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A View of the Rapids and Falls of Niagara from the Heights of Chippewa, with an encampment of Senekas.
A View of the Rapids and Falls of Niagara from the Heights of Chippewa, with an encampment of Senekas.
A View of the Rapids and Falls of Niagara from the Heights of Chippewa, with an encampment of Senekas.
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Introduction
This is a watercolour painting of a Seneca encampment beside Niagara Falls. The painting is by Edward Walsh and dates from 1804.
Nation of Maker:
Seneca
Nation of Origin
Title of painting.
Date Made or Date Range:
1804
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Materials
Watercolour
Motifs and Patterns
A Seneca encampment depicted against a landscape background of Niagara Falls.
Dimensions:
0 × 79.4 × 49 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses
LAC record
Provenance
Current Location:
Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
Mikan no. 2837240
Link to Institution's Collections Database:
collectionscanada.gc.ca
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1992
Exhibition History
Exhibition title: Children of Yesterday. Curators: Janine G. Conrad-Bury and Marc Lebel, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1979.07.17 - 1979.09.15, cat. no.: no. 89.
Exhibition title: From the Four Quarters: The History of Native and European Art in Ontario 5000 B.C. to 1867 A.D.. Curators: Dennis Reid and Joan Vastokas, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario; 1984.03.30 - 1984.05.20.
Comment on Source of Exhibition & Publication Data
LAC record
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
813
Approximate Place of Origin
43.0703, -80.1184
Source of Information about Places
The Seneca nation is of the Great Lakes region.