilled Newfoundland landscape. There are some houses in the background. A barn, fences, and farm animals are depicted in the middle ground, while some cattle and a waterway take up the foreground of the image. Two female figures appear in the image, one in particular is hanging laundry.

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Artist: Rennie, William F

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Rennie, William F : William F. Rennie was an amateur artist who, in 1862, was listed as secretary of St. John's Gas Light Company. In 1871, he was listed as also being Usher of the Black Rod, Legislative Council, and lived on Rennie's Mill Road. He notably created sketches for the May 6, 1871 issue of the Canadian Illustrated News, to which he contributed 2 artworks, of Cape Spear, and of Conception Bay. He also executed an album of sketches for Lady Glover in 1882.

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Sotheby's inventory number : 3CX3M

Note on the state of conservation:

Item is mounted on a support that has some foxing and embrittlement.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed., Inscription: in watercolour, in the image, l.l.: 5

Source:

Private

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2008-00292-6
R9266
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Credit : Library and Archives Canada, Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, Acc. No. R9266-4167
Copyright : Expired

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