Philip John Bainbrigge
Philip John Bainbrigge | |
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 Sir Philip John Bainbrigge, c. 1840 | |
| Born | 1817 |
| Died | 1881 (aged 63–64) Blackheath, England |
| Education | Royal Military Academy at Woolwich (1830–1833) |
| Known for | British military officer-painter |
Philip John Bainbrigge (1817 – 1881) was a British military officer and painter who served in what was then called Upper and Lower Canada from 1836 to 1843.[1]
Biography[edit]
Bainbrigge was born at Lichfield, Staffordshire into a military family. He was trained as a military man and in art at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich (1830–1833) and posted to Canada in 1836. He served in the Rebellions of 1837-1838.
He travelled widely in Canada as it was then, drawing and painting watercolours of which 137 along with his drawing pencil, pen and ink are in Library and Archives Canada. His subjects ranged widely from the First Nations people to scenic views, especially of fortifications and occupations such as maple sugaring, which provide a valuable record of early Canada.[2] In 1841–1842, he was promoted to Acting Adjutant. In 1843, he returned to England where he died in 1881.
Albumen prints of Bainbrigge in 1862 by Camille Silvy are preserved in the Photography section of the National Portrait Gallery, London. [3]
Selected public collections[edit]
- Library and Archives Canada[4]
- National Gallery of Canada[5]
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts[6]
- Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec[7]
- McCord Museum[8]
- Bibliothèque nationale de France[9]
References[edit]
- ^ Graham, Conrad. "Mont Royal-Ville Marie: Early Plans and Views of Montreal, 1991". library.gallery.ca. McGill-Queen’s University Press in Montreal. pp. 89. 97, 102, 105. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ Parkinson, Kamille T. H. (2005). Philip John Bainbrigge and the Group of 1838: Imperial Landscapes and the Colonial Art Scene in Canada. Kingston: Queen's U. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "Sir Philip Bainbrigge (1 of 2 portraits)". National Portrait Gallery. NPG, London. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "Philip John Bainbrigge collection [graphic material, 1836–1842]". recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "Collection". www.gallery.ca. National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "Collection". www.mbam.qc.ca. MMFA. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "Collection". collections.mnbaq.org. Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "Collection". collections.musee-mccord-stewart.ca. McCord Museum, Montreal. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "Collection". gallica.bnf.fr. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
| International | |
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| National | |
| Artists | |
- 1817 births
- 1881 deaths
- Expatriates in British North America
- 19th-century British artists
- 19th-century British painters
- British watercolourists
- British male painters
- 19th-century Canadian painters
- Canadian watercolourists
- 19th-century male artists
- Canadian male painters
- People from Staffordshire
- 19th-century Canadian male artists