Robert C. Todd
The Timber and Shipbuilding Yards of Allan Gilmour and Company at Wolfe's Cove, Quebec, Viewed from the South
1840
Category:
Lumber and shipping baron Allan Gilmour (1805-1884) commissioned these two paintings from Robert C. Todd of his property at Wolfe's Cove, Quebec City. Each scene emphasizes an aspect of the company's activities on shore in the lumber yard, and the ships on the water which the artist has recorded in painstaking detail.
Artist
Title
The Timber and Shipbuilding Yards of Allan Gilmour and Company at Wolfe's Cove, Quebec, Viewed from the South
Date
1840
Medium
Painting
Materials
oil on canvasDimensions
74.5 x 120.5 cm
Nationality
Canadian
Credit line
Purchased 1987
Accession number
29695
