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Title

Quebec [View of Quebec City Waterfront]

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Item (linked) part of

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

Date(s)

26 July 1848

Place

Quebec

Place of creation

Québec (Province)

Extent

1 watercolour : over pencil with gouache highlights on two pieces of jointed paper; 17.6x24.7 cm; mounted in paper mat

Language of material

English

Scope and content

A riverscape depicting the waterfront along the St. Lawrence River at Québec. There are several two- and three-masted vessels with square and fore and aft rigging moored alongside two timbered wharves. Several figures sit or stand on the wharf in the foreground. In the background is the Citadel atop the promontory of Cap Daimant. There are additional buildings behind the wharves. The work was completed on two overlapped and glued sheets of paper.

Conditions of access

Graphic (art)

99: Closed pending processing

Volume
23 Item no. assigned by LAC 3

99: Closed pending processing

Archival reference no.

R977-216-1-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

Exhibitions note

Included in the 2003 exhibition Culture and Democracy at Government House (Rideau Hall), Ottawa.

Signatures and inscriptions

Inscription: signature (MLB), date and title.

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3994871