Robert C. Todd
The Timber and Shipbuilding Yards of Allan Gilmour and Company at Wolfe's Cove, Quebec, Viewed from the West
1840
Category:
Lumber and shipping baron Allan Gilmour (1805–1884) commissioned Robert C. Todd to make these two paintings of his property at Wolfe’s Cove, Quebec City. Each scene emphasizes an aspect of the company’s activities on shore in the lumberyard and the ships on the water, recorded by the artist in painstaking detail.
Artist
Title
The Timber and Shipbuilding Yards of Allan Gilmour and Company at Wolfe's Cove, Quebec, Viewed from the West
Date
1840
Medium
Painting
Materials
oil on canvasDimensions
74.5 x 120 cm
Nationality
Canadian
Credit line
Purchased 1987
Accession number
29696