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Custom Hse - Finland

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Date:

10 June 1837.

Reference:

R977-44-9-E, Volume number: 16

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3994532

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James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, and family fonds

James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, and family - Private Life

Lady Mary Louisa Lambton Bruce

Art Album of Mary Louisa Lambton (1837-1839)

Custom Hse - Finland
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Date(s):

10 June 1837.

Place of creation:

Finland

Extent:

1 drawing: pencil on wove paper, corners cut diagonally; 13x23 cm (image); 26x36 cm (folio)

Language of material:

English

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The subject is a marinescape depicting a customs house and four other buildings suggestive of wooden construction and fences on an island in a body of water with landscape elements in the background. The island has a rocky shoreline with the land rising away from it. The upper part of a vessel's rigging is visible on the far side of the island. A seated figure is rowing a small boat in the foreground. In the distance near the shoreline behind the island are two vessels with fore and aft rigging.

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Artist: Mary Louisa Lambton Bruce, Countess of Elgin and Kinkardine

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Physical description note:

Album of Mary Louisa Lambton, page 1.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: signature (MLL) and date on the artwork; title written on the album page. Pencil frame drawn with a straight edge.

Source:

Private
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Volume [R977] 16

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, and family fonds (R977).
Copyright: expired/périmé.

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