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Halifax from York Redoubt

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Pièce

Date :

May, 1856.

Référence :

R9266-479-1-E

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Art

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Archives / Collections et fonds

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3844966

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2008 Acquisition

James F. Bland sketchbook of Turkey, the Mediterranean, and Nova Scotia 1855-1857

Halifax from York Redoubt
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Date(s) :

May, 1856.

Lieu de création :

Sans lieu, inconnu ou indéterminé

Étendue :

1 watercolour : brown wash, pen and ink, and pencil ; 17.3 x 27.1 cm.

Langue du document :

anglais

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana [graphic material, textual material, cartographic material]

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Mt. Pleasant is more commonly known as Point Pleasant. It was a military bastion until 1866 when it became a public park. Forts and batteries built around Point Pleasant were primarily intended to prevent enemy ships form getting into the Halifax Harbour. It was part of the military complex that protected the Halifax Harbour and formed the first line of that defence system., Halifax Harbour is one of the largest natural harbours in the world. Strategically located, it is part of the trading route between the eastern seaboard and Europe., Halifax, from the time of its founding in 1749 by Colonel Edward Cornwallis, was one of four principle overseas naval stations in the British Empire. To defend Halifax, the British military built a series of fortifications in and around this strategic point. The Halifax Citadel, the fortification on the hill that overlooked the harbour was built the year this image was created, 1856. It was the center of a system known as the Halifax defence complex. Citadel Hill and the associated harbour defence fortifications afforded the Royal Navy the most secure and strategic anchorage in Eastern North America., York Redoubt was a key element in the defence of Halifax Harbour. It was located on a bluff overlooking the harbour entrance. It played an important communication role using signal flags to keep the Citadel informed of ships' movements. York Redoubt's fortifications were originally built in 1793 at the outbreak of war between Britain and France. Over the years the site was enlarged and strengthened., Bland created a panoramic view of the Halifax Harbour which occupies two pages of the sketchbook. On this page, in the foreground, he depicted a civilian side of York Redoubt. Two ladies are sitting with a dog, on a road leading to buildings where people are busy with daily activities. Point Pleasant and Halifax are across the water in the background., Item is on fol. 17, page 34, verso, and consists of a panoramic view of Mt. Pleasant, Halifax, and Georges Island from York Redoubt. This is the left sheet (1 of 2).

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Artiste : Bland, Lieut.-Colonel James Fox active 1846-1886

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Bland, Lieut.-Colonel James Fox active 1846-1886 : Nothing is known about James Fox Bland before Dec. 8, 1846, when he purchases a commission as an ensign in the 76th Regiment of the British Army. Bland remains with this regiment his entire career, until 1870. The 76th served in Corfu in 1846-1847, so he may have joined the regiment there. Monthly Army returns indicate that Bland arrived in British North America from Malta on April 25, 1853, and joined the 76th in Fredericton. He was absent from the regiment (possibly on a North American tour) from July 25-September 30, 1853. He was promoted lieutenant on Oct. 14, 1851, and captain on Feb. 15, 1856. Although official records indicate that he should have been in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia until September 1857, LAC has recently acquired a sketchbook by Bland indicating that he was serving in the Crimean campaign in 1854, being in Constantinople in July 1854, and in Scutari in September 1854. He then left and travelled from there via Athens and the Mediterranean to Halifax, Nova Scotia, presumably arriving sometime in the late fall of 1854. There is an illustration published in the Illustrated London News of May 10, 1855, concerning Barracks on Melville Island, near Halifax, credited to Bland, so he must have been there for some time prior to the publication of the image.

Bland seems to have remained with his regiment in Nova Scotia throughout 1855 and 1856, according to the dates of many of the sketches, the last of which was done in Halifax harbour in August 1857. The 76th regiment left Nova Scotia on September 30, 1857 on board the "Java" for Cork, Ireland. In October 1863 the 76th sailed to India from England, and remained there for some years. During this time, Bland was promoted, on April 8, 1868, becoming the chief inspector of musketry in Madras, still with the rank of captain, but on April 1, 1870, he is promoted to major, shortly before he retires on half-pay on June 7, 1870. He receives the rank of Lieut-Colonel on October 1, 1877, while still on half-pay. Sometime before 1882, he retires from the army, and his name disappears from Army lists for good after 1893, although no record of his death has been located.

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Indication alphanumérique :

Sotheby's inventory number : W276 and 20250714/15

Signatures et inscriptions :

Inscribed., Inscription: in pencil, fol. 17 verso ( p. 34), in the image, t. : Mt. Pleasant; in pen and ink, t.: Halifax

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2008-00292-6
R9266
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Credit : Library and Archives Canada, Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, Acc. No. R9266-4177.33
Copyright : Expired

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Date de modification :: 2024-07-04