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Title

Old Fort Garry, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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Item (linked) part of

Canadian Historical Prints Collection [graphic material] (R13133-0-7-E)

Place of creation

Canada

Extent

1 print : colour lithograph, mounted on cardboard ; 28.3 x 43.3 cm (image).

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Colour lithograph of unknown provenance, by Ottawa-based lithographer A. Mortimer. Image depicts a view of Old Fort Garry in Winnipeg, with an H.B.C. flag flying. There is a teepee on the left, and several people with ox-carts in a field in the centre.

Conditions of access

Graphic (art)

90: Open

Volume
36 Item no. assigned by LAC 334

90: Open

Archival reference no.

R13133-348-3-E

Terms of use

Additional name(s)

Lithographer: Mortimer, Alexander active 1880-1885.
Artist: Kemp, G., active 1875.

Additional information

Physical condition note

Print is dirty and scratched, especially around the edges of the white margin. There is a horizontal and a vertical fold mark through the image.

Related materials

For other copies of this print, see the Winkworth and Coverdale collections, as well as acc. no. R13133-333.

Signatures and inscriptions

Recto, l.l.: A. Mortimer, Lith. Ottawa. Recto, l.c.: Old Fort Garry. / (Winnipeg, Manitoba.) / Demolished in 1881. Recto, l.r., within image: G. Kemp

Subject heading

1. GEOG - MAN., FORT GARRY, UPPER FORT.
2. SUBJ. - Architecture : Depicting Old Fort Garry.
3. Winnipeg (Man.)

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3983632