The land of the free and the home of the brave. (Slave market) (1 digital object(s)) Archives / Collections and Fonds
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Date:March 4, 1833Reference:Accession number: 1981-042 PIC, 00042, Box number: A131-02Type of material:ArtFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:2833438Date(s):March 4, 1833Bilingual equivalent:Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:1 watercolour / aquarelle : pen and brown ink with watercolour over pencil on paper
Support 11.100 x 18.300 cmLanguage of material:no languageScope and content:See the exhibition catalogue, "Friendly Spies on the Northern Tour..." (Ottawa, National Archives of Can, 1981) for further information on Martin., Watercolours and drawings recording Henry Byam Martin's sojourn in North America from September 1832 to June 1833. He landed in New York, travelled via the Hudson River and Erie Canal to Niagara Falls, then proceeded to Toronto, Kingston, Montréal, Ottawa and Québec City. From Québec he returned to New York, and then travelled to Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Charleston, South Carolina, Alabama, and then to New Orleans. He returned up the Mississippi River via Memphis, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and then embarked at New York to return to England., Many important subjects, including methods of transport, the slave trade, and the Southern Secessionist Convention in 1833 are included in the watercolours. The collection also important for its depiction of costumes, particularly American and for its commentary on the American manners and customs.Additional name(s):Additional information:General note:Removed from: Album: an album of drawings taken during a trip through Canada and the United States, 1832-1833
"The land of the free and the home of the brave, cartoon depicting the US slave market" (Caption title, Canadian History Hall)Availability of other formats note:Colour transparency availableReproduction note:A reproduction of this drawing was made for Canadian History Hall, 2017.07.01--Exhibitions note:Exhibition title: Friendly Spies on the Northern Tour; 1815-1833; sketches by H.B. Martin. Curators: Jim Burant, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1981.04.02 - 1981.06.30. Further venue: Market Gallery, City of Toronto Archives, Toronto, Ontario; 1982.01.23 - 1982.03.21., Exhibition title: Before Freedom Came: African-American Life in the Antebellum South. Curators: Kym S. Rice, The Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia; 1991.05.21 - 1992.01.08., Exhibition title: The Anti-Slavery Movement in Canada. Curators: Momryk, Myron, Library and Archives Canada , Ottawa, Ontario; 2001.02.12 - 2001.05.27.Signatures and inscriptions note:Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: Insribed recto: in pencil, l.l. "Nigger Selling"; in pen and brown ink, bottom, "Charleston S.C. 4th March 1833 'The land of the free & home of the brave'".Subject heading:Source:PrivateOther accession no.:1981-042 PIC
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nilBox [1981-042][ConsultationOpen]A131-02 Item no. assigned by LAC 42[ConsultationOpen]Copy negative [1981-042][ConsultationOpen]C-115001 Item no. assigned by LAC 42[ConsultationOpen]Terms of use:Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1981-42-42 Source: Dr. Nigel Davies, Gelati, Mexico.
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