| Description |
1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
To accompany an exhibition held at the Royal Ontario Museum, Sept. 26, 1987-Feb. 8, 1988. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-110) and index. |
| Contents |
The early years, 1799/1800-1835 -- Posted to Canada, 1835-1844 -- The later eyars, 1844-1878. |
| Summary |
Posted to Canada examines, for the first time, the immense body of work created by George Dartnell, a British army surgeon stationed in Canada from 1835 to 1844. Dartnell, an accomplished and popular surgeon, sketched more than 150 scenes of a pristine Canada of dense forests, clear lakes and rough-edged beauty during his nine-year posting -- all of which form an important part of Canada's pre-photographic visual history. In this, the first book on Dartnell, his vibrant depictions of rural Quebec and Ontario, Montreal, Quebec City, Penetanguishene, London, and Port Talbot are examined in gre. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Dartnell, George R., 1798-1878. |
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Dartnell, George R., 1799-1878. |
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Dartnell, George R., 1798-1878. |
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Dartnell, George R., 1799-1878. |
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Landscape painting, English.
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Landscape painting, English. |
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Québec (Province) -- In art.
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Ontario -- In art.
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Ontario. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Art.
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Art.
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| Added Author |
Dartnell, George R., 1799-1878.
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Royal Ontario Museum.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: De Pencier, Honor, 1937- Posted to Canada. Toronto [Ont.] ; Oxford : Dundurn Press, ©1987 1550020218 9781550020212 (DLC) 88163397 (OCoLC)19973261 |
| ISBN |
9781554882670 (electronic book) |
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1554882672 (electronic book) |
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1550020218 |
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9781550020212 |
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