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OBJECT TYPE: oil on canvas/mural
DATE: 1910
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0910.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: SIMON FRASER SHOOTING THE RAPIDS OF THE FRASER RIVER
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 ONCANVAS; VARNISHED.

Dimensions

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

Length: 251.0 cm
Width: 250.0 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 PROVINCE BY A SCOT. THE PAINTINGS WERE LATER FEATURED AS ILLUSTRATIONS 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: "CYRUS CUNEO" printed by hand in lower front left of painting. Paper label fixed to front left side edge reads "SIZE 7'-9" x 7'-8"/ Washed &/ Repainted/ I". Brown paper label fixed to left side edge of painting back is damaged & partially missing: reads "Six/ 6", handwritten in pencil.
Missing: NONE.
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Painting, circa 1910, Artifact no. 1966.0910, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0910.001/

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