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OBJECT TYPE: WATERCOLOUR/SAFETY BICYCLE
DATE: 1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.1555.001

MANUFACTURER: ROSENMEYER
MODEL: Unknown
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: PAPER - ILLUSTRATION BOARD

Dimensions

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

Length: 67.5 cm
Width: 55.2 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Non-motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Cycles & cycling
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: REFLECTS THE HISTORICAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE & POPULARITY OF CYCLING IN CANADA & INTERNATIONALLY/ ALSO IS A PART OF CANADA'S LARGEST & MOST IMPORTANT CYCLE COLLECTION
Function: DECORATIVE, PERHAPS USED AS AN ILLUSTRATION IN A STORY?
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ARTIST'S SIGNATURE 'ROSENMEYER 190[0]'/ IN PENCIL, HANDWRITTEN 'B[ILLEGIBLE]/ 6 1/4 [ILLEGIBLE]'/ '5 1/2'/ STICKER '4000'/ ON BACK, HANDWRITTEN 'W/ 22X24/ Fall OF [?]/ Baron/ 28-128/ C40', '[St n]/ BZ383', '3380/ NO/1'/ PRINTED STICKER 'NOTICE/ THIS IS AN ORIGINAL DRAW-/ ING, THE PROPERTY OF/ THE CENTURYCO., AND IS/ TO BE RETURNED TO THE/ CENTURY CO., NEW YORK.-/ PLEASE HANDLE WITH CARE.'/ STAMP, PARTLY COVERED BY STICKER 'ART DEPA/ THE CENT/ 38 East/ NEW YORK'
Missing: PIECES ARE TORN OFF AROUND EDGES
Finish: CREAM COLOUR WITH SURFACE & INGRAINED DIRT, STAINS - PROBABLY FROM ADHESIVE RESIDUE - AROUND EDGES/ WATERCOLOURS PRIMARILY IN GREYS, WHITE & BROWNS
Decoration: PICTURE OF PEOPLE IN MEDIEVAL DRESS; A MAN HAS APPARENTLY FALLEN OFF A BICYCLE & IS HOLDING OUT HIS HAND TO TWO YOUNG MEN STANDING NEARBY & LOOKING AT HIM

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ROSENMEYER, Painting, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1987.1555, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1555.001/

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