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1985.5.19

ID Number: 1985.5.19
Category: Communication Artifacts
Sub-category: art
Item Type: Ink
Item Name: drawing
Maker: Reynolds, Margaret; Reynolds, Catherine
Materials: PAPER, UNKNOWN INK
Measurements: overall: 10 3/4 in x 17 1/2 in
Description: Landscape; rectangular; cream-coloured paper with grey ink; centre foreground has a dirt road on which a woman and a boy are walking (away from the viewer); the woman is wearing a shortgown, petticoat, mobcap, neckerchief; the boy is wearing trousers, jacket, hat, and is carrying a stick; behind them is a lake on which are two boats; in the distant background are hills; on the far shoreline are several people; in the distance on the right is a large house atop a wooded hill; left side has several trees in the foreground; a word is handwritten very lightly in pencil on back bottom (see Inscription); back has pencil lines at right angles along top, right, and bottom.
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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