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Title

Quebec [View of the River].

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Drawings, watercolors and lithographs by Mary Louisa Lambton Bruce [graphic material] (R977-29-2-E)

Date(s)

[1838]

Place

Quebec

Place of creation

Québec (Province)

Extent

1 drawing: pencil on wove paper; 16x24 cm

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Sketch of a marine scene on the St. Lawrence River near Québec. There is a two-masted, square-rigged vessel at the center of the work. Cap Diamant, the Citadel and several vessels can be seen in the distance. There is the suggestion of buildings in the Lower Town. At the left are buildings on the south shore of the River and in the foreground, three birds in flight.

Conditions of access

Graphic (art)

99: Closed pending processing

Volume
22 Item no. assigned by LAC 18

99: Closed pending processing

Archival reference no.

R977-214-8-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

Signatures and inscriptions

Inscription: title; undated and unsigned. Written on the work: [Mr.C.] Smyth which may mean that the work was done after Coke Smyth.

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3994869