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Woman of the Field family of Cobourg, Ontario
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Record information Woman of the Field family of Cobourg, Ontario
Date:ca. 1830-1850Reference:Box number: MIN-091Type of material:ArtFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:2837284Date(s):ca. 1830-1850Bilingual equivalent:Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:1 painting : watercolour on ivory ; image : 6.5 x 5.3 cm (oval), frame: 12.4 x 10.0 cm (rectangle).
Support 6.300 x 5.000 cm
Platemark 12.400 x 10.000 cmLanguage of material:no languageScope and content:Colour Transparency: recto in frame, Although her exact identity is unknown, the sitter in this portrait was a member of the Field family, early settlers of Cobourg, Ontario. According to a history of the town, the first reprentatives of Cobourg's prominent families arrived between 1830 and 1850. A man named John Field established a business in 1832 which later employed his sons.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.: 9c. 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.Signatures and inscriptions note:Inscription: inscribed in pen and blue ink on accompanying information note written by John L. Russell, collector and dealer of Canadiana: Bought By / Mrs. Audrey Stinson / at Coburg Sale / Estate of Mrs. / Elizabeth Field Fisher / who was instrumental / in restoration of / Victoria Hall. / Mrs. Fisher inherited / her family estate / The Field family / early Coburg / settlers.Container note(s):C-137885 : recto, in frameSource:PrivateOther accession no.:1990-200 DAP
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Physical access through an art archivist. No restrictions on use for reproduction or publicationBox [1990-200][Consultation Open]MIN-091 Item no. assigned by LAC 1[Consultation Open]Copy negative [1990-200][Consultation Open]C-137885 Item no. assigned by LAC 1[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1990-200-1
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