Business card
Black and white photograph of Austin Cuvilliers (1779-1849), a traitor to the Patriotes. He was a Canadian businessman and politician.
- Accession Number 2018.11.58
- 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 made by Livernois in 1861, shows the portrait of Austin (Augustin) Cuvillier (1779-1849) as President of the Assembly of the Province of Canada. The painting itself is a copy by Théophile Hamel (1817-1870), commissioned by the government of the Province of Canada in 1853 to create portraits of the presidents of the Assembly since 1791.
Austin Cuvillier was a successful Montreal bus...
- Accession Number 2018.11.58
- 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, 2018.011.0058
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