Category:L'Assemblée des six comtés à Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, en 1837

**L'Assemblée des six-comtés**
	painting by Charles Alexander
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Instance of	painting;
Depicts	demonstration, Louis-Joseph Papineau and Assembly of the Six Counties
Made from material	oil paint; canvas (painting support);
Genre	history painting;
Location	Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Plains of Abraham, Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire, La Cité-Limoilou, Quebec City, Quebec, Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada
Creator	Charles Alexander Smith;
Collection	Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec;
Inventory number	1937.54 (Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec);
Inception	1890; 1891;
Width	691.3 cm;
Height	300.8 cm;
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Charles Alexander Smith: L'Assemblée des six-comtés

Artist

Charles Alexander Smith (1864–1915)
Alternative names	Charles Alexander, Alexander Charles Smith, Chas. Alexander, Charles Alexander Smith
Description	Canadian painter
Date of birth/death	1864	1915
Location of birth/death	Galt	London
Authority file	: Q5075054 VIAF: 95844042 ULAN: 500026312

Title

L'Assemblée des six comtés à Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, en 1837

Object type

painting

Genre

history painting

Description

L'Assemblée des six-comtés, a painting depicting the Assembly of the Six Counties, held in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada, on October 23 and October 24, 1837.

Depicted people

Louis-Joseph Papineau

Date

1891

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 300 cm (118.1 in); width: 690 cm (22.6 ft)

Collection

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec

	Native name	Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
	Location	Quebec City
	Coordinates	46° 47′ 56″ N, 71° 13′ 29″ W
	Established	5 June 1933
	Website	http://www.mnba.qc.ca/
	Authority file	: Q2338135 VIAF: 123866351 ISNI: 0000000404086067 ULAN: 500310429 LCCN: nr2003025889 OSM: 3616083 WorldCat

Current location

Art ancien (des origines à 1900)

Accession number

1937.54

Place of creation

Vallée de Chevreuse

Object history

1890: commissioned by Government of Quebec, Parliament Building (Quebec), Quebec City

1891: transferred to Quebec City

Commissioned by the Government of Quebec, but refused after completion

1895: purchased by Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montréal

circa 1930: acquired by Government of Quebec, Parliament Building (Quebec), Quebec City (presumably)
1937: transferred to the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Quebec City, from Parliament Building (Quebec), Quebec City

Exhibition history

L'Assemblée des six comtés (1890), Musée du Québec, Quebec City, 23 February 1995–16 October 1995, no catalogue.

Inscriptions

Text left:

NOTRE CANADA / AVANT TOUT / Les 92 / Resolutions

Text left:

A BAS LES TYRANS! / MORT AUX TRAITRES! / LIBERTY / OR DEATH!

Text left:

VIVE LA FRANCE

References

Maurice Champagne (April 1995) "L'Assemblée des six comtés", Bulletin de la bibliothèque de l'Assemblée nationale, volume 24, number 1, p. 3-5.

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, as L'Assemblée des six comtés à Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, en 1837, 1891.

Source/Photographer

Unknown source

Media in category "L'Assemblée des six comtés à Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, en 1837"

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L'Assemblée des six comtés à Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, en 1837 by Charles Alexander 1891.tif 9,839 × 4,346; 244.71 MB