Possibly John Porteous II
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Possibly John Porteous II
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Record information Possibly John Porteous II
Date:1766-1833Reference:Box number: MIN-048Type of material:ArtFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:2837546Date(s):1766-1833Bilingual equivalent:Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:1 painting : watercolour on ivory
Support 2.400 x 2.400 cm
Locket / case 5.200 x 4.300 cmScope and content:John Porteous is the son of John Porteous I who emigrated from Scotland to New Brunswick and then went to Montreal in 1765. Information supplied by donors indicates that the sitter married Amélie daughter of Lt. Col. B. Gugy and Jeanne...de la Tour in Montreal 1818, but she would have been much older than John. Perhaps she is a grand-daughter or other information is not correct. Encasement copper-toned metal locket; circular; recto ruby glass border; verso glazed opening with braided human hair encased. Colour transparency: recto locket.Additional name(s):Additional information:Availability of other formats note:Colour transparency availableExhibitions note:Exhibition title: Small Wonders: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures; Exhibition of Reproductions. Curators: Martha Marleau, National Archives of Canada, cat. no.: 1c. Further venue: National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario: 1995.02.13-1995.06.26.Signatures and inscriptions note:Inscribed. Signed. Dated.Container note(s):C-100658 : recto in locketVarying form of title:Subject heading:Source:PrivateOther accession no.:1982-122 PIC
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Physical access through an art archivist. No restrictions on use for reproduction or publicationBox [1982-122][Consultation Open]MIN-048 Item no. assigned by LAC 4[Consultation Open]Copy negative [1982-122][Consultation Open]C-100658 Item no. assigned by LAC 4[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1982-122-4
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