Portrait of Canadian Indian Christine Vincent

Portrait of Canadian Indian Christine Vincent

Portrait of Canadian Indian Christine Vincent

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This is a full length watercolour portrait of Christine Vincent,A-ti-a-an-onk, of the Huron-Wendat community at Jeune Lorette. It is by Phillip J. Bainbrigge and dates from 1840.

Nation of Maker: Huron-Wendat
Nation of Origin

This work is one of four, portraits of people from the Jeune Lorette community.

Place of Origin: Wendake
Date Made or Date Range: 1840
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

LAC record

Materials

Watercolour

Techniques or Format

Watercolour drawing

Motifs and Patterns

This is a full length portrait of Christine Vincent in a winter landscape. She wears a black top hat and an ivory coloured blanket worked in multicoloured patterned bands.

Other Notes

This is one of four portraits by Phillip Bainbrigge:Portrait of Canadian Indian Nicolas Vincent wearing snowshoes; Portrait of Canadian Indians: three adults and a child; Portrait of Canadian Indian Nicolas Vincent.

Dimensions: 0 × 10.2 × 12.7 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

LAC record and inscribed on the work

Current Location: Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Mikan no. 3664151
Link to Institution's Collections Database: collectionscanada.gc.ca
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 2005-12-1
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Sotheby's, New York
GKS Reference Number: 1028
Approximate Place of Origin

46.869279102, -71.347896113

Source of Information about Places

Christine Vincent was of the Huron-Wendat nation, in the Great Lakes region.

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