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Portrait of Sir Henry Thornton [graphic material]

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Item

Date:

ca. October 1928.

Reference:

R13732-0-4-E, Box number: 20000

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2874786

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Portrait of Sir Henry Thornton
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

ca. October 1928.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 drawing pen and brush and black ink over pencil with opaque white on commercial board
Support 48.700 x 26.300 cm
Image 43.000 x 22.400 cm

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Ernest Le Messurier collection [graphic material]

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Item is a single image portrait caricature of Sir Henry Thornton on his return to Canada in October 1928 along with biographical notes on his career, November 1975 - the work is discoloured and soiled. The edges are worn and there is a tack hole u.c. White correcting fluid has been used in areas.

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Le Messurier, Ernest 1871-1933
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Artist: Le Messurier, Ernest 1871-1933

Thornton, Henry Worth, Sir, 1871-1933
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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: Inscribed recto: u.l. "E. Le Mesurier" signed in pen and ink; l.l. "SIR H.W. THORNTON / EUROPE / TO / C.N.R. / MONTREAL / PARIS / LONDON" in pen and ink on a leather bag; l.r. "BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES / BORN NOV-6-1871 / LOGANSPORT, IND. U.S.A. / UNIVERSITY OF PENN. B. Sc. 1894 / PENN. R.R. DECEMBER 1894 / GEN. SUPT. L.I.R.R. 1911-1914 / GEN. MGR. G.E.R.Y. ENG. 1914 / MEM. COM. OF G.M'.S 1914 / DEP. DIR. INLAND WATERWAYS / & DOCKS-COLONEL. 1917 / DEP. DIR. GEN. GRIG. GEN. 1918 / INS. GEN. MAJ. GEN. 1919 / BECAME BRITISH SUBJECT / KGT. COM. OF ORDER OF BR. EMPIRE / COMMANDER, LEGION OF HONOUR / U.S.A. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL / CHM. OF BD. OF DIRECTORS & PRES. / CAN. NAT. RYS. OCT. 4, 1922 / MEM. OF ADVISORY COMM. OF LEAGUE / OF NATIONS ADVISORY & TECH- / NICAL COMM. ON TRANSPT. 1928 / RESIGNED JULY 31, 1932 / DIED AT N.Y. MARCH 14, 1933 // M. Le Messurier's DRAWING DEPICTS Sir Henry Thornton RETURNING TO / Canada. - OCT. 1928" in pen and ink.
Subject heading:

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political

social

politique

cartoon / dessin humoristique

SUBJ. - Portrait : Sir Henry Thornton - Returning to Canada
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1975-021 PIC

Other accession no.:

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1975-021 PIC
00001
1975-21-1
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [1975-021] 20000

[Consultation 90 Open]

020000 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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