- CA RBD Gwillim-2-19
- Item
- [between 1801 and 1806]
Part of Gwillim Collection
Painting showing a side view of blue-and-grey barracuda with orange accents; blue wash underneath. Pencil inscription on mat reads, "Sphyraena obtusata."
Symonds, Mary
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Part of Gwillim Collection
Painting showing a side view of blue-and-grey barracuda with orange accents; blue wash underneath. Pencil inscription on mat reads, "Sphyraena obtusata."
Symonds, Mary
Part of Gwillim Collection
Painting showing a side view of light blue and grey sawtooth fish with pink and violet fins and tail. Pencil inscription on mat reads, "Pristis cuspidatus."
Symonds, Mary
Part of Gwillim Collection
Painting showing a side view of blue-and-grey whiskered fish with pink accents. Very lightly painted. Pencil inscription on mat reads, "Callichrous chechra."
Symonds, Mary
Part of Gwillim Collection
Painting showing a side view of speckled marsh crocodile in light green, grey, and brown; slight grey shadow underneath. Features additional notes in Gwillim's hand regarding crocodile's size and where it was found: on the drawing in pencil, a small number "51," "10 feet [unclear]," and "A [unclear] aligator taken from the ditch at Vellore." Other pencil inscriptions on the mat read, "Crocodilus palustris" (at side) and "Crocodilus palustris / A aligator taken from the ditch at _ ?" (at bottom). The "10 feet" on the drawing has been re-written underneath.
Symonds, Mary
Report of the Royal College of Physicians of London on Vaccination, Photocopy.
Part of D. Sclater Lewis Fonds
Miscellaneous papers (20), including correspondence with J. Sewell, J. de longueuil, Berthelot D'artigny, J.Bouchette, Paul Lacroix, & Saveuse de Beaujeu, largely concerning personal matters, legal problems, international politics & the payment of lots et ventes, as well as receipts & a bill.
Contract for Jacques Ratel of L'Assomption.
Contract between Jacques Ratel of L'Assomption and the outfitter Parker, Gerrard, Ogilvy & Co. Contract outlines Ratel's employment as a steersman of boats with the destination of the Bay of Quinty for the payment of 90 livres per month.
Voyageur contract for Jean Clavelle
Contract between Jean Clavelle of Faubourg St. Laurent and the outfitter Parker, Gerrard, Ogilvy & Co. Contract outlines Clavelle's employment as a day labourer with the destination of the Bay of Quinty, Upper Canada, for the payment of 72 livres per month. The contract notes that he received an advance of 8 piastres and his wife is to be paid 8 piastres per month after his departure.
Part of Masson Collection
File include two items: a letter from William McGillivray to Jacob Oldham concerning trade between Lower Canada and Bermuda and subpoena for Joseph Briere to appear in a cause in which one of the requestors is William McGillivray.
Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
Part of Gwillim Collection
Mounted painting with full depiction of a pale-colored buzzard, with partial background of rocks and plants. Inscriptions below the painting read: "Smaller White Scavenger Vulture (Neophron ginginianus)" at bottom centre, and "Neophron ginginianus" in lower left corner.
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807