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Marie Madeleine de Verchères

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Date:

1915.

Reference:

Box number: MIN-002

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2894481

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Hayward Family fonds

Marie Madeleine de Verchères
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Date(s):

1915.

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 painting : watercolour on ivory ; 9.1 x 7.1cm (visible image); 10.5 x 8.5 cm (oval case).
Platemark 12.200 x 8.400
Image 9.100 x 7.100 cm
Locket / case 10.500 x 8.500 cm

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Miniature in a metal locket., Colour transparency: recto in locket., Reference number on file: Series A, number 2., This miniature has also been copied in black and white, under negative number: C-005560; this negative shows more shadow., This is an imaginary historical portrait that was painted as an illustration for Arthur Doughty's book "Daughter of New France", published in 1916. The portrait brings to mind the story of the courageous fourteen year-old girl who in October 1692, defended her home, the Seigneury and Fort of Verchères on the St. Lawrence River, from an Iroquois attack.
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Artist: Hayward, Gerald Sinclair, 1845-1926

Depicted: Verchères, Madeleine de, 1678-1747

Verchères, Marie-Madeleine Jarret de, 1678-1747
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Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency available.

Exhibitions note:

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.: 16b.

Further venue: National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario: 1995.02.13-1995.06.26., Exhibition title: Double Take: Portraits of Intriguing Canadians / Volte-face: Portraits de Canadiens fascinants. Curator: Caroline Cook. Library and Archives Canada Exhibition. Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; 2012.03.31 - 2012.09.03.

Further venue: McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario; 2012.09.22 - 2013.02.24.

Further venue: Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Quebec; 2013.03.21 - 2013.10.14.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: Inscribed in brushpoint and brown watercolour, recto l.c.: Gerald. S. Hayward. 1915

Container note(s):

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C-083513 : recto in locket
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Portraits

Miniature

Jewelry

Canada 1663-1713 (New France)
Source:

Private

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00001
1989-497 X DAP
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
To be veiwed with the assistance of an art archivist. No restrictions on use for reproduction or publication.

Box [1989-497]

[Consultation 90 Open]

MIN-002 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1989-497]

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-083513 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada / Acc. No. 1989-497-1 / c083513k
Copyright: Expired
Restrictions on use: Nil

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