View in Victoria Harbour
About this object
History of use
Based on stylistic characteristics, Doris Shadbolt (1975) attributes these watercolours to about 1895. The scenes are mainly from the Victoria area, and the Fraser Valley. They predate Emily Carr's trips to coastal indigenous villages, but the prevalence of canoes and forests attest to her early interest in these themes, which she developed fully in her later paintings.
Cultural context
Canadian art; late 19th century watercolours.
Physical description
Small, rectangular shaped, watercolour study with water in foreground, shore on right is closer than left. There is a white house on the shore on right with trees to right. Far shore, on left, shows a large white house on relatively flat ground with yellow and green bushes and trees. Mountain slope behind is dark blue with distant mountain to right. Blue and white sky above; water at bottom is white with dark grey reflections on right and light brown on left. Image mounted on a light grey backing card.
Categories
Materials
Date Made
C. 1895
Date Acquired
12 Apr 1983
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 9.6 cm x 15.2 cm
Object Number
Cf37