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Sir Richard Airey Portrait of Colonel Thomas Talbot
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Sir Richard Airey fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- [1850?]
- Accession Number
- 2010-15
- Storage Location
- R4 S1 Sh4 B4 F21
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Sir Richard Airey fonds
- Creator
- Sir Richard Airey
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2010-15
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R4 S1 Sh4 B4 F21
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- [1850?]
- Publication
- Posted on Facebook: Septembr 8, 2020.
- Was the Facebook banner, September- November 2020.
- Physical Description
- 1 painting : watercolour on paper ; 17.5 x 28 cm
- Custodial History
- 1984-2010: Nancy Poole (donor), purchased from the Becher family, 1984
- 1850-1984: H.C.R. Becher and his descendants, acquired from the artist, ca. 1850
- Scope and Content
- Watercolour painting on paper by Sir Richard Airey. showing Colonel Thomas Talbot in the "Den" at his home, circa 1850. From the Sir Richard Airey fonds.
Colonel the Honourable Thomas Talbot (July 19, 1771 – February 5, 1853) was an Irish-born Canadian soldier and politician. He founded the community of Port Talbot, Ontario, which was at one time the most prosperous town in the region due to his insistence on building quality roads, and he was responsible for enticing 50,000 people to settle in the Thames River area.
Richard Airey was Talbot's nephew and heir.
- Name Access
- Talbot, Thomas
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Sir Richard Airey fonds
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Sir Richard Airey fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- [1850?]
- Accession Number
- 2010-15
- Storage Location
- R4 S1 Sh4 B4
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Sir Richard Airey fonds
- Creator
- Sir Richard Airey
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2010-15
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 107
- Storage Location
- R4 S1 Sh4 B4
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- [1850?]
- Physical Description
- 1 painting : watercolour on paper ; 17.5 x 28 cm
- Custodial History
- 1984-2010: Nancy Poole (donor), purchased from the Becher family, 1984
- 1850-1984: H.C.R. Becher and his descendants, acquired from the artist, ca. 1850
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of a watercolour painting on paper by Sir Richard Airey showing Colonel Thomas Talbot in the "Den" at his home, circa 1850.
- Name Access
- Airey, Richard
- Talbot, Thomas
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