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Alice Walker

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Date:

ca. 1891

Reference:

Box number: MIN-047

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

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Item ID number:

2837204

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Alice Walker

Portrait of Alice Walker
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Date(s):

ca. 1891

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 painting : watercolour and gouache on ivory, metal and glass ; image : 4.4 x 4.2 cm (oval), case : 5.7 x 5.2 cm (oval).
Support 4.500 x 4.000 cm
Platemark 11.500 x 10.000 cm
Locket / case 5.600 x 5.100 cm

Language of material:

no language

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Alice Walker (1881-1890) was the daughter of the artist. This miniature is thought to be a 'momento mori' of sitter who died at the age of nine from diptheria.

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Artist: Walker, Horatio, 1858-1938

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Physical description note:

Encasement: metal in locket. with crystal window, recto.

Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency available., Colour transparency: recto in locket and propped up in open case.

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: Horatio Walker. Curator: Jean Trudel, Musée du Québec, Québec, Québec; 1986.09.25 - 1986.11.23., Exhibition title: Small Wonders: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures; Exhibition of Reproductions. Curators: Martha Marleau, National Archives of Canada, cat. no.: 15a.
Further venue: National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario: 1995.02.13-1995.06.26., Exhibition title: I Know You by Heart: Portrait Miniatures / Je vous connais par coeur : portraits en miniature. Curator: Johanna Mizgala. Library and Archives Canada Exhibition. New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick; 2012.09.20 - 2012.12.31., Further venue: Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; 2013.03.22 -2013.06.02., Exhibition Title: A Little History: The hidden stories of children. Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, Quebec; 2018.03.29 - 2019.02.10.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Engraved on the verso of the locket, c.: Alice Pretty, Walker, / Born June 28[^th] 1881. / Died Dec 6[^th] 1890.

Container note(s):

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C-103566 : 50184
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Portraits

Miniature

SUBJ. - Portrait : Walker, Alice Pretty (1881-1891), ca. 1891

SUBJ. - Portrait Miniature : Locket - Brooch - Jewelry
Source:

Private

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1982-204 PIC
00010
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Physical access through an art archivist. No restrictions on use for reproduction or publication

Box [1982-204]

[Consultation 90 Open]

MIN-047 Item no. assigned by LAC 10

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1982-204]

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C-103566 Item no. assigned by LAC 10

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada / Acc. No. 1982-204-10
Copyright: Expired

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