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- OBJECT TYPE
- oil on canvas/mural
- DATE
- 1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0909.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- CRAIGELLACHIE- DRIVING THE LAST SPIKE OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
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
- 282.0 cm
- Width
- 254.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Cuneo
- 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 LARGE 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 PROVENCE BY A SCOT. THE PAINTINGS WERE LATER FEATURED AS ILLUSTRATIONS IN J.M. GIBBON'S BOOK "SCOTS IN CANADA", PUB'D IN TORONTO BY MUSSON BOOK CO. LTD. IN 1911. - Function
-
TO COMMEMORATE A HISTORIC EVENT, AND SO PRESERVE IT FOR POSTERITY. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "CYRUS CUNEO" handpainted in black in lower right of painting front. "8-9" handwritten in green pencil on top and bottom edge of painting; other markings include arrows. Paper label fastened to extreme left edge of painting front bears handwritten text "10/ SIZE: 7'-9" X 8'-9"/ Washed &/ Repainted/ [illegible]". "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 "DRIVING THE LAST/ SPIKE at CRAIGELLACHIE/ B.C./ No 451/ Artist [blank]" printed on label attached to canvas back. "10" printed on label on extreme right edge, on canvas back.
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Painting, before 1910, Artifact no. 1966.0909, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0909.001/
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