"View of the Special Court, assembled under the authority of the Seigniorial Act of Provincial Parliament 1854 at its opening on the 4th day of September 1855."

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McCord Stewart Museum via McCord Stewart Museum (via Wikimedia Commons)

Creator

William Lockwood, about 1803-1866

Dates

1856 (indexed as 1856)

Level

item (source: Image)

Scope & content

"View of the Special Court, assembled under the authority of the Seigniorial Act of Provincial Parliament 1854 at its opening on the 4th day of September 1855." Arranged and drawn on stone by William Lockwood. Print of A. Weingartner's Lithography (New York). Published by W.W. Smith (Saint-Jean, Lower Canada). Print, Ink on paper - Lithography. (identifying the back row of judges, l. to r.) c.l. (trimmed): [A.] N Morin / Charles Mondelet. / G. Vanfelson. / J.S.C. / Chs D Day / J Duval / Edw Bowen D.C.L.; l.c.: L.H. LaFontaine; c.r.: T C. Aylwin / Ed. Caron / J. Smith / W.C Meredith. / E Short / W Badgley; (identifying counsel and clerk, l. to r., but omitting E. Barnard at extreme right) b.: F Réal Angers T.J J Loranger Lewis T Drummond R. MacKay J U Beaudry Christopher Dunkin. C.S. Cherrier. [1] Key to pictured persons, from Canada and Its Provinces, vol. II, Adam Shortt and Arthur G. Doughty, general editors, Toronto, 1914, opp. p. 590 (via www.fadedpage.com) [2]: Judges (left to right): A. N. Morin, Superior Court. Charles Mondelet, Superior Court. George Vanfelson, Superior Court. Charles D. Day, Superior Court. John Francis Duval, Court of Queen’s Bench. Edward Bowen, C.J., Superior Court. Sir Louis H. La Fontaine, C.J., Court of Queen’s Bench. Thomas Cushing Aylwin, Court of Queen’s Bench. R. Edouard Caron, Court of Queen’s Bench. James Smith, Superior Court. W. C. Meredith, Superior Court. Edward Short, Superior Court. W. Badgley, Superior Court. Crown Counsel (left): F. Réal Angers. T. J. J. Loranger. Lewis T. Drummond, Attorney-General (standing). Counsel for the Seigneurs (left to right): R. McKay. Christopher Dunkin. C. S. Cherrier. Clerk of Court—J. U. Beaudry (End of Table). Messenger of the Court (Extreme Right).

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1855 in Quebec; 1856 lithographs; 1856 works in Canada; François-Réal Angers; Judges from Canada; Lawyers from Canada; Lewis Thomas Drummond; Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine; Quebec in art; September 1855 in Canada; Thomas-Jean-Jacques Loranger

Access & use

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