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Shanty on Cape Chat where the crew from the wreck of the Premier (4 November 1843) set up a guardroom and bivouac

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ca. 1845

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Box number: A059-01

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Item ID number:

2901534

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George Russell Dartnell fonds

Shanty on Cape Chat where the crew from the wreck of the Premier (4 November 1843) set up a guardroom and bivouac
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Date(s):

ca. 1845

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 drawing / dessin : pencil on wove paper
Support 10.400 x 14.800 cm

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This drawing is reproduced as a woodengraving in Dartnell's "A brief narrative of the shipwreck of the Transport 'Premier' near the mouth of the river St. Lawrence, on the 4th November, 1843...," (London, 1845), p. 22., The following passage from Dartnell's narrative (pp. 22-23) describes the present drawing: "A small unfinished, log shanty, that stood on the highest part of the bank, was fitted up as a quarter for some of the officers: the roof was covered with pieces of sail-cloth and tarpaulin, the sides with blankets, and a smallstove, brought ashore from the ship's cabin, placed inside. This little hut, however, was found to be too small (not being above twelve feet square), and was given up as a, guard-room. In front of this shanty a flag-staff was erected, and a reversed ensign hoisted as a signal of distress to any vessel that might happen to pass in within sight. The quartermater-serjeant's scarlet cloth, and the stained and tarnished white and red jackets of the band and soldiers, were hung out to dry (after being washed in fresh water) upon the bushes and rail fences along the bank, where they soon froze en masse, forming a gay fringe to a sombre picture."

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Artist: Dartnell, George R., 1798-1878

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Inscription: in pencil, recto u.l.: 5 [underlined]; in pen and black, verso, c.: No 3 - Log shanties - / for page 21 of the manuscript / soldiers' jackets on the fence - / group round a Bivouac fire below / the bank on the left hand (complete transcript)
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activité militaire

Military Activity
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1991-129 DAP
00002
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
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Box [1991-129]

[Consultation 90 Open]

A059-01 Item no. assigned by LAC 2

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1991-129]

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-138043 Item no. assigned by LAC 2

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1991-129-2
Copyright: Expired

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