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Ruins of the original Fort Frontenac, 1785

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Date:

n.d.

Reference:

R13133-256-9-E, Volume number: 13

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3963231

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Canadian Historical Prints and Watercolours Collection

Miscellaneous Christmas Cards

Ruins of the original Fort Frontenac, 1785
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Date(s):

n.d.

Place of creation:

United Kingdom

Publisher:

Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.

Extent:

1 card : with colour reproduction of a watercolour ; 11.5 x 15.2 cm.

Language of material:

English

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Signed Christmas card from staff at Fort Frontenac, Kingston, with a colour reproduction on the cover from a watercolour by James Peachey of 1785. Image depicts the ruins of the original Fort Frontenac at Kingston, with men in canoes in the foreground.
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Artist: Peachey, James, fl. 1773-1797

Publisher: Tuck, Raphael 1881 - ?
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General note:

Christmas card no. (old item no. on verso): 4

Location of originals note:

See original Peachey watercolour, MIKAN no. 2838693.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inside cover, left: The picture is a reproduction of a / water-colour painted by Jas. Peachey / in 1785, showing the ruins of the original Fort Frontenac, site of / the National Defence College.
Inside cover, right (in coat of arms): NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE
Inside cover, right: Season's Greetings / and all Good Wishes / for Christmas and the New Year / Fort Frontenac, / Kingston, Ontario.
Inside cover, right, manuscript pen, l.r.: Commandant / Directing Staff and / Course Members.
Verso, centre: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd. / BY APPOINTMENT TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN / FINE ART PUBLISHERS / AND TO HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER / FINE ART PUBLISHERS / [in manuscript pen] (Reproduced from water color / in Archives - Peachy #I-15)
Verso, l.r.: A / TUCK / CARD / MADE IN ENGLAND / COPYRIGHT
Verso, l.l.: PRINTED IN ENGLAND
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ONT., KINGSTON - FORTIFICATIONS, FORT FRONTENAC

Christmas cards
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Private
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R13133]

[Consultation 90 Open]

13 Item no. assigned by LAC 244

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright: Expired
Credit : Library and Archives Canada, R13133-244

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