Media watercolour on paper
Dated
1878
Size 8.75 x 13.5 in. / 22.2 x 34.3 cm.
Frame Size 17.5 x 21.5 x 1.75 in.
Sold $425
Estimate $300 - $400
Notes
signed and dated lower right; bears artist's name and title on gallery label verso; framed with archival mat
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Biographical Information
William Nicoll Cresswell ~ [1822-1888] Canadian OSA, RCA
see N.G.C. Vol.1, A-F, ed.C.Hill, pg.229 and A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.89 as well as E.P.E.C., by R.Harper, pg.78 for biographies; also see Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg. 77, Westbridge Pub., 1999; exhibition lists in R.C.A.A., pg.86 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.86; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website