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Lord Elgin fonds [graphic material]

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Accession

Date:

[1847].

Reference:

1976-238 NPC, 1998-01203-4

BAN no.:

1998-01203-4

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

140478

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Date(s):

[1847].

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

2 photographs daguerreotypes.

Language of material:

English

Provenance:

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Elgin, James Bruce, Earl of, 1811-1863

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Graphic (photo): (Electronic) Described in DAPDCAP at item-level.

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General note:

The accession consists of a daguerreotype copy (attributed to the Montreal photographer Thomas Coffin Doane) of a painted miniature portrait of Lady Louisa (née Lambton) Elgin by an unknown artist, and a whole-plate daguerreotype group portrait of Lord and Lady Elgin, with Lady Alice Lambton [sister of Lady Elgin] and Lord Mark Kerr [Lord Elgin's A.D.C.], taken in 1847-8, and attributed to Thomas Coffin Doane.

Custodial history:

Photos passed through family descent; they were acquired at Sotheby's London auction May 7, 1998. These photographs had previously been lent to the National Archives of Canada for copying, in 1976, and formed part of NPC Acc. No. 1976-238.

Original extent note:

2 photographs.

Related material:

Copies of these two photographs and of others from the Elgin family were accessioned as NPC 1976-238. These are available for research purposes only.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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MG24-A16
R977-0-0-E
R977-1-2-E

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1976-238 NPC
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