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The Documentary Art collection is made up of painted, drawn and printed images that are an invaluable resource for researchers studying the social history of Quebec and Canada. Depicting people, places, scenes, historic and political events and objects, these iconographic documents reflect the perspectives of Canadians over the past three centuries.
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Great Fire at Montreal. Dalhousie Square, Hay’s House, etc.
Illustrated London News
1852
2011.8.35.1-2
Great Fire at Montreal. Sketched from the North Corner of the Champ de Mars
James Duncan
1852
M983.52.88.1
Ruins of the Great Fire at Montreal. St. Denis Street. Near the Bishop’s Church
James Duncan
1852
M983.52.88.2
The Denison Gold-Mines, near Algoma, Lake Huron, Upper Canada
Melton Prior
1888
M984.306.1286.1-7
Breaking up of the Ice in the St. Lawrenceat Montreal
James Duncan
1859
M985.230.5030.1
Breaking up of the ice in the St. Lawrence River at Montreal
James Duncan
1859
M985.230.5030.2
The Prince of Wales closing the last rivet of the Victoria Tubular Bridge over the St. Lawrence
George Henry Andrews
1860/10/06
M990.756.6
Houdini Upside Down In the Water Torture Cell
The Dangerfield Printing Company Limited
1913
M2014.128.229
This project is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Azrieli Foundation and Canadian Heritage.