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[Rating on Deck of the HMS Inconstant]

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Date:

5 November [1838].

Reference:

R977-95-4-E, Volume number: 16

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3994632

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James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, and family fonds

James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, and family - Private Life

Lady Mary Louisa Lambton Bruce

Art Album of Mary Louisa Lambton (1837-1839)

[Rating on Deck of the HMS Inconstant]
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Date(s):

5 November [1838].

Place:

Gulf of St. Lawrence River:

Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

1 watercolour; pencil and watercolour on wove paper, corners cut diagonally; 13x14.5 cm (image); 26x36 cm (folio)

Language of material:

English

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A genre scene / marine scence depicting a Royal Navy rating facing the viewer with his hands in his pockets aboard the HMCS INCONSTANT. He is wearing a working rig including blue wide-legged, straight-cut trousers with a two-buttoned front and two front pleats. The legs are turned up at the bottom. He also wears a blue frock tucked into the trousers and a [round-cut] broad collar of a lighter blue, laid flat to the shoulders and decorated with one row of white tape. Under the broad collar is a red [scarf], the ends of which are joined at the front with a separate fastening, perhaps a lanyard. Under the frock is a white standing collar and a black tie. He also wears a black broad-brimmed hat with a low, flat crown with a narrow black ribbon tied around it. He wears sideburns that curve forward on the face and he carries a roll of cloth under his left arm. In the background of the work, the ship's rigging is passed through blocks and belayed to a set of belaying pins mounted onto the rail.

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Artist: Mary Louisa Lambton Bruce, Countess of Elgin and Kinkardine

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Physical description note:

Album of Mary Louisa Lambton, page 71.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: date written on the artwork; unsigned and untitled. Pencil frame drawn with a straight edge.

Source:

Private
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[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

Volume [R977] 16

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, and family fonds (R977).
Copyright: expired/périmé.

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