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The repeal of the Corn Laws by Great Britain in 1846 struck a hard blow against the Province of Canada's economy, impacting merchants and grain producers who benefitted from these protectionist laws through preferential tariffs in the cereal trade. It is in this context that two small ceramic pitchers commemorating the abolition of the Corn Laws at Westminster ended up at the Parliament that was located in Montreal between 1844 and 1849. The discovery of these jugs in 2017 by a team of archaeologists under the direction of Pointe-à-Callière, Montreal's archaeology and history complex, provides an opportunity to revisit this foundational moment in Canadian political and economic history. The pitchers evoke the triumph of the Anti-Corn Law League under the leadership of Richard Cobden and, incidentally, by Sir Robert Peel. Finally, the article underlines the influence that the League and its popular marketing methods had on a Montreal merchant association, which can perhaps explain the presence of these pitchers at the Canadian Parliament in Montreal.
Keywords: Abolition des Corn Laws, pichets commémoratifs, Parlement de Montréal, Richard Cobden, Sir Robert Peel, Repeal of the Corn Laws, Commemorative pitchers, Parliament of Montreal, Richard Cobden, Sir Robert Peel
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In the eight months, between May 1944 and January 1945, Canada's four major art museums brought together their resources to produce the first comprehensive exhibition of the history of painting in Canada. The Development of Painting in Canada 1665-1945 succeeded by grouping together nearly 200 paintings which displayed a continuous reading of the production of more than 150 artists arranged by chronological periods, styles and pictorial genres. Given the political context, the result led to an ideological reading of the project, interpreted as a manifestation of the symbiosis between the two founding nations of Canada capable of developing a common culture.
Keywords: Canada, beaux-arts, art, peinture, peuples fondateurs, unité nationale, Canada, fine arts, art, painting, founding peoples, national unity
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