Name/Title
Dallas RoadEntry/Object ID
2001.01.07Description
Painting
This landscape depicts a scene on the coastal shore of Dallas Road, Victoria, B.C. The image is a wide vista view showing wooden stairs on the left down from the road to the rocky beach below with various Victorian-era family groupings and pets enjoying a seaside afternoon in the sun. The focus of the painting is the natural landscape and the careful depiction of the shoreline, ocean, sky and clouds.Type of Painting
EaselArtwork Details
Medium
Oil on canvasSubject Place
Region
Pacific NorthwestContinent
North AmericaContext
Dallas Road is the city's southern boundary stretching about four km along the ocean front looking south to the Salish Sea and on to Washington state's Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. The city’s founders established the land between the road and the ocean as public parkland in perpetuity. The area is rich in history from First Nations Lekwungen settlements and early defensive sites at the three main ocean points, followed by further European settlement, trade , development, social change and more.
Today, the Dallas Road waterfront trail pathways are popular destinations with locals and tourists for transportation (walking, running, etc. with designated bike paths), adventure (such as hang- or para-gliding), sheer relaxation on a park bench or wild storm watching. The trail from just past Fisherman's Wharf on the south side of the James Bay Neighbourhood features beautiful views from the Ogden Point breakwater and pier on through Holland Point Park and Beacon Hill Park, past Finlayson Point to Clover Point and finally, the Ross Bay seawall. Beaches along the shoreline can be accessed at various points such near Cook Street, where there is the main entrance to the pebbly Spiral Beach below the steep coastal bluffs, or further along at the rockier Ross Bay.
Of note, Mile 0 of the Trans Canada Highway is located on Douglas Street at Dallas Road adjacent to Beacon Hill Park marking the start of the over 8,000 km Trans-Canada Highway that spans the entire length of Canada. Mile 0 is also home to a statue of Terry Fox, CC, OD. In 1980, with one leg having been amputated due to cancer, the young man embarked on an east-to-west cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. Sadly, Fox's journey ended early when he fell ill and passed away, resulting however, in a lasting, worldwide legacy. Since then, hundreds of millions of dollars have been raised in his name for cancer research.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
H. C. (Harry) MartindaleRole
PainterDate made
1898Time Period
19th CenturyNotes
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Further research is required. However, the artist is believed to be H.C. (Harry) Martindale, artist/art master/painter in Victoria as per the listings in BC's gazetteers and directories (1902-1905), etc. See Research Notes and the accession file.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
SignatureLocation
Signed lower right: H C MartindaleDimensions
Dimension Description
ImageHeight
36.8 cmWidth
87.6 cmAcquisition
Acquisition Method
GiftDate
Jan 2000Notes
Legacy collection
Plaque:
Donated by Lloyd & Betty McKenzie January 2000 [former UCBC Members]
Provenance: Hubert Blenkinsop
