General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

OIL PAINTS ON CANVAS; VARNISHED.

Dimensions

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

Length

96.0 cm

Width

N/A

Height

115.0 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

SHELDON

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 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 ASILLUSTRATIONS 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

"CHAS. SHELDON." printed by hand in lower left of painting front. Paper label fastened to extreme left edge of painting front bears following info.: "2 SIZE- 9 x 9-2"/ washed-/ Repainted". "2" handwritten in pencil in lower front left of canvas. Border of image on canvas indicated in green pencil. " IMPORTANT/ DEPT. OF PUBLIC RELATIONS/ C.P.R. MONTREAL,/ must be advised if this picture is moved to another/ location or is no longer required./ Title/ "HIGHLAND SETTLERS/ ARRIVING AT PICTOU, NS NO. 442/ Artist [blank]" printed on label attached to canvas back. "2" handwritten on paper label attached to canvas back./ "old paintings" handwritten in pencil on canvas (ie. on painting back)./ "854" stamped in black ink on one short side of canvas./ "Scotchmen disembarking" handwritten in pencil on canvas.

Missing

NONE.

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A