History, Art and Architecture Collection
O-5886.300
First Day Cover
Robert Harris, A Meeting of the School Trustees

O-5886.300
First Day Cover
Robert Harris, A Meeting of the School Trustees

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Specifications

Artists Ashton-Potter Limited (printing-house) Robert Harris (Artist)
Date 1980/03/06
Inscriptions
CANADA // House of Commons // Chambre des Communes
FIRST DAY OF ISSUE // PREMIER JOUR D'ÉMISSION
HOUSE OF COMMONS // 6 III '80 // CHAMBRE DES COMMUNES // 12 CANADA
Materials paper, unidentified
Dimensions (cm) 24.0 (Length)10.6 (Width)
Functions Exchange medium
Barcode 603510
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Robert Harris

More than a century after his death in 1919, Robert Harris remains the most famous portrait painter in Canada. Born in Wales in 1849, his family moved to Prince Edward Island in 1856. His best-known work, the painting of the Fathers of Confederation formally titled “Meeting of the Delegates of British North America to Settle the Terms of Confederation, Quebec, October 1864,” was destroyed in the fire at Parliament in 1916. His 1885 masterpiece “A Meeting of the School Trustees,” set in rural P.E.I., and many other of his works hang at the National Gallery of Canada.
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