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| Nom de l'objet : | painting |
| Titre : | A View of Gagetown, New Brunswick |
| Artiste ou artisan : | Reverend Abraham Wood |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | Communication Artefacts |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | Art |
| Médium : | watercolour |
| Support : | paper |
| Numéro d'accession : | 1976.75.8 |
| Province d'origine : | New Brunswick |
| Pays d'origine : | Canada |
| Province d'utilisation : | New Brunswick |
| Pays d'utilisation : | Canada |
| Culture : | Canadian |
| Date de début de production : | 1860 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1870 |
| Commentaires : | Reverend Abraham Wood was born in Yorkshire, England, 22 July 1791. He trained as an Anglican minister and was sent out to New Brunswick by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, stopping first at Saint John in 1819 and then establishing a work as a travelling minister along the Jemseg River and Grand Lake in 1823. He married Susan Mount of Musquash and they went on to have several children, one of whom married Dr. Harry Peters, Gagetown. By all accounts he was successful and became a well-known member of the community and region for fifty years. When he died 23 January 1879, he was living in Saint John. While he ministered to the people of Grand Lake, Reverend Abraham Wood took a keen interest in the landscape of his adopted home, producing a number of very fine watercolour views of Grand Lake and Gagetown. Whether he received training or not his work shows a very adept hand. His use of colour and the fine details of his technique demonstrate considerable skill, making his paintings some of the finest of New Brunswick art. Queens County Heritage possesses one signed work, Gage-Town Queens Co NB, 1871, from which we have now determined that at least two other unsigned works are in the same hand, Claremont, and another untitled view of Gagetown that overlooks the Peters property (his daughter's home) toward the bend in the river where the ferry now crosses. The two unsigned paintings were ruthlessly cut down in mid-life, losing their signature but the colours, type of paper and technique all point to the same artist: Reverend Abraham Wood. All three works underwent conservation treatment in 2012 and were re-matted and framed, making for a stunning trio when shown together. |
| Hauteur : | 50 |
| Largeur : | 63 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Gagetown |
| Province de l'établissement : | New Brunswick |
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