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"Canadian Historical (1800-1910)"
Portrait of a Lady
Head and shoulders portrait of young woman in black dress with white collar (oval shaped inner frame)
Portrait of a Little Girl
Portrait of a young girl seated with her hands clasped on her lap.
Rocky Mountain Scene
Lake at centre foreground, surrounded by green rolling hills. Snow covered mountains in background. Three buildings in middleground, also steam engine at right middleground.
The Home Lesson
Two women seated at a table. One woman is reading what appears to be a letter; the other is reading a book
Easter Morning, La Petite Penitente, Brittany
Young peasant woman sitting on bench, holding rosary in hands on her lap; Bible at her right side; wooden clogs at bottom left
Buffalo
Five bison grazing at edge of lake. Shadowy hills in distance left. Evening sky with two gulls flying at left.
Near the Close of a Stormy Day
Large fallen trees with gnarled branches at bottom right; two cows standing by tree; river and tree-lined far shore at middleground; two large trees at left and right middleground which border rivulet at centre of composition; very dark, overcast sky
Montmorency Falls, Summer
Foreground: rocky cliff with large tree; in background, man fishing at base of Montmorency Falls
Montmorency Falls, Winter
Horse-drawn sleighs, groups of people on frozen river, by Montmorency Falls
C.P.R. Station in the Rockies
Small log cabin train station at b.l.; train on tracks at c.; fir trees at r.; snow-covered mountains in background; scattered people in front of train station
Portrait of Mr. A.W. Ogilvie
Portrait of Mr. A.W. Ogilvie who owned the Ogilvie flour mills in Winnipeg
The Building of Fort William
Landscape with mountain in background and lake in foreground, with logs washed up on shore. Men in a boat near the shore bringing in more logs. 2 figures in a canoe near the shoreline.
Indian Teepees
River in bottom foreground; two teepees on riverbank at left centre middleground; three teepees at right centre background
Irish Emigrant
Young man in tattered beige coat/jacket with walking stick, from which basket hangs, over his left shoulder
