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 of two people paddling a Northwest Coast style canoe, on right, in front of a steep bank; dark blue-green trees on top with green and yellow vegetation below. Dark and light blue mountains in the distant background on left; yellow sky. Water across bottom is blue wash, reflection of canoe and shoreline on right. Image mounted on a light brown 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
Cf32