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[Niagara Falls]

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Date:

2 October 1850.

Reference:

R977-188-0-E, Volume number: 17

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3994809

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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)

[Niagara Falls]
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Date(s):

2 October 1850.

Place:

[Niagara Falls]:

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

1 drawing: pencil and white highlights on wove paper; 12.5x17.5 cm (image); 27x36 cm (folio)

Language of material:

English

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A landscape depicting a partial view of the Horseshoe Falls, Terrapin Tower and the western end of Goat Island from the Canadian shore of the Niagara River. The circular tower, located on exposed rocks beyond the western end of Goat Island at the brink of the Falls, is barely visible through the branches of a tree at the left of the composition. Below the tower at the bottom of the Falls are several exposed rocks. The artist has depicted the curvature of the Falls and the water mists rising above them. At the right of the background are several roughly sketched buildings located behind vegetation on a high point further along the Canadian shore.

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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 [59].

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: signature (MLE&K) and date on the artwork; no title provided. 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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