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Documentary Art

Item number (ISN):

86143

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1987-09/1987-10

Item number (ISN):

86143

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADA. NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA / ARCHIVES NATIONALES DU CANADA

Accession:

1988-0115

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1987-09/1987-10

Production company:

National Archives of Canada

Description:

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Lecture delivered by Hugh Taylor, Archives Course Director and Canadian archival scholar about paintings in the time of pre-civil war United States and British regime Canada. The role of the artist in American society and attitudes towards art are examined. The characteristics of the paintings of that epoch are described, as are the tastes of the American public before the civil war. Numerous American artists are looked at for their contributions. As for Canadian paintings, the conventions of early Canadian paintings (19th century) are reviewed. The influence of Paul Sandby, a British art teacher, is pointed out. Early artistic views of Quebec City and Montreal are examined. The treatment of native Indians and of the Canadian West is looked at, especially in the paintings of Paul Kane, the contribution of paintings to historical study is discussed. Canadian painters referred to are: George Heriot; Richard Short; James Cockburn Pattison; William Henry Bartlett; Katherine Jane Ellice; James Peachey; Elizabeth Francis Hale; Henry Yule Hind; and Sydney Prior Hall. The lecture was given as part of the 1987 Archives Course sponsored by the National Archives of Canada. <90mn>

Language:

English

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

82151

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

C06065

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

112:00

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

82152

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

C06066

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

118:00

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

339343

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 9911-0018

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

67:01

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

339344

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 9911-0019

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

61:10

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1004685

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 9911-0018

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

C06064
C06065
C06066

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1004686

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 9911-0019

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

C06065
C06066

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1181006

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

86143-C06065.WAV
86143-C06066.WAV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

101:05

Made from:

C06065
C06066

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

A1 9911-0018
A1 9911-0019

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Crown copyright

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions

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