Recherche dans la collection - Souvenir Caconowosg (Cacouna, Quebec) painting [graphic material]

The title is derived from an inscription on the recto of the painting in the hand of the artist.

The condition of the painting is fair/poor with surface dirt, cracked paint surface, paint flaking and losses (left side, lower left mostly, lower left corner and bottom, top centre in sky, centre right in trees). There is some buckling of the canvas top left corner and left side.

Painting acquired at auction at Waddingtons, Auctioneers & Appraisers, 111 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, Lot 1339, on June 6, 2002. Description from Waddinton's auction catalogue: "The painting: 'Souvenir Caconowosg (Cacouna, Quebec),' has been ascribed to the 19th century Quebec School by the auction house. The title and date are derived from inscriptions on the work. The artist is possibly Blois ?, possibly the Quebec artist François-B. de Blois ? (1829-1913). The scene depicts boating on the lower St. Lawrence, a popular summer locale in the 1870's and the subject of engravings published in the 'Canadian Illustrated News' in the early 1870's."

The date is derived from an inscription on the recto of the painting in the hand of the artist.

Inscribed. Signed. Dated.
Inscription: Inscribed in brush-point and black paint, l.l.: SOUVINIR [sic] CaCONaWOSg [?] / BlO[?]is[?] 1875 (complete)