Collection search - Molson's Ale, "Blessing the Maples"

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: Inscribed in the print, recto t.: MOLSON'S ALE; c.r.: M.A. SUZOR COTE/ 1920; c.: "BLESSING THE MAPLES"/ The ceremony of "Blessing the Maples" for the run of the sap takes place about the end of March in the Province of Quebec./ In the painting M.A. Suzor-Cote, R.C.A., the eminent French-Canadian artist, has depicted the scene in a maple grove./ The original hangs in the Galleries of the Provincial Museum at Quebec. It is reproduced through the courtesy of the/ Provincial Secretary./ The Ale your Great-Grandfather drank/ 1937 JANUARY 1937; b.: PRINTED IN CANADA/ GAZETTE PRINTING CO., LIMITED, MONTREAL