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Record information A view of the church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Victoire, Quebec City,
Date:1760Reference:Box number: OP-0002Type of material:ArtFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:2837209Date(s):1760Bilingual equivalent:Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:1 painting : oil on canvas
Support x cmLanguage of material:no languageScope and content:This painting is after Richard Short's on-the-spot drawing of the subject., This painting and its companion, "A View of the Treasury and Jesuits College, Quebec City" are believed to have originated from the Townshend family homes in Norfolk, England as evidenced by a label formerly attached to the verso of this work. Although born in France in 1722, Serres was in England by 1758, and pursued an artistic career there, becoming Marine Painter to the King in 1780. He died in 1793. His collaboration with Richard Short on prints after drawings by Short, and paintings by Serres is discussed by Douglas Schoenherr in the Public Archives exhibition catalogue: The Painted Past.Additional name(s):Additional information:Availability of other formats note:Colour transparency available.Exhibitions note:Exhibition title: 250th Anniversary of the Founding of Detroit. Curators: Paul L. Gricant, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan; 1951.06.15 - 1951.10.22., Exhibition title: A Pageant of Canada. Curators: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1967., Exhibition title: Canada In art. Curators: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1967.10 - 1968.01., Exhibition title: The Painted Past. Curators: Staff of the National Archives, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1984.10.02 - 1984.10.31, cat. no.: no 7., Exhibition Title: The Painted Past. Curator: Chris Duclos, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia; 1987.04.10 - 1987.06.07.
Further Venue: McCord Museum, Montreal, Quebec; 1987.07.08 - 1988.01.03.
Further Venue: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia; 1989.06.01 - 1989.07.11, Exhibition title: Clash of Empires -The British,French & Indian War. Curator: Scott Stephenson, Sen. John Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 2005.05.01 - 2006.04.15., Further venue: Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario; 2006.05.27 - 2006.11.12., Further venue: Smithsonian Institute's International Gallery, Washington, DC; 2006.12.15 - 2007.07.15., Exhibition title: Canadian History Hall, Canadian Museum of History: 2017.07.01--Signatures and inscriptions note:Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: in brushpoint and brown paint, recto, l.l.: D. Serres. P. 1760; in pen and ink, on a label formerly on the verso: These 2 Pictures came from one of the Townshend houses in/Norfolk. Townshend's ancestor comanded a Battalion/at the Battle.Subject heading:Source:PrivateOther accession no.:00001
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Physical access restricted due to medium. No restrictions on use for reproduction or publicationBox [1997-214][Consultation Open]OP-0002 Item no. assigned by LAC 1[Consultation Open]Copy negative [1997-214][Consultation Open]C-025662 Item no. assigned by LAC 1[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Credit: Library and Archives Canada / Acc. No. 1997-214-1 / e011180640
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