Collection search - Camp of the 53rd Regiment at Point Levi, Quebec, 1869

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Camp of the 53rd Regiment at Point Levi, Quebec, 1869

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Date:

1869

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

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Item ID number:

2838047

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Camp of the 53rd Regiment at Point Levi, Quebec, 1869
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Date(s):

1869

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Place of creation:

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Extent:

1 watercolour / aquarelle : watercolour over pencil on wove paper
Support 26.000 x 41.300 cm

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Subject depicts a military encampment in a landscape setting. A wide open green field with a small lake is where the 53rd regiment has set up camp. Their tents are aligned along the shore of the body of water visible in the background. On both the left and right hand sides of the tents are architectural structures. Other architectural structures are visible along the shore line. Mountains fill up the background and Montmorenci Falls is visible in the c. of the image., Robert Waller is listed as being part of the 53rd Regiment of Foot. In 1861 he was an Ensign; 1865 Lieutenant; by 1869 he had been in the service for 11 years. The 53rd Regiment arrived in Canada on August 25, 1866 aboard the H.M.S. Tamar; they travelled into Ontario and returded to Quebec in April 1868. In 1869 they were at Point Levis. The regiment departed Quebec aboard the H.M.S. Himalaya on October 30, 1869., Item is hinged to a secondary support and has a window mat. Old mount is located in the folder with the image.

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Artist: Waller, Robert active 1861-1869

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Sotheby's inventory no. W193

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition title: The Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana Early Impressions of Quebec. Curators: Jim Burant, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 2006.05.16 - 2006.09.05.
Further venue: Musée des Beaux-arts de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec; 2007.01.20 - 2007.03.18.
Further venue: La Citadelle, Québec, Québec; 2008.06.26 - 2008.09.01.

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Inscription: in brushpoint, recto, l.l: WALLER / 1869; in ink, verso, on old mount, c.: Camp of the 53rd Rgt / Pt Levis Fr. Quebec. 1869; in pencil: Falls of Montmorency in mid Centre.
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Québec

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paysage
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Private

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00401
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
No restriction on access or on use for publication or reproduction.

Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 401

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [00401] C-150269

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-401 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: Expired

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