Henry Sandham
Evening on the Wharf, or Montreal Harbour
Artist
Henry Sandham
Montreal 1842 – London 1910
Title
Evening on the Wharf
Date
1868
Materials
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
45.8 x 57.5 cm
Credits
Gift of Mrs. J. Campbell Merrett, inv. 1999.10
Collection
Quebec and Canadian Art
Trained by artists in the circle of photographer William Notman, Sandham made his first oil on canvas paintings in 1868. Evening on the Wharf returns to a subject he had already treated in watercolour. Filled with anecdotal details typifying the period’s interest in the picturesque, this colourful canvas depicts the activity at Montreal’s fast growing harbour.
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