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Shooting a Wolf in the Plains

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

n.d.

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2838432

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Shooting a Wolf in the Plains
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Date(s):

n.d.

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 drawing : pen and black ink over pencil on wove paper
Support 19.600 x 31.500 cm
Image 16.600 x 28.300 cm

Language of material:

English

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Subject depicts a hunter on snowshoes shooting a wolf. The hunter and wolf are on a barren landscape with sparse vegetation. The hunter is on snowshoes and has just fired his rifle. Smoke comes from the barrel of the rifle just above the trigger. The wolf is looking towards the rifle while trying to flee the hunter., Image has a black border drawn around it.

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Artist: Rindisbacher, Peter, 1806-1834

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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. P295. This image was listed as a print when acquired.

Attributions and conjectures:

Attributed to Swiss artist Peter Rindisbacher.

Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency available

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: in pencil, recto, b.: Shooting a Wolf in the plains exhibiting a winter scene

Subject heading:

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Hunting

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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00347
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
No restriction on access or on use for publication or reproduction.

Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 347

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [00347] C-150395

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-347 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: expired

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