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Title

William George Richardson Hind collection [graphic material].

Collection consists of

145 lower level description(s)

Arrangement structure

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Accession

Date(s)

1861-1862

Place of creation

Canada

Extent

13 paintings oil on board.
73 drawings pencil, pen and ink.
53 watercolours.
6 prints.

Scope and content

Collection consists of a self-portrait and a portrait of Donald Smith, (later Lord Strathcona), drawings done during the 1861 summer expedition to the Moisie River, Québec, led by the artist's brother, Henry Youle Hind; a sketchbook of drawings done in 1862 when Hind joined the overland trek from Fort Garry to the Cariboo gold fields in British Columbia; paintings and watercolours of views in Manitoba, and works done in New Brunswick where Hind retired in 1870.

Conditions of access

Graphic (art)

90: Open
Physical access through an art archivist
.

Graphic (art)

90: Open

Box
2000910954 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

90: Open

Graphic (art)

90: Open

Box
A096-02

90: Open

Graphic (art)

90: Open

Box
A096-02

90: Open

Graphic (art)

90: Open

Box
A096-02

90: Open

Graphic (art)

90: Open

Box
A096-02

90: Open

Graphic (art)

90: Open

Box
BK-040

90: Open

Archival reference no.

R13878-0-X-E

Terms of use

Finding aid

All items have been described at the item-level in MINISIS-ICON database. (Electronic)

Creator / Provenance

Hind, William G. R., 1833-1889.

Biography / Administrative history

William George Richardson Hind (1833-1889) was born in Nottingham, England and emigrated to Canada in 1851. He was appointed Drawing Master at the Toronto Normal School until 1857 when he returned to England. In 1861 he joined an expedition up the Moisie River in Québec which was led by his brother Henry Youle Hind. His sketches were used to illustrate the account of the expedition Explorations in the interior of the Labrador peninsula, 1863. In 1862 Hind joined the Overlanders, a group of men who trekked overland to the Cariboo goldfields in British Columbia. He lived in Victoria from 1863 to 1869 and then in Winnipeg until 1870, when he once again followed his brother, Henry Youle Hind, to the Atlantic region and likely worked for the International Railway Company. He died in Sussex, New Brunswick. Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. XI.

Additional information

The majority of the works have been photographed in black & white and about one-third of them have also been photographed in colour.

Custodial history

Acquired from family descendants and descendants of individuals from whom they had been received by the artist.

Availability of other formats note

The copy negative number for the item digitized is C-009587 (ICON)

Associated material note

There is additional Hind material in the Reford collection, (Accession no. 1973-18) which consists of an album of photographs of Hind's works; five items in the Warda Drummond collection (Accession no: 1974-52) which were done during the 1861 Moisie river expedition; and some in the J. Russell Harper fonds, series W.G.R. Hind research.

Source

Private

Related control no.

1. 1937-277 PIC
2. 1937-278 PIC
3. 1937-279 PIC
4. 1937-280 PIC
5. 1937-281 PIC
6. 1937-282 PIC
7. 1937-283 PIC
8. 1937-284 PIC
9. 1937-285 PIC
10. 1937-286 PIC
11. 1937-287 PIC
12. 1937-288 PIC
13. 1937-289 PIC
14. 1937-290 PIC
15. 1937-291 PIC
16. 1963-097 NPC
17. 1967-097 PIC
18. 1982-204 PIC
19. 1984-100 PIC
20. 1985-212 PIC
21. 1988-245 DAP
22. 1988-246 DAP
23. 1991-085 DAP
24. 1991-086 DAP
25. 1993-235 DAP
26. 1996-243 DAP
27. 118-080355-8
28. 118-080356-6
29. 121-080102-7
30. 1996-02208-3

MIKAN no.

180703