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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)

8 October 1849

Place

[Niagara Falls]

Place of creation

Ontario

Extent

1 drawing: pencil and white highlights on blue wove paper; 17.5x25.6 cm (image); 27x36 cm (folio)

Language of material

English

Scope and content

A riverscape depicting a view of the curved Horseshoe Falls from an elevated point. Water mist rises above the Falls. The artist has depicted the two trees at the right edge of the work and other vegetation in the foreground in some detail. In the distance is the vegetation along the Canadian shore of the Niagara River upstream from the Falls.

Conditions of access

Graphic (art)

99: Closed pending processing

Volume
17

99: Closed pending processing

Archival reference no.

R977-176-4-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 [51].

Signatures and inscriptions

Inscription: work is unsigned and undated; no title is provided. Pencil frame drawn with a straight edge.

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3994793