Business card
Black and white photograph of Joseph-Rémi Vallières de Saint-Réal (1787-1847), a traitor to the Patriotes. He was a Lower Canadian politician, businessman, judge and militia officer.
- Accession Number 2018.11.57
- Fabricant / Éditeur Livernois
- Period 1st half of the 19th century
- Medium and Support silver print, paper; cardboard
- Technique glued, printed
- Measurements 10,69 x 7,2 x 0,1 cm
Historical context
This calling card, a cardboard-mounted photograph by Livernois in 1861, shows a portrait of Joseph-Rémy Vallières de Saint-Réal (1787-1847) as Speaker of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada between 1823 and 1825. The painting itself is a copy by Théophile Hamel (1817-1870), commissioned by the Government of the United Province of Canada in 1853 to create portraits of the Speakers of the Assembly.
Originally a lawyer, Joseph-R...
- Accession Number 2018.11.57
- Fabricant / Éditeur Livernois
- Period 1st half of the 19th century
- Medium and Support silver print, paper; cardboard
- Technique glued, printed
- Measurements 10,69 x 7,2 x 0,1 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, 2018.011.0057
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