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O'Brien, Through the Rocky Mountains, a Pass on the Canadian Highway, watercolour, 1887 |
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Professional painters - those who made a living by painting - often required institutional patronage. Lucius R. O'Brien and J.A. Fraser were commissioned by William Van Horne to make views for the CPR. |
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| Private collection, Toronto. Photograph courtesy of Art Gallery of Ontario. | |
