Photograph, Albumen: The Chaudiere Falls in Winter
Entry/Object ID
P1978
Description
One glossy sepia albumen photograph depicting the Chaudiere falls in the winter if 1893, mounted on beige card. In the viewer's upper left are two buildings (one with lozenge shaped windows) with snow on the roof. The steep embankments below the buildings are covered in heavy ice. There is mist coming from the falls, and the opposing shore is also covered in heavy ice and snow. A railway bridge can be seen in the distance. In the foreground is deep snow with a large fissure in it, and a large plank jutting out. Pressed into the card below the photograph: "TOPLEY PHOTOGRAPH / OTTAWA", inscribed on the back: "Chaudiere Falls, / Winter 1893 / EO/EC / 80 / 511 / 1/2".
Made/Created
Date made
1893
Notes
Country of Origin: CANADA
Support: PAPER
Paper, Cardboard, Photographic, Photography, Photography
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Notes
Pressed into the card below the photo: "TOPLEY PHOTO / OTTAWA". Written on the back: "Chaudiere Falls, / Winter 1893 / EO/EC / 80 / 511 / 1/2"
