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Title

Rapids Near the Burning Spring.

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Item (linked) part of

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

Date(s)

28 September 1849

Place

Niagara Falls

Place of creation

Ontario

Extent

1 drawing: pencil, watercolour and white highlights on wove paper; 17.6x25.3 cm (image); 27x36 cm (folio)

Language of material

English

Scope and content

A riverscape depicting a view of the rapids on the Niagara River upstream from the Horseshoe Falls. At the left foreground is a wooded island. Logs which have been floating downstream towards the Falls are caught on its shore. Other logs continue to drift towards the brink of the Falls from which a water mist rises. To the right of the brink is Terrapin Tower located on exposed rocks beyond the western end of Goat Island, which is covered in vegetation. Other small islands with wooded vegetation dot the River.

Conditions of access

Graphic (art)

99: Closed pending processing

Volume
17

99: Closed pending processing

Archival reference no.

R977-173-9-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 [48].

Signatures and inscriptions

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

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3994789