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Title

Cemetery of the 7th Battalion, British Columbia, Canada. 

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Arrangement structure

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Item (linked) part of

Mary Riter Hamilton fonds [graphic material] (R5966-0-5-E)

Bilingual equivalent

Cimetière du Septième bataillon, Colombie-Britannique, Canada

Date(s)

1919

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent

1 painting / peinture : oil on canvas
Support: 65.000 x 50.000 cm
Platemark: 76.500 x 62.000 x 8.000 cm
Inventory no.: op0297

Scope and content

This is item 86 in the Hamilton inventory

Conditions of access

Graphic (art)
90: Open
Physical access restricted.
Graphic (art)
Copy negative C-132006
90: Open
Item no. (creator)
Item-70
Graphic (art)
90: Open
Box
OP-0297 Item no. assigned by LAC 70
90: Open
Other accession no.
00070
1988-180 X DAP

Terms of use

Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1988-180-70
Copyright: Expired

Additional name(s)

Artist: Hamilton, Mary Riter, 1873-1954.

Additional information

Availability of other formats note
Colour transparency available

Exhibitions note
Exhibition title: Impressions of the Battlefields after the Armistice. Curators: London England, Surrey House, 1923, cat. no.: #86.
Exhibition title: No Man's Land: the Battlefield Paintings of Mary Riter Hamilton 1919-1922. Curators: Davis, Angela, University of Winnipeg Art Gallery; Winnipeg, Manitoba; 1989.11.05 - 1990.01.12.
Exhibition title: No Man's Land: The Battlefield Paintings of Mary Riter Hamilton. Curators: National Archives: 1993.03.25-1993.05.10. Further venue: Acadia University, Wolfville, N.S.: 1994.10.31-1994.12.02.
Further venue: Moose Jaw Art Museum, Saskatchewan: 1995.10.24-1995.12.03.
Exhibition title: Dark Matter: The Great War and Fading Memory. Curators: Kevin Rice, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI; 2006.11.11 - 2007.02.04. Further venue: Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario; 2007.11.03 - 2008.01.06. Further venue: Tom Thompson Memorial Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario; 2008.05.09 - 2008.06.22.
Exhibition Title : No Man's Land- The Battlefield Paintings of Mary Ritter Hamilton 1919-1922. Curator: Tony Tronrud, Thunder Bay Museum, Thunder Bay, Ontario; 2001.10.01 - 2001.11.15.
Exhibition title: No Man's Land: The Battlefield Paintings of Mary Riter Hamilton. Curators: National Archives, Ottawa, Ontario. Further Venue: Red Deer and District Museum, Red Deer, Alberta; 2004.10.02-2004.11.28.
Exhibition Title: No Man's Land- The Battlefield Paintings of Mary Ritter Hamilton 1919-1922. Curator: Dr. Sarah McKinnon, University of Winnipeg and Jim Burant National Archives of Canada in partnership with The War Amps, 136 St. Patrick Street, Ottawa, Ontario; 1998.11.05-1999.01.04.

Signatures and inscriptions
Inscribed. Signed. Dated.
Inscription: in black oil paint, recto l.l.: Mary Riter Hamilton ("Hamilton" partly underlined) / WAR ("WAR" partly underlined) / 1914-18; in pen and blue ink on label laid down on stretcher, verso c. vertical: Cemetery of 7th ("th" raised and underlined) Battalion British Columbia Canada ("Canada" underlined) / on the Lens Arras road Vimy Ridge / by / Mary Riter Hamilton -1919-; in black ink stamp on canvas, c.l. vertical: TOILES & COULEURS / EXTRA FINES / LUCIEN LEFEBRE-FOINET / PARIS / 19. RUE VAVIN & 2. RUE BARA (Partial Transcription)

Subject heading

1. architecture.
2. Historical Events - 1914-1918.
3. SUBJ - MILITARY, ARMY - CANADA - UNITS, 7TH BATTALION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.

Source

Private

Other system control no.

ICON43581

MIKAN no.

2836008