War canoe races at Gorge, May 1947

An ink and graphite drawing by E. J. Hughes showing several scenes from a canoe race on the Gorge waterway in Victoria, B.C. including a close up on one of the oars. Notes about what the people are wearing and the colours of the boats and oars.

In Collection:

• E.J. Hughes Collection

Creator

• Hughes, E. J. (Edward John), 1913-2007

Subject

• Indigenous peoples
• Landscape painting
• Landscape painters
• Crowds
• Artists
• Landscape painting--Technique
• Artists' preparatory studies
• Painters
• Drawing
• Canoes and canoeing
• Art
• Landscape painting, Canadian
• Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)

Language

• eng

Date created

• May 1947

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 sheet ; 20 x 12.5 cm

Alternative title

• Eleven men

Geographic coverage

• British Columbia--Gorge Waters

Coordinates

• 48.44645, -123.40091

Additional physical characteristics

• Ink on paper.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• E.J. Hughes Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• pencil drawings
• sketches
• drawings (visual works)
• pen and ink drawings

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2020-043 - Sketches, 1946-1947, 1965; Item: 36

Fonds title

• E. J. Hughes collection

Fonds identifier

• SC606

Is referenced by

• Special Collections finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/e-j-hughes-collection

Date digitized

• September 2023 to October 2023

Technical note

• Scanned on Betterligt/TTI (600 DPI; 1/20; 263; Copy4Stops; camera height 1000) by PD. Metadata by KD.

Rights

• Copyright held by the E. J. Hughes Estate. Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only to the UVic researcher community. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/2d69-0n37

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