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In 1965, the Confederation Centre Art Gallery in Charlottetown accepted the Robert Harris Collection and Archives, which includes Harris's 1883 preparatory sketches for his painting of the Fathers of Confederation, from the Robert Harris Trust. This acquisition of drawings, paintings, sketchbooks, letters and memorabilia numbered nearly 9,000 ...
An 1885 photo of Robert Harris' painting, completed the previous year and titled, Conference at Quebec in 1864, to settle the basics of a union of the British North American Provinces, also known as The Fathers of Confederation. The original painting was destroyed in the 1916 Parliament buildings Centre Block fire.
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2.9 Paintings of the Fathers of Confederation. 2.10 Paintings of historic events and people. 2.11 Sculptures. 3 Notes. 4 References. Toggle the table of contents.
He painted one of the most iconic Canadian images of the twentieth century, The Macdonald's Lassie, used for decades by Macdonald Tobacco on their Export "A" brand of cigarettes. Not so widely known is his important monumental group portrait of the Fathers of Confederation , a copy of the original by Robert Harris destroyed in the fire on ...
1908: Anna Jarvis founded Mother's Day. The idea for Father's Day came after social activist Anna Jarvis proposed Mother's Day in the early 1900s. Within six years of its inception, Mother's Day ...
Pages in category "Fathers of Confederation" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Like father, like son! George Clooney, 56, is one of the hottest Hollywood stars today, but there's was one family member who held that title before he ever stepped onto the scene -- his dad!