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Seal hunting on the ice, Little Whale River, QC
James Laurence CotterAbout / vers 1870
McCord Stewart Museum
Montreal, Canada
In the 1870s, James Laurence Cotter was one of the first photographers in the world to document Inuit life. A fur trader for the Hudson's Bay Company in the Eastmain and Little Whale River (Fort George) district, Cotter was an amateur photographer who worked with the help of his wife, Frances Symington Ironside. Together they set up their darkroom on the ice, prepared the plates and exposed them while they were still wet, and developed the photographs immediately afterwards.
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- Title: Seal hunting on the ice, Little Whale River, QC
- Creator Lifespan: 1839/1889
- Date: About / vers 1870
- Type: Photographie, Photograph
- Titre: Chasse au phoque sur la glace, Petite rivière de la Baleine, QC
- Description: Le photographe amateur James Laurence Cotter fut un des premiers au monde à documenter la vie des Inuits. Il releva ce défi dans les années 1870, lorsqu'il était négociant en fourrures pour la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson dans le secteur de la rivière Eastmain et de la Petite rivière de la baleine (Fort George). Assisté de son épouse, Frances Symington Ironside, il devait installer une chambre noire sur la banquise, préparer les plaques, les exposer encore humides et les développer tout de suite après la prise de vue.
- Credit line: Gift of Mrs. D. A. Murray, Don de Mrs. D. A. Murray
- Artist: James Laurence Cotter
- Rights: http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/orders/conditions/
- External Link: http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/MP-0000.391.6
- Medium: Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process, Sels d'argent sur papier monté sur carton - Papier albuminé
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