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Rapids Near the Burning Spring

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Date:

28 September 1849.

Reference:

R977-173-9-E, Volume number: 17

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3994789

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James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, and family fonds

James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, and family - Private Life

Lady Mary Louisa Lambton Bruce

Art Album of Mary Louisa (Lambton) Bruce (1847-1852)

Rapids Near the Burning Spring
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Date(s):

28 September 1849.

Place:

Niagara Falls:

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

1 drawing: pencil, watercolour and white highlights on wove paper; 17.6x25.3 cm (image); 27x36 cm (folio)

Language of material:

English

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A riverscape depicting a view of the rapids on the Niagara River upstream from the Horseshoe Falls. At the left foreground is a wooded island. Logs which have been floating downstream towards the Falls are caught on its shore. Other logs continue to drift towards the brink of the Falls from which a water mist rises. To the right of the brink is Terrapin Tower located on exposed rocks beyond the western end of Goat Island, which is covered in vegetation. Other small islands with wooded vegetation dot the River.

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Artist: Mary Louisa Lambton Bruce, Countess of Elgin and Kinkardine

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Physical description note:

Album of Mary Louisa (Lambton) Bruce, page [48].

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: date and title provided on the artwork; unsigned. Pencil frame drawn with a straight edge.

Source:

Private
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

Volume [R977] 17

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, and family fonds (R977).
Copyright: expired/périmé.

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