The Red Lake Chief making a speech to the Governor of Red River at Fort Douglas in 1825 (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Date1826
Names
Rindisbacher, Peter, 1806-1834
(artist)
Format
Inscribed in the print, l.r.: West Day Lithog 59. Gt. Queen Street.; b.: THE RED LAKE CHIEF, making a SPEECH to the GOVERNOR of RED RIVER at FORT DOUGLAS in 1825. One of a set of six (Accs. JRR 2348-53) of which Library's book collection has four (this being plate [2]) with front wrapper watermarked 1826 bearing title Views in Hudson's Bay... (BR JB fo O.S. 917.127 V37). The figure of Robert Parker Pelly (governor of Assiniboia 1823-5) seated at right replaces that of Andrew H. Bulger (governor 1822-3) shown in Rindisbacher's Westc. in McCord Museum (E.H. Bovay, Le Canada et les Suisses, no. 78, illus. p. 63 top; lith. is no. 80).
Subject
Medium
Dimensions210 x 310; 230 x 310; 267 x 374 mm x mm
Language
CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
Usage Rights
Public Domain
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Call Number / Accession NumberJRR 2348
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Winnipeg
Province or state:Manitoba