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Turning the Buoy

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Date:

1864.

Reference:

R13442-4-2-E, Volume number: 1

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3992948

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Jenny Russell Simpson collection

Turning the Buoy
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Date(s):

1864.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 drawing : pen and ink ; 11.4 x 16.2 cm.

Language of material:

English

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Small pen and ink sketch by Jenny (Jeanette) Russell Simpson depicting a yacht race on the St. Lawrence river, Quebec, 1864. Several boats are seen on the water, circling a buoy, with a lighthouse in the distance.

Handwritten letter in artist file provides information: "Pen & ink Sketch, Quebec 1864, / 'Turning the Buoy' / yacht race river St. Lawrence / taken from father's (Andrew Russell) office / window - old Chateau Louis, Crown Lands Dept, 1834 / Durham Terrace, 1864. - now site of the / Chateau Frontenac, Dufferin Terrace - by / Jeanette Russell. / Jenny Russell Simpson, (Mrs. J.B.) / June, 1933."

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Artist: Simpson, Jenny Russel, 1847-1936

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General note:

Initial cataloguing date (on verso): 28/8/35
Inventory number, artist file: I-2

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Recto, l.l., manuscript ink: Jenny Simpson
Recto, l.c., manuscript ink: Turning the Buoy
Verso, manuscript ink: Sketched by Jeanette Russell
Verso, manuscript ink, l.l.: Quebec 1864.
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Sports & Amusements - Yachting

Québec - St. Lawrence River
Source:

Private
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Graphic (art)

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Volume [R13442]

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1 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, acc. no. R13442-1
Copyright: expired

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