Indians Poling up the Rapids of the St. Lawrence

Indians Poling up the Rapids of the St. Lawrence

Indians Poling up the Rapids of the St. Lawrence

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Introduction

This water color by Phillip John Bainbrigge is of a camp scene beside the Saint Lawrence, with several canoes being poled up the Saint Lawrence rapids. It was painted c. 1839.

Nation of Maker: Unknown
Date Made or Date Range: 183u
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

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Materials

Watercolor; pencil; wove paper

Techniques or Format

1 watercolour / aquarelle : watercolour with scraping out over pencil on wove paper

Other Notes

Bainbrigge is associated with a large group of other officers and colonial officials and their families in terms of copying and exchanging art works. He copied works by or loaned works to such individuals as Millicent Mary Chaplin, George St. Vincent Whitmore, Fanny Bayfield, Henry James Warre, Alexander Mercer, and James P. Cockburn. Bainbrigge painted mostly watercolour scenes of Upper and Lower Canada.

Inscribed. Signed. Dated.

Inscription: in pen and brown ink, recto l.c. on matte: Indians poling up the Rapids. circa 1839.; in pencil, recto l.c. on matte: St. Lawrence River; in pencil, verso b.: Indians poling up the Rapids

Dimensions: 0 × 35.7 × 24.5 cm
Condition: Good
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

LAC record

Current Location: Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Mikan no. 2836338
Link to Institution's Collections Database: collectionscanada.gc.ca
GKS Reference Number: 1211
How to Cite this Item

Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1983-47-111

Record Creation Notes/Observations

This record was created by Anne de Stecher during an RAship for Prof. Ruth Phillips.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.3, -78.1

Source of Information about Places

The location suggests the Eastern Great Lakes region.

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