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Appearance of the Cone at Montmorency, January 14, 1837.
Appearance of the Cone at Montmorency, January 14, 1837.
Appearance of the Cone at Montmorency, January 14, 1837.
This watercolor painting by Phillip John Bainbrigge depicts the Falls at Montmorency in winter. There is a figure of a man, possibly Huron-Wendat, in the middleground. The painting was done on 14 January, 1837.
The figure in the painting is wearing a coat which in design is very like the coats worn by men in the Huron-Wendat community.
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Watercolor; pencil; wove paper
Watercolour over pencil on wove paper.
Inscribed. Signed. Dated.
Inscription: in pen and brown ink, verso l.c.: Appearance of the Cone at Montmorency / Jan[^y.] 14[^th.] 18367. [6 stroked out]; Ther[^r.] 42[^o.] below freezing; in pen and brown ink, recto l.l. on matte: Appearance of the Cone at Montmorency. Jan 14[^th] 1837. In 1837 the Fahrenheit system of recording temperature was in use, so if this was -42F., that was -41C., very cold.
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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1983-47-99
This record was created by Anne de Stecher during an RAship for Prof. Ruth Phillips.
The falls at Montmorency are in the Eastern Great Lakes region.