Bouchette en prison

Bouchette, R. S. M. (Robert Shore Milnes) (1805-1879)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1838

Height:

13.0 cm  (5 1/8 in.)

Width:

18.0 cm  (7 1/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

watercolor and ink on paper

Place of creation:

Montréal

Description

Self-portrait of the Canadian lawyer, cartographer, member of the Patriote movement and civil servant Bouchette, who served time in prison for military activity in 1838. A guitar rests on the bed in his prison room.

People as subjects

Bouchette, R. S. M. (Robert Shore Milnes) (1805-1879)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Guitar [3237]

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

3441