Portrait of the Officer James Cuthbert and his child

Before photography was invented, miniatures were the only way to keep a loved one's picture close. This portrait miniature of James Cuthbert Jr. (1769-1849) has a second miniature with it, the unidentified portrait of one of his children. Cuthbert wears the uniform of the 60th Regiment, for which he became lieutenant in 1797. The following year, he inherited the Berthier seigneury, left the British infantry and was named justice of the peace for the Trois-Rivières district.