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Title

[Sailor Sitting Next to a Box].

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Item (linked) part of

Art Album of Mary Louisa Lambton (1837-1839) (R977-18-8-E)

Date(s)

May 1838

Place

Atlantic Ocean

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent

1 drawing: pencil on wove paper; 10x15.2 cm (image); 26x36 cm (folio)

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Drawn on HMS Hastings. The subject is a genre scene depicting a sailor seated beside a box with his back to a mast. He is splicing line. He is wearing wide-legged trousers, a jacket with a round-cut collar and a broad-brimmed hat with a flat crown. In the background, two figures are seen on a lower deck beyond a rail. The rigging is roughly sketched.

Conditions of access

Graphic (art)

99: Closed pending processing

Volume
16

99: Closed pending processing

Archival reference no.

R977-64-4-E

Terms of use

Credit: Library and Archives Canada, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, and family fonds (R977). Copyright: expired/périmé.

Additional name(s)

Artist: Mary Louisa Lambton Bruce, Countess of Elgin and Kinkardine.

Additional information

Physical description note

Album of Mary Louisa Lambton, page 21.

Signatures and inscriptions

Inscription: date on the artwork; no signature and no title provided. Pencil frame drawn with a straight edge.

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3994580