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Title

[Niagara Falls].

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Item (linked) part of

Art Album of Mary Louisa (Lambton) Bruce (1847-1852) (R977-19-X-E)

Date(s)

10 October [1847]

Place

Niagara Falls

Place of creation

Ontario

Extent

1 drawing: pencil, watercolour and white highlights on blue wove paper; 8.7x12.3 cm (image); 27x36 cm (folio)

Language of material

English

Scope and content

A landscape depicting a view of the Horseshoe Falls and Goat Island with its buildings and vegetation in the distance from Table Rock on the Canadian Shore of the Niagara River. The artist has shown the water mist rising from the Falls and the water below.

Conditions of access

Graphic (art)

99: Closed pending processing

Volume
17

99: Closed pending processing

Archival reference no.

R977-136-3-E

Terms of use

Credit: Library and Archives Canada, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, and family fonds (R977). Copyright: expired/périmé.

Additional name(s)

Artist: Mary Louisa Lambton Bruce, Countess of Elgin and Kinkardine.

Additional information

Physical description note

Album of Mary Louisa (Lambton) Bruce, page [11] lower.

Signatures and inscriptions

Inscription: date written on the artwork; unsigned and untitled. Pencil frame drawn with a straight edge.

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3994711