Canoes, Harbour

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.

Canadian art; late 19th century watercolours.

Small, rectangular shaped, watercolour study with two Northwest Coast style canoes in foreground, on right; above is a small brown house with stairs. There is a woman standing beside door. Green and yellow bushes behind house and stretching out over water. Sky and sea merge yellow across centre, with blue top and bottom. Distant sail boat and several flying birds. Image mounted on a light brown backing card.