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OBJECT TYPE: oil on canvas/mural
DATE: 1910
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0908.001

MANUFACTURER: SHELDON, CHARLES M.
MODEL: HIGHLAND SETTLERS ARRIVING IN PICTOU, NS, FROM THE 'HECTOR', 1773
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: OIL PAINTS ON CANVAS; VARNISHED.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 96.0 cm
Width: N/A
Height: 115.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Railway Transportation
Category: Commemorative
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: SHELDON
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Scotland
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PAINTING FIRST DISPLAYED AT CANADA PAVILION AT SCOTTISH NATIONAL EXHIBITION IN GLASGOW, SCOTLAND IN 1910.
Canada: ONE OF SEVERAL PAINTINGS COMMISSIONED FOR DISPLAY IN THE CANADA PAVILION OF A SCOTTISH NATIONAL EXHIBITION HELD IN GLASGOW IN 1910. FUNDED BY THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, THE PAINTINGS EACH DEPICTED SOME DEVELOPMENT OF A PROVINCE BY A SCOT. THE PAINTINGS WERE LATER FEATURED ASILLUSTRATIONS IN J.M. GIBBON'S BOOK.
Function: TO COMMEMORATE A HISTORIC EVENT, AND SO PRESERVE IT FOR POSTERITY.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "CHAS. SHELDON." printed by hand in lower left of painting front. Paper label fastened to extreme left edge of painting front bears following info.: "2 SIZE- 9 x 9-2"/ washed-/ Repainted". "2" handwritten in pencil in lower front left of canvas. Border of image on canvas indicated in green pencil. " IMPORTANT/ DEPT. OF PUBLIC RELATIONS/ C.P.R. MONTREAL,/ must be advised if this picture is moved to another/ location or is no longer required./ Title/ "HIGHLAND SETTLERS/ ARRIVING AT PICTOU, NS NO. 442/ Artist [blank]" printed on label attached to canvas back. "2" handwritten on paper label attached to canvas back./ "old paintings" handwritten in pencil on canvas (ie. on painting back)./ "854" stamped in black ink on one short side of canvas./ "Scotchmen disembarking" handwritten in pencil on canvas.
Missing: NONE.
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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SHELDON, CHARLES M., Painting, before 1910, Artifact no. 1966.0908, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0908.001/

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