19th-century Images of Canada (Volume II, Plate 1; Concise Plate 29)
JOHN H. WADLAND Canadian Studies Program, Trent University
MARGARET HOBBS Women's Studies Program, Trent University
The authors are deeply indebted to the following for their assistance in the preparation of this plate: Andrew Birrell, François-Marc Gagnon, Fernand Harvey, Joy Houston, Joan Murray, Hellen Ostler, Mary Jane Penfold, Dennis Reid, Alan Toff, Helle Viirlaid, John Warkentin. Special thanks are accorded Joan Schwartz for permission to use her unpublished research to identify the locations of Frederick Dally photographs.
The Look of Domestic Building, 1891 (Volume II, Plate 6; Concise Plate 30)Special Authors' Notes
The Authors of this plate wrote extensive notes on development of the visual arts and photography
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Sources for Paintings
Number indicates location code on original printed atlas plates. | |
13 | George Heriot. Chaudière Falls near Quebec. ca 1810. Watercolour over graphite on woven paper. Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-269, Peter Winkworth Collection of Canadiana. |
10 | Peter Rindisbacher. Occupation of the Unfortunate Colonists within sight of a mass of ice of 5700 cubic [metres?], June 30, 1821. 1821. Watercolour and ink. National Archives of Canada. C-1905 |
8 | Peter Rindisbacher. Winter Fishing on the Ice of the Assynoibain and Red River. 1821. Watercolour with pen and black ink on paper. National Archives of Canada. C-001932 |
9 | Paul Kane (1810-1871). French River Rapids. 1845. Oil. Stark Museum of Art, Orange, Texas. 31.78/159, POP22 |
6 | Paul Kane (1810-1871). Camping on the Prairie. 1845. Oil. Stark Museum of Art, Orange, Texas. 31.78/156, POP18 |
11 | Frederick C. Lowe, after Lucius R. O'Brien. View of Cobourg. Ca 1852. Wood engraving on paper. From Anglo American Magazine ( Toronto), 2 (Feb 1853). Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, J. Ross Robertson Collection. T 18073 |
16 | W.G.R. Hind. Harvesting Hay, Sussex, New Brunswick. Ca 1880. Oil on commercial board. National Archives of Canada, Ottawa. C-103003 |
12 | Lucius Richard O'Brien. Canadian 1832-1899. Among the Islands of Georgian Bay. 1886. Watercolour on paper. 26.7 x 39.4 cm. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. Bequest of Mrs Florence L. Cody, 1951. T 260 1 |
3 | Lucius Richard O'Brien. Through the Rocky Mountains, a Pass on the Canadian Highway. 1887. Watercolour on paper. Private collection, Toronto. Photograph courtesy of Art Gallery of Ontario. |
Sources for Photographs
Number indicates location code on original printed atlas plates. | |
1 | Frederick Dally. Ox team at Clinton, Cariboo Road, BC. 1868. Photograph. Glenbow Archives, Calgary. NA-674-38 |
2 | Charles Horetzky. Canadian Pacific Railway Survey. Hazelton. Forks of the Skeena River, 29 Dec 1872 . Photograph. Library and Archives Canada. PA-022575 |
5 | Charles Horetzky. Peace River at Fort Dunvegan, October 4, 1872. 1872. Photograph. National Archives of Canada, W.J. Topley Collection. PA-9244 |
15 | Alexander Henderson. Intercolonial Railway. On the Matapedia River. Ca 1872. Albumen print. National Archives of Canada, Sir Sandford Fleming Collection. PA-022071 |
7 | Royal Engineers, George Dawson / North American Boundary Commission. Ox train at Dead Horse Creek, on their way West. Ca 1873. Photograph. National Archives of Canada, Dr Thomas Millman Collection. PA-74645 |
3 | Alexander Henderson. Steel Bridge on the Canadian Pacific Railway, over the St. Lawrence River, at Lachine, near Montreal, by Dominion Bridge Co. Limited, Montreal. Ca 1880's. Photograph. Library and Archives Canada. PA-027638 |
4 | J.B. Tyrrell. Eskimo camp on the barren land, NWT, 18 Aug 1894. Photograph. National Archives of Canada, Geological Survey of Canada Collection. PA-050939 |
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