Great Lakes Art Database

Ploughboy, off Lonely Island, Georgian Bay

Description
Creator
Armstrong, William, Artist
Item Types
Paintings
Watercolors
Description
Dramatic watercolour of the near shipwreck of the steamboat PLOUGHBOY with Lonely Island, Georgian Bay in the background. The party on board included a number of prominent Canadian politicians, some of whom would play a significant role in the Canadian Confederation movement five years later. Among them would be the first Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada (in 1867), John A. Macdonald.
Inscriptions
Inscribed
l.l.: July 1. 1859;
l.r.: Wm Armstrong / Oct. 1912;
vso of mount: [cropped]ccident to Steamer Ploughboy off Cabot Head / [cropped]ith Hon. J.A. Macdonald and party on board / first Dominion day July 1st 1859
Date of Original
191210
Date Of Event
1 July 1859
Dimensions
Width: 33.6 cm
Height: 23.1 cm
Subject(s)
Ploughboy (Steamboat)
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Lonely Island
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 45.5560683256512 Longitude: -81.4381048886719
Creative Commons licence
Public Domain [more details]
Copyright Statement
Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
Contact
Maritime History of the Great Lakes
Email:walter@maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca
Website:
https://www.MaritimeHistoryOfTheGreatLakes.ca/

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Ploughboy, off Lonely Island, Georgian Bay


Dramatic watercolour of the near shipwreck of the steamboat PLOUGHBOY with Lonely Island, Georgian Bay in the background. The party on board included a number of prominent Canadian politicians, some of whom would play a significant role in the Canadian Confederation movement five years later. Among them would be the first Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada (in 1867), John A. Macdonald.