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Title

From Near the Suspension Bridge.

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Item (linked) part of

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

Date(s)

October 1849

Place

Niagara Falls

Place of creation

Ontario

Extent

1 watercolour: pencil, watercolour, black chalk and white highlights on blue wove paper; 12.2x18 cm (image); 27x36 cm (folio)

Language of material

English

Scope and content

A landscape / riverscape depicting a view of the Niagara River Gorge and the American shore from the Canadian shore near the suspension bridge. The water rushes along with a faint mist rising above it. The vegetation and rocks of the far shore have been portrayed in an impressionistic manner while vegetation on the near shore in the foreground has been shown in some detail. Leaning into the scene from the right side is a tree with bare twisted branches.

Conditions of access

Graphic (art)

99: Closed pending processing

Volume
17

99: Closed pending processing

Archival reference no.

R977-178-8-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 [53].

Signatures and inscriptions

Inscription: date and title written on the album page; unsigned. Pencil frame drawn with a straight edge.

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3994795