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From Near the Suspension Bridge

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Date:

October 1849.

Reference:

R977-178-8-E, Volume number: 17

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3994795

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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)

From Near the Suspension Bridge
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Date(s):

October 1849.

Place:

Niagara Falls:

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

1 watercolour: pencil, watercolour, black chalk and white highlights on blue wove paper; 12.2x18 cm (image); 27x36 cm (folio)

Language of material:

English

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A landscape / riverscape depicting a view of the Niagara River Gorge and the American shore from the Canadian shore near the suspension bridge. The water rushes along with a faint mist rising above it. The vegetation and rocks of the far shore have been portrayed in an impressionistic manner while vegetation on the near shore in the foreground has been shown in some detail. Leaning into the scene from the right side is a tree with bare twisted branches.

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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 [53].

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: date and title written on the album page; 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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Date modified:: 2024-05-10