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1985.5.3

ID Number: 1985.5.3
Category: Communication Artifacts
Sub-category: art
Item Type: Ink
Item Name: drawing
Maker: Reynolds, Margaret; Reynolds, Catherine
Title: Chapel and Palace of Holyrood House
Materials: PAPER, UNKNOWN INK
Measurements: overall: 10 3/4 in x 17 1/2 in
Description: Rectangular; cream-coloured paper with grey ink; Holyrood House is in centre with hills in background and trees in right foreground; title handwritten on back bottom in black ink (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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