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Portage Below Kakkabikka (Kakabeka) Falls on the Kaministaquoiah (Kaministiquia) River

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

1878

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2838417

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Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Portage Below Kakkabikka (Kakabeka) Falls on the Kaministaquoiah (Kaministiquia) River
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Date(s):

1878

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Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

1 watercolour / aquarelle : watercolour and gouache over pencil on wove paper laid down
Support 15.000 x 27.700 cm
Secondary support 32.800 x 44.400 cm

Language of material:

no language

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Work entitled "Portage below Kakkabikka Falls, Kaministiquia River, Lake Superior" by Edward Roper, dated 1878.

Image depicting a small camp on the wooded shore of a river. Two small white tents are pitched in the far left; people huddle for rest against the hulls of two overturned canoes on the right side of the camp. A clothesline as well as a wooden mount placed over the fire are laden with wet garments., Preservation copy photographs, both b&w and colour transparency, are held in the Loans and Exhibitions area of Preservation Branch.

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Winkworth, Peter, 1929-2005

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Artist: Roper, Edward, 1833-1909

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Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. W453

Custodial history:

Family descent; Sothebys London, June 1, 1977, lot 128; Peter Winkworth

Availability of other formats note:

Colour transparency available

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: The Peter Winkworth Collections of Canadiana: Loyal She Remains- Ontario. Curator: Jim Burant, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 2005.09.17 -2006.10.22.

Further Venue: McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario; 2005.09.17- 2005.11.27.

Further Venue: Art Gallery of Windor, Windsor, Ontario; 2006.02.11-2006.03.26.

Further Venue: Museum London, London, Ontario; 2006.08.19-2006.10.22.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: in red gouache, recto l.r.: ER 1878; in black ink, mount recto l.r.: Portage below Kakkabikka Falls. / Kaministaquoiah River. / Lake Superior.; mount verso l.r.: Portage below Kakkabikka Falls / Kaministaquoiah River / Lake Superior.; (complete transcription)

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Transportation

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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00351
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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] 351

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [00351] C-150595

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-351 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: Expired

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