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OBJECT TYPE: watercolour & ink/framed
DATE: 1973
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2000.0151.044

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Northern type 4-8-4; CNR class U-2g; locomotives 6200-6234/[CNR 6218]
LOCATION: Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 44
Total Parts: 55
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Watercolour & ink on watercolour board. Framed with mat-board in wooden frame, with glass front & metal hardware.

Dimensions

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

Length: 78.8 cm
Width: 40.3 cm
Height: 1.4 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Railway Transportation
Category: Commemorative
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: King
Country: Canada
State/Province: New Brunswick
City: Fredericton

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: New Brunswick
Period: THESE PAINTINGS CREATED BETWEEN 1973 AND 1995.
Canada: 55 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR PAINTINGS OF REPRESENTATIVE CN & CP STEAM LOCOMOTIVES BY CAMERON N. KING OF FREDERICTON, NB [B.1915; D.1999]. IMAGES REPRESENT SOME OF THE BEST KNOWN EXAMPLES OF STEAM POWER THAT OPERATED IN CANADA FROM 1930S-1960, AND ILLUSTRATE A VARIETY OF REGIONAL EXAMPLES, CHRONOLOGICAL DEV'T, & USE. (REF. 1)
Function: TO ACCURATELY REPRODUCE, IN GRAPHIC FORM, THE SIDE ELEVATION [VIEW] OF SELECTED STEAM LOCOMOTIVES.
Technical: DRAUGHTSMAN-LIKE PAINTINGS ARE TECHNICALLY ACCURATE, WITH EMPHASIS PLACED ON LINE COMPLEMENTED BY COLOUR. EACH WAS THE PRODUCT OF METICULOUS RESEARCH USING PHOTOGRAPHIC & ENGINEERING RECORDS: ACCORDING TO THE ARTIST, EACH PAINTING TOOK AN AVERAGE OF 200 HOURS TO COMPLETE, EXCLUDING RESEARCH & PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS. (REF. 1)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Following text appears in lower left of painting, below subject: " [copyright symbol] 1974 CAMERON N. KING". Following text appears in lower right of painting, below subject: "CAMERON KING/ 1973" and "NORTHERN TYPE 4-8-4/ CNR Class U-2-g/ Locomotives 6200-34".
Missing: N/A
Finish: Watercolour and ink painting on off-white watercolour board has olive-green under-mat, and grey colour over-mat. Brown wood frame has glass front; black paper dust jacket.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Painting, 1973, Artifact no. 2000.0151, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0151.044/

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