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Untitled [Returning Home on Snowshoes]

Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1974-51-9; Source: purchased at Sotheby & Co. (Canada) Ltd. | Copyright Expired

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Date

ca. 1860-1870

Artist

William Henry Edward Napier (1829-1894)

Collection

Library and Archives Canada

Image Link

https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=FonAndCol&id=2836215&lang=eng

Description

The watercolour depicts in the foreground two figures on snowshoes, one of whom carries a papoose on her back. They are approaching a house with two chimneys and a veranda. To the right of the house is a church (unidentified) and in the background are other buildings.
The watercolour was soiled, discoloured and had large pinholes in each corner. There was a large area of surface and pigment loss u.l. above the house in the sky. The trees and buildings have been scratched to reveal the white paper beneath and to create a special effect. Several surface marks (foxing, etc.) appeared over the entire surface. The figure to the right was badly smudged with what appeared to be pencil or charcoal.
Formerly the property of Alexander Napier Chinnery-Haldane, 'Gleneagles', Perthshire, Scotland (grandson of the artist).

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Copyright Expired

Image Credit

Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1974-51-9; Source: purchased at Sotheby & Co. (Canada) Ltd.

Location

Canada

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Snow
Religious Buildings
Trees
Buildings
People

Category

Buildings & Architecture

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