One sepia photograph depicting a group portrait, subjects dressed in early Tudor period clothing standing in the senate chamber during the 1896 historical ball commemorating the discovery of North America by John Cabot in 1497. Inscribed on the bottom front of the photograph: "Time: Discovery of Continent of North America by John Cabot A.D. 1497.// Miss Cambie - Mr. C. Macintosh - Miss A. Ritchie - Mr. Julius Lay - Mr. J. Smellie - Mr. Burgess - Mr. Haultain - Mr. J.A. Ritchie - Mr. W. McKay - Mr. Agar Adamson - Mr. C.S. Barwell - Miss White - Mrs. S.H. Fleming - Miss Macintosh - Miss Ritchie - Miss May Griffin // Historical Ball - Given by Their Excellencies The Earl & Countess of Aberdeen in Senate Chamber, Ottawa, 17 Feb. 1896. // Second Historic Group." The photograph is displayed in a stained wooden frame behind glass.
Made/Created
Studio
W.J. Topley
Date made
Feb 17, 1896
Place
City
OTTAWA
County
ONTARIO
Country
Canada
Notes
Country of Origin: CANADA
Reference for photograph is "Illustrations of The Historical Ball...1896," with a short historical introduction by J.G. Bourinot, Ottawa: Durie and Son, 1896. (See object file)
Additional create date: 1896
Paper, Wood, Glass, Metal, Photographic, Photography, Photography
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Transcription
"Time: Discovery of Continent of North America by John Cabot A.D. 1497.// Miss Cambie - Mr. C. Macintosh - Miss A. Ritchie - Mr. Julius Lay - Mr. J. Smellie - Mr. Burgess - Mr. Haultain - Mr. J.A. Ritchie - Mr. W. McKay - Mr. Agar Adamson - Mr. C.S. Barwell - Miss White - Mrs. S.H. Fleming - Miss Macintosh - Miss Ritchie - Miss May Griffin // Historical Ball - Given by Their Excellencies The Earl & Countess of Aberdeen in Senate Chamber, Ottawa, 17 Feb. 1896. // Second Historic Group."
Notes
Written in black ink across the bottom of the photograph.
Transcription
"FINE ARTS // J. WILSON & CO. // HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE // DIEU ET MON DROIT/108 SPARKS ST. OTTAWA".
