One watercolor painting depicting Colonel Coffin's House, originally the royal engineer's building. Image is of a beige house with a small shed on right side, surrounded by trees. There is grass at bottom with path cutting through and water on left with cliffs visible. The painting is displayed in a light brown wood frame.
Made/Created
Date made
circa 1899
Notes
Additional create date: 1899
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Transcription
"Artist Patti Jack died 1908 St. Andrews Scotland // Colonel Wm Coffin's House lock 3 Rideau Canal Ottawa // originally the Royal Engineers Office and Ordnance erected in 1827 by lt. Col. John By (picture unfinished) painted before construction of the Interprovincial Bridge in 1900."
