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An Inuit Man

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Date:

June 1818

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2880744

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Andrew Motz Skene fonds

An Inuit Man
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

June 1818

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 drawing / dessin : pencil on wove paper
Support 22.200 x 37.000 cm

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This portrait was most likely taken in N E Bay - as 1988-43-33r. According to the account of the journey, John Ross "Voyage of Discovery, made under the orders of the Admiralty, in his Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander, for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay, and inquiring into the probability of a North-West Passage" (London: John Murray, 1819) p.55, several Inuit came on board.

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Artist: Skene, Andrew Motz, 1796-1849

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General note:

sketchbook: A.M. Skene Sketchbook folio 33 verso and 34 recto

Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency available
Subject heading:

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Inuit

Portraits

Greenland
Source:

Private

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1988-043 PIC
000033
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Graphic (art)

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

Item no. assigned by LAC [000033] 000033 V

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [000033] C-132839

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1988-43-33V Purchased in 1988 with a contribution from the Minister of Communications under the terms of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act.
Copyright: Expired

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