Painting, Oil: Chaudiere Falls

Name/Title

Painting, Oil: Chaudiere Falls

Entry/Object ID

P2661

Description

One oil painting depicting a winter scene of the Chaudiere falls with floating ice in foreground and a mist rising from falls. The roof of a building is visible in the center of the image on the far side of the falls. The painting is displayed in a ornate gold colored frame with a carved design.

Made/Created

Notes

Support: Canvas

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

On back the inscription reads: "The Chaudiere Falls in winter, Ottawa."/ Tentative identification from a post card and dated 1908, showing some variation in detail but identical in proportions. This picture is given to Miss Evelyn Taylor by AnneMarie Chaplin curator of the Bytown Museum not only in gratitude for her many years of work for the historical society of Ottawa, (most prominently in leading the history group) but with affection and respect for a supportive friend. A.H.H.C. August 21st 1980" In bottom true left corner is signed "W.H. Sadd 1873". "1893 W.H. Sadd ""Den Art Galleries" Label

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Painting, Painting, Furnishings

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Painting (visual work), Oil, Painting

Dimensions

Height

31.5 cm

Width

48 cm

Depth

3.9 cm