Fort William, an establishment of the Northwest Company, on Lake Superior

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Fort William, an establishment of the Northwest Company, on Lake Superior

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Context of this record:

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana at the National Archives of Canada

Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana, 2002 Acquisition

Fort William, an establishment of the Northwest Company, on Lake Superior
Record information
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Fort William, an establishment of the Northwest Company, on Lake Superior

Date:

[ca. 1811].

Reference:

R9266

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2838124

Date(s):

[ca. 1811].

Bilingual equivalent:

See French record description

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 watercolour : watercolour on wove paper
Support 30.600 x 34.700 cm
Secondary support 19.500 x 25.500 cm

Language of material:

no language

Scope and content:

Work depicts Fort William, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Fort William is presented on the far shore. Several structure are visible, enclosed by a wall inside of which is flying a flag high on the right side. Behind the fort is a forest running the length of the image. On the near shore are several trees. People are standing near a boat on the shore., Requires conservation treatment., Item is very soiled, yellowed and fly-specked. Item is torn and there is some paper loss. A narrow stip of paper is glued to the lower margin., Preservation copy photographs, both b&w and colour transparency, are held in the Loans and Exhibitions area of Preservation Branch.

Additional name(s):

Artist: Irvine, Robert 1792-1823

Additional information:

Alpha-numeric note:

Sotheby's inventory no. W340

Availability of other formats note:

Copy negative number: C-151675.

Exhibitions note:

Exhibition Title: The Peter Winkworth Collections of Canadiana: Loyal She Remains- Ontario. Curator: Jim Burant, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 2005.09.17 -2006.10.22.

Further Venue: McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario; 2005.09.17- 2005.11.27.

Further Venue: Art Gallery of Windor, Windsor, Ontario; 2006.02.11-2006.03.26.

Further Venue: Museum London, London, Ontario; 2006.08.19-2006.10.22., Exhibition title: Fur Trade Fort William: A Chronology Through Art, 1805-1882. Thunder Bay Museum, Thunder Bay, Ontario; 2023.10.10 - 2024.03.31.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: in ink, l.c.: Fort William - N.W.; l.l. in pencil: 1; recto of backing, in ink: Fort William - An Establishment of the N.W. Company on the north of Lake Superior; u.c., recto of backing in black ink: 1

Subject heading:

Ontario

Architecture

Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

00290
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Item no. assigned by LAC [R9266] 290

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [R9266] C-151675

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-290 Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana
Copyright: Expired

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