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The Passenger Pigeon Hunt
The Passenger Pigeon Hunt

The Passenger Pigeon Hunt

Artist (Canadian, 1804 - 1895)
Date1853
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 184.2 x 183 cm (72 1/2 x 72 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsCanadian Art 18th century-1995
Credit LineGift from the Albert H. Robson Memorial Subscription Fund, 1943
Terms
  • Animals: Birds
  • pigeon
  • People
  • Portraits
  • boy
  • hunter
  • friendship
  • Paintings
Object number2601
Status
Not on view
Exhibition HistoryAntoine Plamandon (1804-1895) Highlights of an Artistic Career, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec, November 24, 2005 - April 9, 2006, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, June 17 - September 3, 2006, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario, September 15, 2006 - November 5, 2006, McCord Museum of Canadian History, Montreal, Quebec, December 1, 2006 - April 1, 2007
Period19th Century
SignedSigned and dated LL: A Plamondon/ 1853
Primary MakerAntoine-Sébastien Plamondon
Thomas B. Wragg
Antoine-Sébastien Plamondon
1836
Mrs. Thomas B. Wragg, née Mary Ann Wilkins
Antoine-Sébastien Plamondon
1836
Passengers
Marian Dale Scott
c. 1940
Arctic
Frederick Horsman Varley
1938-1939
Mary Patterson
William Albert Sherwood
1896
Caledon Hills
Bertram Brooker
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Still Life with Jars
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1924
Breezy Autumn
Charles William Jefferys
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Habitant Returning from Market
Cornelius Krieghoff
1863
Ginger, the Colonel's Dog
Cornelius Krieghoff
c. 1847