1991.12.2

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ID Number

1991.12.2

Category

Communication Artifacts

Sub-category

art

Item Type

Oil

Item Name

painting

Maker

Rindlisbacher, Peter

Title

The Nancy off Moy House, 1812

Date

1990

Materials

textile, canvas TEXTILE, LINEN WOOD, UNKNOWN PAPER, UNKNOWN FINISH, PAINT O

Measurements

overall: 24 in x 30 1/8 in

Description

Rectangular oil painting done primarily in blues and greens; Foreground: water with the tall ship "Nancy" with a British soldier and four sailors aboard; also a ship's boat with two sailors aboard and sail unfurled; one canoe with two natives paddling it; Background: Shoreline with several buildings; pier at left side with several men on it; darkish grey clouds above treeline; Frame: 3cm wide beige linen mat; surrounded by 1cm wide scrollwork painted black, red, and gold; surrounded by a 1cm wide strip of black; surrounded by a 2cm wide gold painted frame; Back: covered with brown paper; has a hanging wire with a hook attached to it in a small plastic bag; two white rubber knobs near the bottom (one on each side); gold address label with "St. Pierre's Framing Gallery/7641 Tecumseh Rd. E./Pickwick Plaza/Windsor, Ontario 948-1041" in black letters. Painting signed Rindlisbacher, 1990.

History

The Nancy was originally built as a fur trade vessel in 1789. By 1805, the vessel was captained by Alexander Macintosh, whose father Angus was part owner of the vessel and an agent for the Northwest Fur Company. At the outbreak of the War of 1812, the Nancy was anchored off the south shore of the Detroit River, near Moy Hall, the home of the MacIntoshes. The vessel was moved to a safer location downriver by Fort Malden, and was then commandeered by the British for military service. During the war, it was used to transport soldiers, prisoners and supplies in the Great Lakes region. When the Sandwich area was occupied by the Americans in the fall of 1813, the Nancy was in Lake Huron and therefore was trapped in the Upper Great Lakes. It continued to carry supplies to Fort Mackinac. In August 1814, the Nancy, hiding from several American vessels in the Nottawasaga River (near present-day Wasaga Beach, Ontario), was to be burned to avoid it falling into enemy hands. However it was instead burned due to enemy fire. Over time sand and silt built an island around the burned and sunken ship. It was re- discovered in 1911, and later a museum was built dedicated to the Nancy.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Art

Moy Hall place

Nancy organization

Navy subject

Rindlisbacher, Peter

War of 1812 / Guerre de 1812 subject

Water / Eau subject