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L’Assemblée des six comtés à Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, en 1837

December 6, 2024

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L'Assemblée des six-comtés, a painting depicting the Assembly of the Six Counties, held in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada, on October 23 and October 24, 1837. ...

Montreal in 1832

April 30, 2024

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Painting of Montreal in 1832 by James Duncan ...

Elijah Boardman

April 30, 2024

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Portrait of Elijah Boardman, a merchant in the Thirteen Colonies around 1745. ...

Gentleman Farmer

April 30, 2024

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An illustration depicting the yeoman and the gentleman farmer, social groups present in the Thirteen Colonies around 1745. ...

George Washington

April 30, 2024

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A portrait of a young George Washington, prominent individual in the Thirteen Colonies around 1745. ...

Benjamin Franklin

April 30, 2024

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Portrait of Benjamin Franklin, prominent individual in the Thirteen Colonies around 1745. ...

Les Filles du roi / King’s daughters

April 30, 2024

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Painting by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (before 1927) depicting a scene of the arrival of women destined to marry French-Canadian farmers in Quebec City in 1667. It portrays Jean Talon and François de Laval, vicar apostolic of New France welcoming ...

Marguerite Bourgeoys

April 30, 2024

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Portrait of Marguerite Bourgeoys a prominent individual in New France who opened the first school in Montréal in 1658, painted by Pierre le Ber. ...

Major John Norton (Mohawk Chief Teyoninhokarawen)

April 30, 2024

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"Portrait Of Major John Norton (Teyoninhokarawen). Historical paintings portraying Indigenous people are frequently loaded with harmful, colonial stereotypes. Major John Norton was a British colonial officer of mixed European and Cherokee heritage w...

Indigenous family travelling by canoe

April 30, 2024

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A watercolour by Denis Gale depicting an indigenous family travelling by canoe through Algonquian territory around 1860. ...