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Sir William Mackenzie fonds [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1890-1910.

Reference:

R10926-0-3-E

Type of material:

Photographs, Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

158026

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Sir William Mackenzie fonds
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Fonds includes:

13 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1890-1910.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 album (57 photographs and 1 watercolour) : b&w print.
1 painting : oil on canvas.

Language of material:

English

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The 54-page album contains photographs of what are possibly family holidays in Canada and abroad in England, dated 1890-1910. Included are photographs of the original home of Sir William Mackenzie, in Kirkfield, Ontario (p.1-4).

Noteably, there are 15 albumen prints of Severn River, Muskoka (p.5-19) by Josiah Bruce, a celebated Canadian photographer from Toronto. The prints depict canoeing and portaging on the Severn River in [1894].

The rest of the album contains 38 photographs of interiors and exteriors of country estates and churches in England and Wales including photographs of an unidentified family (p.20-54). Some of the photographs may have been of the Clandon Park manor located in Guildford, Surrey in England, including its exteriors, interiors, gardens and the countryside around Guildford, Surrey. A photograph on p.43 contains an image that possibly depicts Count Ferdinand de Lesseps, 1805-1894, a French diplomat and engineer, who was involved in the construction of the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal. There is also a photograph that contains what is possibly an image of Count de Lesseps' son, Jacques de Lesseps (n.d.-1927) who was a notable Canadian aviator (p.46).

Additionally, the album includes a watercolour signed "Dora North" dated 19 July 1894 (p.39).

The fonds includes a portrait of Sir William Mackenzie done in 1919. Painted by H. Harris Brown, active 1889-following 1919, a British artist who displayed at the Royal Academy from 1889 onwards.

Provenance:

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Mackenzie, William, Sir, 1849-1923
Additional name(s):

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Bruce, Josiah, 1840-1913

Brown, H.-Harris, 1864-1948
Biography/Administrative history:

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Mackenzie, William, Sir, 1849-1923 : Sir William Mackenzie, K. B. (1849-1923), born Kirkfield, Upper Canada; became a lumber businessman, and in 1888 entered into partnership with Sir Donald Mann to build the Canadian Northern Railway.

Finding aid:

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Graphic (photo) (Electronic) Item-level description of photographs, acc. no. 1979-216. FA500 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002351.pdf

Graphic (art) (Electronic) Electronic item-level Description online (90: Open)

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General note:

The images of Severn River, Muskoka have been photographed: PA-172580, PA-172576, PA-172584, PA-172577, PA-172585, PA-172578, PA-172581, PA-172579, PA-172586, PA-172583, PA-172582, PA-172587.

The oil painting is inventoried as OP0087.

Custodial history:

This album was purchased from Christie's South Kensington in 1978 without provenance.

The donor of the painting is a grandson of the sitter.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1946-107 PIC
1979-216 NPC

Other accession no.:

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1979-216 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R10926] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright: Expired.

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Date modified:: 2024-06-27