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Quatre personnages indiens

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Date:

ca 1840.

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2898596

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Quatre personnages indiens
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Date(s):

ca 1840.

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 Aquarelle : aquarelle sur graphite sur papier chamois
Image 27.500 x 41.500 cm
Secondary support 38.000 x 56.100 cm

Language of material:

no language

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Subject depicts four Mi'kmaq Indians. A male figure is on the far left, facing the viewer, his arms crossed in front of his chest. He is wearing a black hat with a feather on one side; around his waist is a sash with something (a pouch?) hanging from it. A woman stands next to him with her back to the viewer. She is carrying a baby; the baby is strapped into a type of baby basket which is attached to the woman's head. Next to her is another woman; this woman is depicted in profile. She is wearing a skirt, top and hat. She is holding a fish in her left hand. On the far right is a male figure. He is shown in profile, looking away from the other figures. In his right hand he holds a the top of a rifle; the butt of the rifle is resting on the ground. The man is wearing a red hat and is holding a bag on his back., Note: the figure on the left is the same as one in figure group reproduced in etching entitled "Indiani dei dintorni di Quebec (giusta i designi della Raccolta di A. Vuttermare). See P2039, Winkworth Collection. N.-M.-A. VAttermare (1796-1864) visited Quebec province in 1840-41 and again later in the 1840s as a promoter of cultural exchange with Europe., Item has some surface dirt and has a fold along the upper margin. Item is hinged toa secondary support and has a window mat.
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Copyist (art): Inconnu

Artist: Vattermare, N.-M.-A. 1796-1864, reliée à
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Sotheby's inventory no W101.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: au crayon, recto, b.d. (récent) Mic Mac Indians Pair A / 350
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Québec

Autochtone

Costume
Source:

Private

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00472
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Aucune restriction sur l'accès ou sur l'utilisation pour reproduction ou publication.

Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 472

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [00472] C-150290

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Crédit: Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, no d'acc R9266-472 Collection de Canadiana Peter Winkworth
Droit d'auteur: Expiré

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Date modified:: 2024-05-10