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The Grand Sacrifice of the Canadians to Quitchi-Manitou, or the Great Spirit

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Date:

1734

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

2937879

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Andrew Audubon Merrilees fonds

Merrilees photographic and art collection

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Plates and text from the Ceremonies & Religious Customs of the various Nations of the Known World, Vol. III

The Grand Sacrifice of the Canadians to Quitchi-Manitou, or the Great Spirit
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Date(s):

1734

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 reproduction : copper engraving on laid paper
Support 48.800 x 29.500 cm
Image 30.500 x 20.000 cm
Platemark 34.400 x 22.200 cm

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An illustration with North American Natives dancing around a burning altar (?) to illustrate text on page 80., Folio 3R (facing page 80).
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Artist: Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733

Engraver: Du Bosc, Claude, fl. 17th cent
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General note:

Removed from: Publication: Incomplete supplement (p.80-110) to volume 3 of The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World ... by Bernard Picart (London: Printed by William Jackson for Claude du Bosc, 1734)

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: Inscribed in the plate: above image, u.l. "Vol. 3"; l.l. "B. Picart, del. / THE GRAND SACRIFICE / of CANADIANS to QUITCHI-MANITOU, / or the GREAT SPIRIT."; l.r. c. "Du Bofc (sic) ex. / LE GRAND SACRIFICE / des CANADIENS à QUITCHI-MANITOU / ou le GRAND ESPRIT".
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Aboriginal

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SUBJ. - Activity : Aboriginal - Depicting View Of N.A. Native Dancing Around Burning Altar, 1734
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1982-102 PIC
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Physical access restricted due to fragility

Item no. assigned by LAC [00002] 00002 .3

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [00002] C-100727

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1982-102-2.3 Source: transfer from National Photography Collection, Andrew Merrilees Collection, acc. no. 1979-245.
Copyright: Expired

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