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Montreal Harbour [graphic material]

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Date:

1847.

Reference:

R12851-0-2-E, Volume number: 1

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

3916391

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Montreal Harbour
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Date(s):

1847.

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Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

1 painting: oil on canvas; 48.5 x 63.8 cm (stretcher) and 67.5 x 84 cm (frame).

Language of material:

English

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An oil painting depicting the harbour and waterfront of Montreal from the unusal vantage point of the city's shore across from St.Helen's Island.

In the image, the eastern tip of St.Helen's can be seen with its military installations. In the harbour, a three-masted vessel, a paddle-wheel boat, smaller sailboats and a large log raft are afloat. In the foreground, dismantled log rafts can be seen being loaded onto a vessel. The shape of a church and other buildings on the Longueuil shore can be seen on the horizon.

An important visual document for the Irish Diaspora, this painting was created in the year that Irish immigration to Canada was at its height as large numbers of migrants fled the Great Famine.

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Morris, Andrew, fl. 1844-1852

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Morris, Andrew, fl. 1844-1852 : Andrew Morris (fl. 1844-1852) was born in Kilmarnock, Scotland, and likely emigrated to Canada, settling in Montreal, in the early 1840's. He is thought to have died in Montreal.

In 1844, he painted decorative panels representing Commerce and Agriculture in the Parliament buildings in Montreal, which were destroyed by fire 1849. In 1845, he sold his painting "Sir Charles Metcalfe opening Parliament" to Lord Metcalfe; this work is presently held by Library and Archives Canada. In 1847, Morris joined the newly founded Montreal Society of Artists which would later become the Art Association of Montreal and later still, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; the Society only had one exhibition before the spread of disease in the city forced it to cease all such events. In 1848, Morris exhibited "Jacques Cartier, his first interview with Indians at Hochelaga" in Toronto and was awarded a prize. Upset by the low prices obtained for the lithographs produced from this painting, however, he proceeded to destroy all but a few of them. It is believed that Morris spent 1848 to 1852 in New York - he exhibited a pair of portraits at the American Art Union in 1848.

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Library and Archives Canada also has the following works by Andrew Morris in its holdings: Sir Charles Metcalfe opening parliament in Montreal (1 painting: MIKAN number 2837157); and Jacques Cartier, his first interview with Indians at Hochelaga (3 lithographs: MIKAN numbers 3030192, 3030193, 2836073).

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Private

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2009-00145-1
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