Collection search - The taking of the Bienfaisant and the burning of the Prudent in Louisbourg Harbour, July 26, 1758

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The taking of the Bienfaisant and the burning of the Prudent in Louisbourg Harbour, July 26, 1758

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Item (Accession level)

Date:

ca. 1770

Reference:

Accession number: 1990-078 DAP, 00001, Box number: 2000811254

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2882632

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Richard Paton collection

The taking of the Bienfaisant and the burning of the Prudent in Louisbourg Harbour, July 26, 1758
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Date(s):

ca. 1770

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

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1 painting / peinture : oil on canvas
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Painting is likely the large work which Paton submitted to the Royal Academy exhibition of 1779. The original work on which the painting was based are on-the-spot sketches by a Midshipman Young who was one of the bording party in the night action. His sketches formed the basis of a smaller painting by Richard Paton (16.5 x 24 in.) painted in 1761 now in the ROM, from which a 1771 engraving was produced, and a painting by Francis Swaine, which are also in the ROM. A copy of the 1771 engraving is in the NA collection. The later painting by Paton (1990-78-1) is a larger and more finished representation of the event originally depicted by Paton in 1761,, and adds details in the foreground not found in either the first version or the engraving.

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Artist: Paton, Richard, 1716 or 1717-1791

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Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency available

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: The Peter Winkworth Collections of Canadiana: Rocky Shores and Stormy Seas- The Atlantic Region. Curator: Jim Burant, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 2006.03.05-04.22.2007.

Further Venue: Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; 2006.03.05-2006.05.14.

Further Venue: The Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick; 2006.06.16-2006.09.03.

Further Venue: The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John's Newfoundland; 2007.02.02-2007.04.22.
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event

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Private

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1990-078 DAP
90-030

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1990-078 DAP
00001
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Physical access to be given through an art archivist

Box [1990-078]

[Consultation 90 Open]

2000811254 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1990-078]

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-143388 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1990-78-1
Copyright: Expired

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