Collection search - "Buffalo Bull", a Cree Indian from "Pi-a-pot's Reserve" 30 miles north of Regina, (Saskatchewan) - then a part of the old pre-1905 Northwest Territories

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"Buffalo Bull", a Cree Indian from "Pi-a-pot's Reserve" 30 miles north of Regina, (Saskatchewan) - then a part of the old pre-1905 Northwest Territories

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Date:

August 1, 1885

Reference:

R1433

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

3003179

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Edward Francis Wilson fonds

"Buffalo Bull", a Cree Indian from "Pi-a-pot's Reserve" 30 miles north of Regina, (Saskatchewan) - then a part of the old pre-1905 Northwest Territories
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Date(s):

August 1, 1885

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

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1 watercolour / aquarelle : watercolour over pencil on heavy wove paper
Support 14.000 x 11.500 cm

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Watercolour drawing depicting a standing full length portrait of "Buffalo Bull", a Cree Indian from "Pi-a-pot's Reserve", 30 miles north of Regina. He is wearing a large (Hudson's Bay?) blanket which covers most of his body from the neck down

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Artist: Wilson, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1844-1915

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General note:

The North-West Rebellion (or North-West Resistance) was a five-month insurgency against the Canadian government, fought mainly by the Métis and their First Nations allies.

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Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: in brush with greyish brown watercolour, recto, b.r.: "Buffalo Bull / Aug. 1/85; (contemporary inscription) in pencil and blue ball point pen, verso, l.l. to l.r.: " Buffalo Bull - a Cree Indian / of Pi-a-pots Reserve - 30 / miles north of Regina - / I paid this man 25cts to stand - / Aug 1, 1885"; (contemporary inscription) in blue ball point pen, on the verso of the former mount (i.e. secondary support, since removed), "Aug. 1 1885 / A Cree Indian Pi-a-pots / Reserve 30 miles north of / Regina Saskatchewan / "I paid this man 25¢ for / standing"- / Rev. E.F. Wilson / (painted as the leaders of the / Riel Rebellion were led / away)"
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Saskatchewan

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Portraits
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Item no. assigned by LAC [R1433] 2

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R1433-2
Copyright: Expired

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