Painting, Watercolor: New Edinburgh Mills

Painting

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Bytown Museum / Musée Bytown

Name/Title

Painting, Watercolor: "New Edinburgh Mills"

Entry/Object ID

P826

Description

One watercolor painting depicting the The New Edinburgh Mills as seen from across the water. Log booms start in bottom right corner and go diagonally to center. Starting a third of the way up the left hand side is a strip of land and the end of which (just right of center) are the mills, the rest of the land area is covered with trees except for a roof sticking up through them. The frame is made of wood and canvas; next to the picture there is a thin strip of gold colored wood surrounded by canvas and then more wood, on the outside of the canvas the wood is carved with a fruit and vine motif, from the frame slopes away from the picture.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

"L.L.P.Checkly ---"

Notes

Signature in the lower proper right corner of the painting.

Transcription

"Den Art Gallery // 783 Bank Street., Ottawa Ont."

Notes

Printed in black ink on a rectangular white label attached to the back of the frame at the bottom.

Transcription

"New Edinburgh Mills"

Notes

Written in pencil on the back of the frame.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Picture, Picture, Furnishings

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Painting (visual work), Watercolor, Painting

Dimensions

Height

24.4 cm

Width

33.1 cm

Depth

4.5 cm