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Record information George Matthews
Date:ca. 1830'sReference:Box number: MIN-087Type of material:ArtFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:2834437Date(s):ca. 1830'sBilingual equivalent:Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:1 painting : watercolour on ivory ; image : 4.7 x 3.8 cm (oval), case : 6.1 x 4.6 cm (oval).
Image 4.600 x 3.900
Locket / case 6.100 x 4.500Language of material:no languageScope and content:This portrait miniature is thought to possibly be of the George Matthews (ca 1816-act. 1866) who was an engraver and lithographer in Montreal at Matthews Lithography and also was a partner of George B. Burland. Shumway was a successful American miniaturist who worked in Connecticut, New Orleans, largely in New York, and exhibited from 1829 to 1860., The miniature is in a gold oval locket that also contains a lock of brown hair under the window glass on the verso., Colour transparencies: recto in locket, and verso of locket showing hair.Additional name(s):Additional information:Availability of other formats note:Colour transparency availableExhibitions note:Exhibition title: Small Wonders: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition of Portrait Miniatures; Exhibition of Reproductions. Curators: Martha Marleau, National Archives of Canada, cat. no.: 10b, r&v. Further venue: National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario: 1995.02.13-1995.06.26., Exhibition title: I Know You by Heart: Portrait Miniatures / Je vous connais par coeur : portraits en miniature. Curator: Johanna Mizgala. Library and Archives Canada Exhibition. New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick; 2012.09.20 - 2012.12.31., Further venue: Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; 2013.03.22 -2013.06.02.Container note(s):C-107962 : recto in locketSource:PrivateOther accession no.:00001
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Physical access through an art archivist. No restrictions on use for reproduction or publicationBox [1987-061][Consultation Open]MIN-087 Item no. assigned by LAC 1[Consultation Open]Copy negative [1987-061][Consultation Open]C-107962 Item no. assigned by LAC 1[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1987-61-1
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