Black, white and beige chalk; pencil

Black, white and beige chalk with the addition of pencil on the right sketch.

Inscribed. Signed. Dated.

Inscription: Inscribed recto, in black ink, l.r.: "TMM."; in pencil, l.r., immediately following previous inscription: "L C1" (?); in brown ink, c.l.: "3"; in black chalk, immediately following previous inscription, c.l.: "L Cl"; in brown ink, l.l.: $4"; on Bushnell Collection label on the frame backing, in black ink, u.r.: "41-72/434"; typewritten, u.r.: "149" / "150"; typewritten, c.: "Thomas Mower Martin, 1838- / Sketches on the northeast shore of Georgian / Bay, Lake Huron. La Cloche Mountains in / the distance." Made before the year 1880.

LAC record

Collection consists of nine drawings and six watercolours by Thomas Mower Martin (1838-1934); six drawings by George Gibbs (1815-1873); nine watercolours and one oil painting by Paul Kane (1815-1872); six watercolours by Peter Rindisbacher (1806-1834); seven watercolours by William Armstrong (1822-1914); six watercolours by George Back (1796-1878); seventeen watercolours by Emile de Girardin (1829-fllg. 1864); as well as twelve watercolour, two drawings and one painting by various and unknown artists. The collection contains a diary of a fishing trip to Hunter Island, Ontario, in September, 1899, including text and 24 cyanotypes, along with one photographic portrait. Also in the collection is a letter dated 17 July 1919, to Bushnell from the dealer John Loomis, enclosing a letter dated 25 July 1860, from the Canadian artist Cornelius Krieghoff to the American traveller, sportsman, artist and author Charles Lanman (1819-1895). The works were acquired as part of Bushnell's interest in Native American history and life.

Credit the National Archives of Canada. Additional credit line required: David J. Bushnell Collection of Canadiana.

This record was created by Anne de Stecher during an RAship for Prof. Ruth Phillips.