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1993.24

ID Number: 1993.24
Category: Communication Artifacts
Sub-category: art
Item Type: Pencil
Item Name: painting
Maker: Van Cleve, Captain James
Title: Old Mill on Elliot Farm, Petit Cote
Materials: PAPER, UNKNOWN WOOD, UNKNOWN GLASS
Measurements: overall: 14 3/4 in x 17 3/4 in
Description: Framed watercolour (wooden frame covered with glass); shows round, brick mill in centre in a meadow; fence and trees in background; as the mill appeared on the 28th (?) May, 1881; shades of green, beige, brown; hand-printed description beneath (see Inscription).
History: The mill was built in 1803. Sketched by Captain James Van Cleve, who presented it to his old friend Sheriff John McEwan, who was looking on when the original sketch was being made.
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

Topic

Detroit River / Rivière Détroit

Subjects

French Canadians / Canadiens-français subject

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