LEADER 02462nam 2200349z- 450 001 9910346698103321 005 20231214133423.0 035 $a(CKB)4920000000094713 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/90553 035 $a(EXLCZ)994920000000094713 100 $a20202208d2018 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aThe True Face of Sir Isaac Brock 210 $aCalgary$cUniversity of Calgary Press$d2018 215 $a1 electronic resource (338 p.) 311 $a1-77385-021-0 330 $aMajor General Sir Isaac Brock is remembered as the Hero of Upper Canada for his defence of what is now Ontario during the War of 1812, and also for his noble death at the Battle of Queenston Heights. In the more than two centuries since then, Brock?s likeness has been lost in a confusing array of portraits?most of which are misidentified or conceptual. The 1824 monument constructed to honour Brock?s sacrifice was destroyed in 1840 by Benjamin Lett, a disgruntled disciple of William Lyon Mackenzie and critic of the Upper Canadian elite. The replacement and subsequent commemorations emphasized a patriotic desire to visualize the hero's appearance. But despite uncovering an authentic portrait painted only a few years before Brock's death, a series of false faces were promoted to serve competing claims and agendas. St-Denis situates Brock?s portraits within an emerging English Canadian imperial nationalism that sought a heroic past which reflected their own aspirations and ambitions. A work of detailed scholarship and a fascinating detective story, The True Face of Sir Isaac Brock details the sometimes petty world of self-proclaimed guardians of the past, the complex process of identification and misidentification that often occurs even at esteemed Canadian institutions, and St-Denis? own meticulous work as he separates fact from fiction to finally reveal Brock?s true face. 606 $aHistory of art / art & design styles$2bicssc 610 $aArt History 610 $aSir Isaac Brock 610 $aArt Authenticity 615 7$aHistory of art / art & design styles 700 $aSt-Denis$b Guy$4edt$01315048 702 $aSt-Denis$b Guy$4oth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910346698103321 996 $aThe True Face of Sir Isaac Brock$93032224 997 $aUNINA