wartime recruiting poster, MADELEINE DE VERCHERES - 1678 - 1747 HIER AUJOURD'HUI
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19750317-100
- Event 1939-1945 Second World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Scott, Mr. Adam Sherriff
- Date Made --
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Advertising medium
- Department Art and Memorials
- Museum CWM
- Medium ink
- Support paper
- Materials Not applicable
- Branch Canadian Women's Army Corps
- Service Component Canadian Army
- Person / Institution Subject, de Verchères, Madeleine
- Measurements Height 95.0 cm, Width 61.0 cm
- Related activity Recruiting
- Caption Adam Sherriff Scott (1887-1980)
- Additional Information Born in Scotland, Adam Sherriff Scott trained in Edinburgh and London before migrating to Canada in 1910. He saw action and was wounded in the First World War, the settled in Montreal. He subsequently painted many portraits and historical reconstructions as well as murals in stores, clubs, hotels, banks, and office buildings. His larges work, "The Battle of Chrysler's Farm" (seven meters by three meters) was done in 1961 for battlefield interpretation centre at Morrisburg, Ontario. He was made an Associate Member of the Royal Canadian Academy in 1932 and became a full-fledge academician in 1944. His Second World War posters reflected both his skill and portraiture and his interest in early Canadian history.
- Caption Yesterday -Today; (Madeleine de Verchères 1678-1747)
- Additional Information Although printed in both official languages, this series of posters was directed to recruiting French Canadians by eulogizing selected heroes. Historians E.Z. Massicotte provided the data. The series proved very popular, with demand exceeding supply. Madeleine de Verchères distinguished herself by commanding a fort on her father's seigneury during a two-day siege by Iroquois warriors; she was 14 years of age at the time. Her exploits were exaggerated in later accounts, but there can be little doubt that she was an authentic heroine