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Title / Titre : Eweretta Jane Richardson (Mrs. Alexander Auldjo) Creator(s) / Créateur(s) : Sampson Towgood Roch (1759-1847) Date(s) : ca. 1798-1800 Reference No. / Numéro de référence : MIKAN 2837338 / C-136995 collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&... collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&... Credit / Mention de source : Library and Archives Canada, C-136995 / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, C-136995 Description / Descriptions : Born in Portsoy, Scotland, Eweretta Jane Richardson (1774-1808) was the cousin of John Richardson, a prominent Montreal businessman and politician. In 1804, in Portsoy, she married Alexander Auldjo, a Scottish-born Montreal businessman, and then immigrated to Canada. This possible sole likeness of the sitter was painted before she came to Canada, at Bath where the artist lived. Eweretta died in childbirth only four years later, after her arrival in Canada. The artist who also signed his name "Roche," invariably gives his sitters a characteristic smile or smirk, evident in this portrait miniature. / Née à Portsoy en Écosse, Eweretta Jane Richardson (1774-1808) était la cousine de John Richardson, éminent homme d'affaires et politicien montréalais. En 1804, elle épousa à Portsoy Alexander Auldjo, homme d'affaires montréalais d'origine écossaise, puis émigra au Canada. Eweretta mourut en donnant naissance à un enfant quatre ans seulement après son arrivée au Canada. Ce portrait d'elle, probablement unique, fut peint avant son arrivée au Canada, à Bath, où vivait l'artiste. Ce dernier, qui signait aussi du nom de « Roche », donnait invariablement à ses sujets un petit sourire caractéristique, qui se voit bien dans ce portrait miniature. |
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