Materials

Print, aquatint, coloured by hand.

Techniques or Format

The engraver was Jean Marie Mixelle, active in the late 18th Century. It is an illustration from the publication: Amériques Septentrionales; Possessions Anglaises, 1801.

Motifs and Patterns

This is an image of man, woman, and child of the Nipissing nation, with a landscape background.

Other Notes

Copy negative 1970-188 C-041668

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 15.4 cm

Condition: The print is discoloured and torn along the lower edge with holes for binding. There is tape along upper edge, on the back.It is embossed with the Canada Steamship Lines stamp on the lower left.

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Library and Archives Canada record

Current Location: Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Mikan no. 2836041

Link to Institution's Collections Database: collectionscanada.gc.ca

Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1970

Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: W.H.Coverdale collection

Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1640-1939

Collection Narratives and Histories

The W.H. Coverdale collection of Canadiana, also known by its variant title as the Manoir Richelieu collection of Canadiana, includes prints, maps, paintings, watercolours and other material which formerly hung on the walls of the Canada Steamship Lines hotel at Murray Bay, Quebec, the Manoir Richelieu. The collection was an endeavour to capture the spirit of Canadian history both through the acquisition of historical works related to Canada, and more broadly, North America, as well as the acquisition of works by contemporary artists who, with a feeling for the past, had succeeded in recreating significant events or historic settings which have been obliterated by the ravages of time. The collection was assembled largely through the personal efforts of William Hugh Coverdale (1871-1949), president of Canada Steamship Lines from 1922 to 1949, who decided that the corridors and rooms of the newly-constructed Manoir Richelieu should be graced with scenes from Canadian history. The first works for the collection were acquired in 1928 and continued to be acquired until 1947 or later. The collection itself covers every aspect of Canadian history from the earliest French settlements right up to the 1920s, including views of places, portraits of individuals directly and indirectly involved in the history of Canada, and records of events and scenes which have specific meaning in the visual history of the country and of North America as a whole.

GKS Reference Number: 723