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Robert Auchmuty Sproule

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Item

Date:

ca. 1837.

Reference:

R13199-1-1-E, Volume number: 1

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3960303

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Robert Auchmuty Sproule paintings and other material

Robert Auchmuty Sproule
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Date(s):

ca. 1837.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 miniature : watercolour ; 20.1 x 16.2 cm.

Language of material:

English

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Item consists of a self-portrait of Robert Auchmuty Sproule.

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Private collection

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Artist: Sproule, Robert Auchmuty, 1799-1845

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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Frame backing was inscribed, verso, by the donor :

Robert Auchmuty Sproule - self portrait / Born 1799 in Athlone, Ireland emigrated to Canada in the late 1820s / Died 28 November 1845 - age 46 / in Township of March - Upper Canada / Married Jane Hopper / Daughter of Arthur Hopper / in Montreal, near Montreal, / Lower Canada, at the Hopper Home on Sat. Oct. 8th 1831 / painter of miniatures and miniatures on ivory / and many scenes of Montreal and Quebec City (now held at McCord Museum of McGill / McGill / University, Montreal./ Father of Anne Sproule Farley (Born 2nd March / 1834, in Cornwall / Upper Canada) / Grand father of Thomas Ernest Farley Sr. / Great grandfather of Thomas Ernest Farley Jr. / Great great great grand father of Hilary Anne Sproule Farley.

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Portraits

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Private

Related control no.:

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2009-00720-4
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
To be viewed with the assistance of the Portrait Gallery of Canada

Volume [R13199]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit line: Library and Archives Canada, archival reference number R13199-1, e00800521
Copyright: Expired
Restrictions on use: None

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