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Exhibitions note

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 : 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 purple oil paint, recto l.l.: Villiers Au Bois / 1919 (date very faint) (in black oil paint) 1919; in purple oil paint, l.r.: Mary Riter Hamilton ("Hamilton" partly underlined); in pencil, verso u.r., vertical: Villiers au Bois / 1919; in pen and black ink No ("o" raised and underlined) 19 Villiers au Bois / 1914-1918 / (illegible) billets for Canadians / by Mary Riter Hamilton; printed latel in black ink laid down onto first label, u.c.: 148; in pen and blue ink on label, u.c.: Villiers au Bois / By / Mary Riter Hamilton; in blue ink stamp, c.c., vertical: Customs (symbol of a crown) Canada / American Ry. Express Co. / OCT 21 1919 / VANCOUVER, BC. (Partial Transcription)