Photograph, Silver Gelatin: Unveiling of the Guards' Sharpshooters' Monument, 1888

Photograph

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Bytown Museum / Musée Bytown

Name/Title

Photograph, Silver Gelatin: "Unveiling of the Guards' Sharpshooters' Monument," 1888

Entry/Object ID

P2752

Description

One black and white photograph depicting a group of twelve men on a platform with a crowd of people on both sides. They are in front of a statue of a guard holding a gun. Men in uniforms and suits and a tree to the right in the background. The photograph is displayed in a thin brown wooden frame with a beige mat, with thin brown wooden frame.

Made/Created

Notes

Support: paper Photographic, Paper, Wood, Ink, Cardboard, Varnish, Photography, Photography

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

�Unveiling of the Guards' Sharpshooters' Monument // (Chateau Laurier Site) // By // His Excellency the Governor General // Lord Stanley of Preston // Nov. 1st. 1888."

Notes

Printed in black ink on the mat below the photograph.

Transcription

:� 1) Mayor Erratt 2) Mr. Percy Wood, sculptor 3) Archdeacon Bogert; 4) Archbishop Lewis 5)Canon Pollard 6)Col. Walker Powell 7) Gen Middleton 8) Lord Stanley 9)Sir A.P. Caron 10) W.H. Rowley 11) Frank Newby, secretary 12) Charles Magee 13) Fred Cook 14) Col. (now Sir Percy) Sherwood�

Notes

Printed in black ink on the mat below the photograph.

Transcription

"Presented by Mr. Fred Cook // Former Mayor"

Notes

Printed in black ink on the mat below the bottom right corner fo the photograph.

Transcription

"Frank Jarman // Pictures, Picture framing // and artist's materials // 235 Bank St., Ottawa // cor. Lisgar Street".

Notes

Printed in gold ink on a rectangular black label attached to the back of the frame.

Transcription

"378"

Notes

Written in black ink on the back of the frame in the top left corner.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Positive, Direct

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Photograph, Photograph, Furnishings

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Photograph

Dimensions

Height

51 cm

Width

66.1 cm

Depth

2 cm