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James Duncan Album

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Date:

1847-1850.

Reference:

R9266-107-8-E, Volume number: 4155

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3838157

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2008 Acquisition

James Duncan Album
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Date(s):

1847-1850.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 album (31 watercolours) : watercolour ; 35.8 x 51.0 cm.

Language of material:

English

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

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Item consists of 31 watercolour depictions of Montréal and vicinity, mounted onto album sheets with inscriptions.

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Artist: Duncan, James D., 1806-1881

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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory number : W355 and 2037905/1

Physical description note:

Item consists of black leather tooled in gold, with inset panels on front & back covers of black suede embroidered with stylized floral motifs in dyed moosehair.

Custodial history:

It is possible that Peter Winkworth purchased this item at the Sotheby and Co. (Canada) Ltd. auction held on May 28th, 1968. This album was Lot 142 (Watercolours, Prints and Maps from the Collection of Canadiana; formed by the late Robert W. Reford of Montreal).

Source:

Private

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2008-00292-6
R9266
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Must be seen with the assistance of an archivist.

Volume [R9266]

[Consultation 90 Open]

4155 Item no. assigned by LAC 4193--4225

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit : Library and Archives Canada, Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, Acc. No. R9266-4193
Copyright : Expired

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