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Title

Ellice family portraits [graphic material].

Series consists of

3 lower level description(s)

Arrangement structure

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Series part of

Edward Ellice and family fonds [textual record (chiefly microform), graphic material] (R2823-0-1-E)

Accession

1. Ellice Family Portraits [graphic material]
2. Portrait of Katherine Jane Ellice [graphic material]

Date(s)

1838-1841

Place of creation

England

Extent

3 paintings : miniatures, watercolour on ivory.

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Series consists of a group of 3 portrait miniatures of Ellice Family members: The Right Honourable Edward Ellice (1781-1863), his son Edward Ellice Jr. (1810-1880), and the son Edward Ellice's wife, Katherine Jane Ellice (née Balfour). The latter portrait was given to her husband as a gift on the eve of their wedding anniversary. The portraits were painted by Sir William Charles Ross (1794//95-1860), a famous and prolific British miniature painter whose sitters included many figures of the English and French courts.

Conditions of access

Graphic (art)

90: Open
Physical access through an art archivist
.

Graphic (art)

90: Open

Box
1.231 Item no. assigned by LAC 1024 -- 1029;1374 -- 1379

90: Open

Archival reference no.

R2823-1-3-E

Terms of use

Portraits: Copyright: Expired. Credit: National Archives of Canada.

Finding aid

On-line on Minisis at item level. 1983-88-1, 1983-88-2, 1987-97-1 (Electronic)

Listed in accession files. 1983-088, 1987-097 (Paper)

Additional information

Acquired through the Edinburgh Gallery-Dotts (Edinburgh) Ltd., Edinburgh, Scotland and Christie Manson & Woods Ltd., London, England.

Source

Private

Related control no.

1. 1983-088 PIC
2. 1987-097 DAP

MIKAN no.

165285