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1985.5.12

ID Number: 1985.5.12
Category: Communication Artifacts
Sub-category: art
Item Type: Ink
Item Name: drawing
Maker: Reynolds, Margaret; Reynolds, Catherine
Title: A View of the Doge's Palace at Venice with the Grand Landing Place before I
Materials: PAPER, UNKNOWN INK
Measurements: overall: 10 3/4 in x 17 1/2 in
Description: Rectangular; cream-coloured paper with grey ink; palace is on right side; foreground is water; right foreground has several gondolas with men poling them; left background shows a distant row of buildings, behind which is the sun in a sunburst effect; border on all sides: .5cm wide at bottom, .25cm wide at top and sides; watermark (see Inscription) is vertical in centre; title is handwritten in black ink at back bottom (see Inscription).
History: There is debate as to who is the actual artist. People have attributed it to either Catherine Reynolds (1784 - 1864 ) or her sister Margaret (1765 - 1855). The Reynolds family is listed in the 1782 Detroit Census. Following Detroit being ceded to the Americans (1796), the Reynolds settled in Amherstburg. One of Catherine & Margaret's brothers, Robert Reynolds, was responsible for the construction of the historic house, Belle Vue.
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
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