John Poad Drake
John Poad Drake (1794–1883) was an inventor and artist from Stoke Damerel, in present-day Devon. He worked at the Plymouth Dockyard. He later painted in Halifax, Nova Scotia (1815), Montreal and New York.
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John Poad Drake
John Poad Drake · The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, 1754-2004: From Imperial Bastion to Provincial Oracle Hardcover – Oct 1 2004 by Barry Cahill (Editor), Philip Girard (Editor), Jim Phillips (Editor) · Public domain
- Born
- 1794 · Fowey.
- Died
- 1883
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Great Britain · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- shipbuilder · painter
- Languages
- English
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He later returned to England and patented a new system for drilling screws at the shipyard. He is a descendant of Sir Francis Drake. Drake was a student of the Royal Academy in London. Drake's painting of the Last Supper hangs in the new Christ Church Cathedral, on St. Catherine Street, Montreal (1825).
The recorded working language is English. Work by John Poad Drake is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Canada, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Musée de la civilisation, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery and Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.
• Illustration — Sampson Salter Blowers, Nova Scotia Supreme Court, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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• Shippling at Low Tide, Halifax, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia • Montreal from St. Helen's Island, Royal Ontario Museum • Montreal • Quebec
Montreal, from St. Helen's Island
John Poad Drake · Photographer: Wuselig
"John Poad Drake, Montreal", from St. Helen's Island, Oil on canvas, c. 1827, Ref.: 949.152, Gift of the Sigmund Samuel Endowment Fund.
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