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English School, circa 1840
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English School, circa 1840

Halfway Houses on the Ice Road from Montreal to La Prairie

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English School, circa 1840
Halfway Houses on the Ice Road from Montreal to La Prairie
watercolour
7¼ x 11¾in. (18.5 x 29.8cm.)
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Lot Essay

For another version of this subject, probably by the same artist and dated 1840, see the exhibition catalogue by C. Graham, Mont-Royal Ville-Marie, Early Plans and Views of Montreal (McCord Museum of Canadian History), Montreal, 1992, p.98. The McCord watercolour is inscribed on a label 'Halfway Houses on the Ice Road from Montreal and La Prairie for Travellers to stop at and refresh themselves. They have lantern's over the doors.'

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