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Portrait of Akaitcho and his son

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Date:

1823

Reference:

R13133-293-4-E, Volume number: 21

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

2955067

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Canadian Historical Prints and Watercolours Collection

Portrait of Akaitcho and his son
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Date(s):

1823

Place:

London

Place of creation:

United Kingdom

Publisher:

John Murray

Extent:

1 print : aquatint and etching printed in black and grey ink (first state) on japan paper mounted on wove paper
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Language of material:

English

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This print is II-4b on the Robert Hood inventory list., It bears an old cataloguing date inscribed on the verso in pencil, but unfortunately, the date has been partially erased during conservation. It appears to be 1921, however., This first state of the print is distinguished from the second state by the changed inscription (roman letters instead of italics in the first and third lines, and the title line letter executed with different spacing and a commas after the words "Akaitcho" and "March"), and less aquatint, allowing etched details, such as those in the face of the man, to be seen more clearly than in the second state ., See other never-bound copies of this print in the NA Art Collection (first state printed bown ink and handcoloured and second state printed in black and grey ink). See bound second state copies (2) in NA Library editions of Franklin's "Narrative" (both printed in brown ink and handcoloured)., Location: Gatineau Preservation Centre, 1997-476-91
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Artist: Hood, Robert, 1797-1821

Depicted: Akaitcho

Engraver: Unknown

Akaitcho
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General note:

Removed from: publication: Franklin, John "Narrative of a Journey to the... Polar Sea in... 1819, 20, 21, and 22," (London: John Murray, 1823), vol. I.

Attributions and conjectures:

After a drawing by artist Robert Hood.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: in the plate, l.c.: Drawn by Lieut. Hood, R.N. / PORTRAIT OF AKAITCHO, AND HIS SON. / Published March, 1823, by John Murray, London.
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Private
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Graphic (art)

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Volume [R13133]

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21 Item no. assigned by LAC 281

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Copy negative not photo

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, acc. no. R13133-281
Copyright: Expired

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