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Fort William sur le lac Supérieur

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Date:

[ca 1811].

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2898308

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Fort William sur le lac Supérieur
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

[ca 1811].

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 aquarelle : aquarelle sur papier vélin
Support 30.600 x 34.700 cm
Secondary support 19.500 x 25.500 cm

Language of material:

no language

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Work depicts Fort William, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Fort William is presented on the far shore. Several structures are visible, enclosed by a wall inside of which is flying a flag high on the right hand side. Behind the fort is a forest running the length of the image. On the near shore are several trees. People are standing near a boat on the shore., Item is very soiled, yellowed and fly-specked. Item is torn and there is some paper loss. A narrow stip of paper is glued to the lower margin., Requires conservation treatment., Preservation copy photographs, both b&w and colour transparency, are held in the Loans and Exhibitions area of Preservation Branch.

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Artist: Irvine, Robert 1792-1823

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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. W340

Availability of other formats note:

Numèro de copie : C-151675.

Exhibitions note:

Titre d'exposition: La collection Peter Winkworth d'oeuvres canadiennes - Toujours fidèle - L'Ontario. Conservateur : Jim Burant, Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 2006.11.25-2007.08.29.

Lieu de présentation supplémentaire : McMichael Collection D'art Canadien, Kleinburg, Ontario; 2005.09.17- 2005.11.27.

Lieu de présentation supplémentaire : Art Gallery of Windor, Windsor, Ontario; 2006.02.11-2006.03.26

Lieu de présentation supplémentaire : Museum London, London, Ontario; 2006.08.19-2006.10.22., Titre d'exposition: Commerce des fourrures au Fort William: Une chronologie à travers l'art, 1805-1882. Thunder Bay Museum, Thunder Bay, Ontario; 2023.10.10 - 2024.03.31.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: à l'encre, b.c.: Fort William - N.W.; l.l. au crayon : 1; recto du support, à l'encre : Fort William - An Establishment of the N.W. Company on the north of Lake Superior; h.c., recto du support, à l'encre noir : 1
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Ontario

Architecture
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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00290
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Aucune restriction sur l'accès physique ni sur l'utilisation pour publication ou reproduction

Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 290

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [R9266] C-151675

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Mention : Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, no d'acquisition R9266-290 Collection de Canadiana Peter Winkworth
Droit d'auteur : Expiré

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