Boy from the First Nations community of Lorette near Quebec (left) and members of the Seneca First Nation (right)

Boy from the First Nations community of Lorette near Quebec (left) and members of the Seneca First Nation (right)

Boy from the First Nations community of Lorette near Quebec (left) and members of the Seneca First Nation (right)

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Introduction

This watercolour painting depicts three figures; one is a boy of the Lorette Huron-Wendat, the other two figures are of the Seneca nation.

Nation of Maker: None
Date Made or Date Range: 183u/184u
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

LAC record

Materials

Watercolour; pencil; wove paper

Motifs and Patterns

The painting is of three figures, one, from the title, is a Lorette Huron boy, the other two figures are of the Seneca nation.

Other Notes

This painting was removed from the album: "The Millicent Mary Chaplin Album by Millicent Mary Chaplin during the years 1838 to 1842", page 33.

Dimensions: 0 × 29 × 21.8 cm
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. 2833277
Link to Institution's Collections Database: collectionscanada.gc.ca
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1953
Collection Narratives and Histories

The first album of Chaplin images was acquired from a dealer in 1953 through family descent; 10 of the folios were removed from the album in 1955 and sold to the Royal Ontario Museum. The second album was acquired in 1997 from family descendants.

Publication History

The Chaplin diaries and watercolours are featured in a book by Jim Burant entitled Drawing on the Land: The New World Travel Diaries and Watercolours of Millicent Mary Chaplin, 1838-1842 (Manotick: Penumbra Press, 2004).

GKS Reference Number: 515
Approximate Place of Origin

43.2557, -79.0718

Source of Information about Places

Lorette Huron and Seneca nations are of the Great Lakes region.

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