General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

10

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD FRAMES & BACKING BOARDS/ CARDBOARD/ PARTICLE BOARD? PAINTING SURFACE/ BRASS PLAQUES/ METAL EYELETS & HANGING WIRE

Dimensions

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

Length

41.3 cm

Width

33.8 cm

Height

5.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Commemorative

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

Unknown

Canada

This set of ten paintings depicts typical agricultural landscapes of ten Canadian provinces: Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia.

Function

These 10 paintings were tranferred from Agriculture Canada and are believed to have hung in the senior ministerial offices of that department.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

SMALL BRASS PLAQUE AT BOTTOM CENTRE OF EACH FRAME READS:.1, `QUEBEC';.2 `ALBERTA';.3 `NOVA SCOTIA';.4 NEWFOUNDLAND';.5 `MANITOBA';.6 `PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND';.7 `BRITISH COLUMBIA';.8 `SASKATCHEWAN';.9 `NEW BRUNSWICK';.10 `ONTARIO'/.3 `W.H.WRIGHT' (ARTIST) PAINTED AT BOTTOM CORNER/ NOS. 1-10, CORRESPONDING TO POINT NOS., PENCILLED ON BACKS OF PAINTING (`SIX' APPEARING ON BOTH.6 &.9)

Missing

N/A

Finish

FRAMES WOOD PAINTED CREAM COLOUR WITH GREYISH ARTIFICAL GRAINING

Decoration

MOLDED PROFILE & GRAINED-LIKE FINISH ON FRAMES