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White, George Harlow
Vespra Vespra
1874 June 11 11 juin 1874

At age 54, George Harlow White set out for Canada to homestead at Oro, near Shanty Bay, Lake Simcoe. He stayed for six years and exhibited actively with the Ontario Society of Artists during that time. He was made an ‘Honourary, non-resident academician’ of the Royal Canadian Academy when it formed in 1880. By that time, White was back in England, living as a pensioner at Charterhouse, London. While in Canada, he created a series of 100 exquisite pencil drawings of forest scenes around his homestead, of which this is one.

White, George Harlow
London, England 1817-London, England 1887 London, England 1817-London, England 1887
Vespra Vespra
1874 June 11 11 juin 1874
Pencil on paper Mine de plomb sur papier
height / width: 17.00 x 12.20 cm; 6.69 x 4.80 in.
Gift from the estate of Mabel E. Segsworth, through the Queen's University Art Foundation, 1944 Don de la succession de Mabel E. Segsworth, par l’intermédiaire de la Fondation pour les arts de l’Université Queen’s, 1944
11-051.10

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