Canadian Coat of Arms

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Canadian Coat of Arms

Item ID number:

2906009

Hierarchical level:

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Date:

1921

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

2906009

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Date(s):

1921

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 watercolour / aquarelle : gouache, watercolour, gold and silver metallic paint and pen and black ink on wove paper laid down onto card
Support 34.900 x 27.600 cm
Secondary support 35.500 x 28.000 cm

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Accepted design for the arms of Canada. The arms were proclaimed for Canada in 1921. The work is signed by all four members of the committee established to provide Canada with a coat of arms. The committee consisted of Thomas Mulvey, Under-secretary of State; Sir Joseph Pope, Under-secretary of State for External Affairs; Dr. Arthur G. Doughty, Dominion Archivist; and Major-General Willoughby Gwatkin, the former Chief of the General Staff of the Canadian Militia.

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This item is located in container 2000816403

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: in pen and brown ink, recto, l.c.: Arms of Canada [underlined]; l.l.: Final Draft on which / the Royal warrant was / based.; l.r.: Thomas Mulvey / Joseph Pope / Arth. Doughty / W Gwatkin 1921

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Heraldry collection

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heraldry

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Copy negative [19XX-XXX] C-003488

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada
Copyright: Government of Canada.

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