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Title

A Boy's Bear Hunt in Canada, 1848, with a portrait of the artist. 

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Arrangement structure

Date(s)

1869

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent

1 watercolour : watercolour with opaque white and scraping out and an attached tintype on wove paper
Support: 40.300 x 27.600 cm (sheet)

Scope and content

A tiny (approx. 3/4" x 1/2") tintype portrait of E. Roper is glued on to the recto of the watercolour and forms part of the composition.
Colour transparency is of portrait only

Conditions of access

Documents iconographiques (art)
Graphic (art)
Box
2000790682 Item no. assigned by LAC 92
99: Closed pending processing
Other accession no.
1989-176 DAP
00092

Terms of use

Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1989-176-92
Copyright: Expired

Additional name(s)

Additional information

Availability of other formats note
Colour transparency available

Signatures and inscriptions
Inscribed. Signed. Dated.
Inscription: in brush and black paint, recto, b., A BOYS BEAR HUNT IN CANADA; in pen and black ink, recto, l.l., in the image: Oh! for a gun.: c.: CANADA WEST/ 1848./ At last! Hunting; l.r.: He nearly got it that time; b.: His last growl./ E.Roper who slew the BEAR/ and drew this picture. 1869

Subject heading

hunting.

Source

Private

Other system control no.

MIKAN no.

2837290