Courtesy of Nova Scotia Museum | Licence: CC BY-NC-ND
Courtesy of Nova Scotia Museum | Licence: CC BY-NC-ND

View of Prince's Lodge with Bedford Basin in background

Date

1887

Artist

Probably by Florence Rogers

Collection

Nova Scotia Museum

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Additional Information

From the Collection

Description

One framed watercolour, view of Prince's Lodge with Bedford Basin in background, signed "F. Rogers/1887". Artist was probably Florence Mary Rogers, wife of Dr. Henry Rogers of Halifax, NS.

Inscription

Signed in lower left corner: "F. Rogers. / 1887"

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-ND

Image Credit

Courtesy of Nova Scotia Museum

From the Watercolour World

Location

Prince's Lodge, Rockingham, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Country

Canada

Tww Comment

The small, round music room is all that remains of the "Friar's Cell", the rural estate of the Sir John Wentworth, the Lieutenant-Governor of the colony. It stands on a knoll overlooking the Bedford Basin. It was named Prince's Lodge when Prince Edward, Duke of Kent resided there and redesigned it while in Halifax from 1794 to 1800.