Description
Inscribed in pen and black ink, l.l.: 1870; l.r.: Wm Armstrong / 1913; In pencil, mount vso left: [beginning of each line preceding "WA" trimmed] / barrel in front / dial on top / Doctor of the / s, Mrs Wolselys / is in front of her / and occasionally / The barrels beyond / contained ammunition / ious-The Camp of the / alion (Quebec) was camped / side of McVicars creek / of drawing-/ sault commanding WA
Similar compositions by Armstrong: watercolour dated July 1870 in PAC (Negative. No. C-11749; reproduced in Image of Canada, No. 5, and in Campbell, Early Days on the Great Lakes, p. 106); watercolour dated 1870, lot 4 (illustrated) in Joyner Fine Art auction catalogue 1 December 1986. A wood-engraving, very similar to the latter, is in Canadian Illustrated News, Montreal, 30 July 1870, p. 69 b.: RED RIVER EXPEDITION-COL. WOLSELEY'S TENT AT THUNDER BAY. From a sketch by our special Artist.
Medium: Water colour, touches of gouache, on wove paper. Laid down on black cardboard mount
Image Licence
Public Domain
Image Credit
Courtesy of Toronto Public Library.
Location
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Country
Canada
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
