Title
Scene near Fort Erie.
Creator
Simcoe, Elizabeth, 1762-1850, artist.
Publication details
[around 1795]
Physical details
1 drawing : pen and black ink with monochrome wash on birchbark ; sheet 10.2 x 17.2 cm (oval)
Description
View showing the beach and lake near Fort Erie; a tent and chair to the right-hand side; trees throughout the scene. Inscribed with title in black ink below image. Inscribed 'Near Fort Erie' in black ink on verso. Mounted on laid paper together with Maps K.Top.119.15.f. Paper bears indistinct watermark and date 1795. Together with a title page:
Place
Fort Erie (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
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.119.15.i.