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Gordon Ambrose collection [graphic material]

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Accession

Date:

ca. 1947.

Reference:

1997-084 DAP, 1996-02664-X

BAN no.:

1996-02664-X

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

24038

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Accession includes:

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Date(s):

ca. 1947.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 painting oil 40" x 30" inc.

Language of material:

English

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artistic material
On the top of the stretcher, at the back of the painting may be seen the word "Ogilvie". It can, therefore, be safely assumed that this painting, at one time, hung in the Montreal offices of the Ogilvie Flour Mills Co., Ltd. According to the information from a metal name plate, at the bottom of the frame, which is also substantiated in the Company's publication, "Ogilvie In Canada / Pioneer Millers / 1801-1951" by G.R. Stevens O.B.E.,.
Charles A. Dunning was President of the Ogilvie Flour Mills Co., Ltd., from 1940-1947, and was appointed Chairman of the Company, in 1947, (a post he held until his death, in 1958). Thus, a date of ca. 1947, for the execution of this portrait would seem reasonable, given the date of his appointment as Chairman of the Company and the fact that the artist Richard Jack died, in 1952.
It also seems likely that, following Charles A. Dunning's death, in 1958, the portrait was returned, by the Ogilvie Co., directly to his daughter, Katherine Dunning Ambrose, who had possession of it, until her death, in 1996. Subsequently, the portrait was moved, from Mrs. Ambrose's Ottawa residence, to the National Archives.

Physical description note:

Graphic (art): canvas

Language note:

Language of accompanying material: english.

Original extent note:

One oil painting by Richard Jack, R.A., R.C.A. (1866-1952), depicting the Hon. Charles Avery Dunning, M.P., P.C.(C.), LL.D. (1885-1958).

Source:

Private

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00001
1997-084 DAP

Former registration no.:

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97-002

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1997-084 DAP
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
artistic material. \\ Start date: 1997-01-22. Documents must be consulted under close supervision for conservation reasons.

Box [1997-084] 2000860732

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Nil
Copyright: Estate of Richard Jack
Credit: National Archives of Canada
Graphic (art): Nil
Graphic (art): Copyright: Estate of Richard Jack
Graphic (art): Credit: National Archives of Canada

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