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Union Bridge, Ottawa / Upper Canada side [graphic material]

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Date:

ca. 1826-1828.

Reference:

Box number: A030-01

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2914401

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Union Bridge, Ottawa / Upper Canada side
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

ca. 1826-1828.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 watercolour / aquarelle : sepia wash over pencil on wove paper laid down onto light card
Support 22.200 x 27.200 cm
Image 12.800 x 19.900 cm

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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View of the Ottawa Bridge over the Ottawa River. Below the bridge is a raft with three men. This image is the first in a series of four.

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Attributed name: Bouchette, R. S. M. (Robert Shore Milnes), 1805-1879

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General note:

See R9266-3409:d (4th Bridge. Ottawa) for a Bouchette lithograph of a similar scene.
Another variation of this scene can be found in Charles P. deVolpi's "Ottawa: A Pictorial Record / Recueil iconographique" (Montreal : DEV-SCO Publications, Ltd., 1964), plate 7.

Attributions and conjectures:

This work has been attributed to Robert Shore Milnes Bouchette.

Physical description note:

This item is mounted on the same secondary support as MIKAN 2914408 (Union Bridge, Ottawa / Lower Canada side)

Custodial history:

Source of acquisition is unknown. This image is I-3 in the Robert Bouchette inventory list.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed., Inscription: Below the image, recto, b.: UNION BRIDGE - OTTAWA/ Upper Canada side; l.l.: 1.

Related material:

See also MIKAN 2914408, 2919568, and 2919659 for related Union Bridge images.
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Ontario

Ottawa (Ont.)

Architecture
Source:

Private
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Graphic (art)

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Box [0000-000] A030-01

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Copy negative [0000-000] C-002172

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, MIKAN 2914401; Copyright: expired

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