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Lady Dufferin album [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

File

Date:

1872-1878.

Reference:

R4493-1-4-E, Box number: 55000/X1--55000/X2, A062-02

Type of material:

Photographs, Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

157995

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Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava fonds

Lady Dufferin album
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File includes:

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Date(s):

1872-1878.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 album (231 photographs, 3 watercolours).

Language of material:

English

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File consists of a personal album of Lady Dufferin (nee Hariot Rowan Hamilton, 1843-1936) which covers the period when her husband, Lord Dufferin, was Governor General of Canada (1872-1878). It offers insights into life at Rideau Hall and Canadian Victorian Society. Records of official functions are interspersed with personal activities such as winter sports, parties, balls and theatricals of genteel upper-class life. Views include: Rideau Hall, interior, exterior and grounds; Victoria, B.C.; Niagara Falls, Fort William, Ont.; Quebec City, Montreal Que.; Winnipeg, Fort Garry, Man. Subjects include: West Coast Indian peoples and culture, winter sports - tobogganing, skating, sliding, curling, drama at Rideau Hall, Fancy Dress Ball of 1876. Photographs are by Topley, Notman and Frederick Dally, as well as other photographers., There are 3 watercolours mounted in the album.

Provenance:

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Dufferin and Ava, Hariot Georgina Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of, died 1936

Finding aid:

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Photographs: (Paper) See "Photographic inventories, indexes, and caption lists arranged by accession number." FA-500

Art: (Electronic) Item-level description in database (90: Open)

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Custodial history:

Acquired from Dufferin and Ava family, Clandeboye, Ireland, via an English agent.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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121-080191-4
1969-195 NPC
1993-346 X DAP

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1969-195 NPC
1993-346 X DAP
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [MARCHIONESS OF DUFFERIN AND AVA 1969-195] 55000/X1--55000/X2

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
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Box [1993-346]

[Consultation 90 Open]

A062-02 Item no. assigned by LAC 4

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs: No restrictions on use. Copyright expired. Credit: name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / copy negative number.
Art: copyright expired. Physical access through an art archivist

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