Captain John Ross, R. N
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Captain John Ross, R. N
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Record information Captain John Ross, R. N
Date:ca. 1834Reference:Box number: MIN-072Type of material:ArtFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:2837341Date(s):ca. 1834Bilingual equivalent:Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:1 watercolour : watercolour on ivory on ivory
Support 15.100 x 11.000 cm
Platemark 32.200 x 27.300 cmScope and content:This portrait may be derived from the oil painting by Benjamin Rawlinson dated 1829 now in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. A second copy of this miniature has been offered for sale a number of times., Colour transparency: recto in gold-toned mat, relates to C-123834, See OP-84-16., In 1818, John Ross (1777-1856) then a commander in the Royal Navy, led his first expedition to the Canadian Arctic in search of the North-West Passage. He made another attempt in 1829 when he became ice-bound for four years, and upon his return to England was created a knight bachelor. He led his own expedition in search of John Franklin in 1850. His published works about the Arctic are an important source of information about nineteenth-century Arctic exploration.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.: 14a. Further venue: National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario: 1995.02.13-1995.06.26.Signatures and inscriptions note:Inscription: Inscribed in pencil verso of frame: Portrait of unidentified gentleman / probably painted by Mrs. Hamilton / in early 1800's. / Mrs Hamilton, a competent portrait / painter was great aunt of George William / Carrington, born 15/5/1854 at Gloucester / died 11/12/1940 at Wapier [?] NZContainer note(s):C-123839 : recto supportSource:PrivateOther accession no.:1984-118 PIC
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Physical access through an art archivist. No restrictions on use for reproduction or publicationBox [1984-118][Consultation Open]MIN-072 Item no. assigned by LAC 1[Consultation Open]Copy negative [1984-118][Consultation Open]C-123839 Item no. assigned by LAC 1[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1984-118-1
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