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The Quebec Driving Club Meeting at the Place d'Armes

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Date:

1826

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

3019070

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

The Quebec Driving Club Meeting at the Place d'Armes
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Date(s):

1826

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print / estampe : etching
Support 38.800 x 49.500
Image 22.100 x 38.400
Platemark 32.000 x 48.200

Language of material:

no language

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See Mary Allodi, Printmaking in Canada, pp. 50-51, for a discussion of this print.
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Artist: Wallace, William active ca. 1826

Engraver: Smillie, James, 1807-1885
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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. P1208

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: When Winter Was King. The Image of Winter in Nineteenth Century Canada. Curator: Edward Cavell, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta; 1988.01.26 - 1988.03.06.

Further Venue: London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario; 1988.04.09 - 1988.05.24
Further Venue: Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario; 1988.06.04 - 1988.07.10
Further Venue: McCord Museum, Montreal, Quebec; 1988.09.16 - 1988.10.31
Further Venue: National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1988.12.08 - 1989.01.08.

Markings note:

Watermark: J. Whatman / Turkey Mill / 1824

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: inscribed in the plate, b.: The Quebec Driving Club meeting at the Place d'Armes, [coat-of-arms of Lord Dalhousie] is humbly dedicated by Permission to the Rt. Honourable / The Earl of Dalhousie Patron of the Club, by a Member, His Lordships Most obedient & very humble Servant / William Wallace, / Ensign 71st Lt. Infy.; l.l.: Sketched by W. Wallace.; l.r.: Engraved by J. Smillie Junr.; l.c.: Published by D. Smillie & Son's, Quebec 1826; u.l.: April.; in the image, sign on buildings, l.c.: St. Georges / Commissaria; on building, left of church, c.: D. Smillie & Sons; on dog sleigh, l.r.: G.S. [assumed to be a reference to the engraver's brother George Smillie]

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Private

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00986
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Graphic (art)

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Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 986

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-986 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
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