File:Madeleine de Vercheres.jpg

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English: Marie Madeleine de Verchères

1 painting: watercolour on ivory; 9.1 x 7.1cm (visible image); 10.5 x 8.5 cm (oval case).
Clicherie : 8.400 x 12.200 (oval, frame)
Image : 7.100 x 9.100 cm
Médaillon/étui : 8.500 x 10.500 cm
Miniature in a metal locket.
Colour transparency: recto in locket.
This miniature has also been copied in black and white, under negative number: C-005560; this negative shows more shadow.

This is an imaginary historical portrait that was painted as an illustration for Arthur Doughty's book "Daughter of New France", published in 1916. The portrait brings to mind the story of the courageous fourteen year-old girl who in October 1692, defended her home, the Seigneury and Fort of Verchères on the St. Lawrence River, from an Iroquois attack.
Français : Marie Madeleine de Verchères
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Source collectionscanada.gc.ca - sympatico.ca
Author Gerald Sinclair Hayward (1845-1926)

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