Title
Cootes Paradise near Burlington Bay.
Creator
Simcoe, Elizabeth, 1762-1850, artist.
Publication details
[around 1796]
Physical details
1 drawing : pen and black ink with monochrome wash on birchbark ; sheet 11 x 17.3 cm (oval)
Description
Foliage and trees on the shore; a body of water in the middle ground; the opposite shore lined with trees. Inscribed with title in black ink below image and on verso. Mounted on laid paper together with Maps K.Top.119.15.r. Paper bears indistinct watermark and date. Together with a title page:
Place
Hamilton Harbour (Ont.)
Additional information
This group of birchbark drawings at Maps K.Top.119.15. were given to King George III by the Simcoes in October 1796. Elizabeth Simcoe drew on the darker interior of the birchbark rather than the paler exterior. It is probable that this set was conceived of and made as a group possibly with the intention of presenting them to George III, rather than as a series of sketches made at differing points during the Simcoe
Other persons
Pilkington, Robert, 1765-1834, artist.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.119.15.p.