Captain Robert Mann Parsons Collection [graphic material]

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Captain Robert Mann Parsons Collection [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Accession

Date:

1859-1860.

Reference:

1930-001 DAP, 118-080143-1

Former BAN no.:

118-080143-1

Local class no.:

50192, a i515 PANL A162-03 (8th floor)

Type of material:

Photographs, Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5052

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Accession includes:

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Date(s):

1859-1860.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

3 photographs : b&w.
1 watercolour.
11 drawings : pen and ink.

Language of material:

English

Provenance:

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Nield, A

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General Note:

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See RG 37 "C" Series, Vol. 12, 1930-1935 for further information about the accession.., The two sketches of the Rocking Stone are mounted on the same sheet. The six sketches of the icebergs are laid down on the same sheet.., A collection of watercolours and drawings relating to the career of Captain Robert Mann Parsons of the Royal Engineers, including the following works: watercolour of the city of Westminster, British Columbia, 1859, showing HMS Plumper decorated for the Queen's Birthday (including a view of a Royal Engineers camp); drawings of Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1853; the Rocking Stone near McIntosh River, Halifax, N.S., 1850; plan of the top of the Rocking Stone, 1850; the coast near St. John's, Newfoundland from HMS Resistance, July 1850; icebergs, seen from HMS Resistance, July 1850; silhouette portrait of Captain Parsons, January 1846; and silhouette portrait of Miss Parsons, undated., Watercolour of New Westminister, B. C. 1859 by C. F. Browell; other drawings by Captain R. M. Parsons; photographs by an unknown Royal Engineer.

Physical description note:

Graphic (other): 21a

Citation/reference note:

Barry V. Downs, "The Royal Engineers in British Columbia". Canadian Collector, May/June 1976, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 42-46; Alexander Begg, History of British Columbia (Toronto, 1894), pp. 228-237, 372-3
Subject heading:

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Nield, A

Parsons, R.M

New Westminster (B.C.)

New Westminster (C.-B.)
Source:

Private

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1930-001 NPC
1930-001 PIC
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1930-001 DAP
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [PARSONS, CAPTAIN ROBERT MANN 1930-001] 50192

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1930-001 DAP]

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-005574;

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-044206;

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-044208;

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-089468--C-089469;

[Consultation 90 Open]

C-089474--C-089480;

[Consultation 90 Open]

PA-099726--PA-099727;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
No restrictions on physical access. Documents must be consulted under close supervision for conservation reasons.

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Graphic (other):Photographic material Nil
Graphic (other):artistic material Nil
Graphic (other):Photographic material Copyright: Expired.
Graphic (other): Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada

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