Painting, Watercolor: Braddish Billings House

Painting

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Bytown Museum / Musée Bytown

Name/Title

Painting, Watercolor: Braddish Billings House

Entry/Object ID

P1942

Description

One watercolour painting depicitng the Braddish Billings house on the Rideau River and built November 1812. The white house in the center of the painting is surrounded by trees and by a river. There is a blue sky with puffy white clouds in the top section of the painting. On the lawn infront of the house are two logs and a well. The painting is displayed in a thin brown wooden frame with a white mat.

Made/Created

Notes

Support: paper

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

"J.C. H."

Notes

Painted in the bottom right corner of the painting.

Transcription

"Part of an old house left after the other part had been carried away by flood about 1880. The house, made of logs, was built by Braddish Billings on his arrival at this point of the Rideau River in November 1812, and started the settlement of Billings Bridge."

Notes

Written in black ink on the mat below the painting.

Transcription

"Painted and presented by "Miss J.C. Humphreys."

Notes

Written in black ink on the bottom right corner of the mat.

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), Watercolor, Painting

Dimensions

Height

27.8 cm

Width

38.5 cm

Depth

2 cm