Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

metal plate on wood block

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

7,6 cm

Largeur

7,1 cm

Hauteur

2,4 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Imprimerie

Catégorie

Formes d'impression

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Federal

Pays

Inconnu

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

Inconnu

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Québec

Période

Inconnu

Canada

A printing plate from a collection used by the les Soeurs de la Charité de Montreal, the Sisters of Charity of Montreal (Soeurs Grises/Grey Nuns) to print images for prayer books, albums, souvenirs etc. They include ornaments and other simple line engravings, devotional and historical scenes, portraits and images depicting convent life and its various charitable activities [e.g. a broom making workshop for the blind]. The order was established by Mme Marguerite d'Youville in Montreal in 1737 to serve to poor and sick. The Grey Nuns run hospitals, orphanages, schools, homes for the aged, institutions for the blind, and other social services and works of charity in various parts of Canada and the United States. D'Youville was officially recognized as a Saint of the Roman Catholic Church in 1990.

Fonction

Used in a printing press to transfer an image to paper using ink

Technique

An item from a collection of zinc engravings and/or copper electrotypes mounted on wood blocks. These technologies, both relying on photographic transfer of images to a printing surface, were developed and perfected between 1860 and 1890. They were the principle methods of producing images in letterpress printing and survived until the demise of the letterpress in most commercial applications a hundred years later.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

handwriting on back reads 'SRS GRISES/ 1190 rue Guy/ Montréal' and '#12'/ checkmark logo and lettering reading 'FEDERAL' stamped into wood on side

Manque

appears complete

Fini

unfinished wood/ brown plate

Décoration

photograph of a Grey sister and a child