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J.B. Greenshields

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Date:

ca. 1867

Reference:

Box number: BK-052

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2877404

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William Henry Edward Napier fonds

J.B. Greenshields
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Date(s):

ca. 1867

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 watercolour / aquarelle : watercolour and pen and brown ink and opaque white over pencil on wove paper
Image 9.500 x 17.200 cm

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There are 24 leaves in the sketchbook. The dates on the sketches indicate that Napier visited England in 1867 and returned to Canada by 1869 and was there in 1870. According to information he left for England in 1870., There were five unbound pages (acc. no. 1974-51-43, 45, 53, 55 & 58). The binding of the sketchbook is broken. In most cases the drawings are smudged, in particular 1974-51-66)., Formerly the property of Alexander Napier Chinnery-Haldene, 'Gleneagles', Perthshire, Scotland (grandson of the artist).

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Artist: Napier, William Henry Edward, 1829-1894

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General note:

sketchbook: William Napier Sketchbook of 1867-1870

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: Inscribed recto: l.l. "J.B. Greenshields [?] / Eltham Kent" in pencil

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Eltham, Kent, England

Source:

Private

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1974-051 PIC
00043
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Physical access restricted. No restrictions on use for reproduction or publication

Box [1974-051]

[Consultation 90 Open]

BK-052 Item no. assigned by LAC 43

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [00043] C-035273

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1974-51-43R Source: purchased at Sotheby & Co. (Canada) Ltd.
Copyright: Expired

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