Great Lakes Art Database

The "Walk in the Water", ca 1820 (Lake Erie)

Description
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Creator
Thomson, William James, Artist
Item Type
Drawings
Description
Inscribed in pen & ink, l.l.: W.J. THOMSON / 93; l.r. CAN. PHOTO-ENG. BU.; mount, below drawing: The Walk in the Water / 1817. Ran on lake Erie from Buffalo; mount, left of drawing: 10; mount, right of drawing: Vol: II. p. 846. Perhaps after the drawing by James Van Cleve, 1882, described in his "Reminiscence of Early Sailing Vessels and Steam Boats on Lake Ontario..." (p. 117 of typewritten copy in TPL Manuscript Collection: 8vo Van Cleve) Reproduced in "Landmarks of Toronto" v. 2, p. 846.
Notes
Pen & ink over blue pencil. Laid down on scrapbook page
Date of Original
1893
Date Of Event
1820
Dimensions
Width: 16.3 cm
Height: 9.2 cm
Subject(s)
Walk-in-the-water (steamboat)
Local identifier
D 3-7a
Geographic Coverage
  • Lake Erie
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 42.809809913049 Longitude: -79.012013
Creative Commons licence
Public Domain [more details]
Copyright Statement
Public domain: Copyright has expired according to the applicable Canadian or American laws. No restrictions on use.
Contact
Association for Great Lakes Maritime History
Website:
https://aglmh.net

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The "Walk in the Water", ca 1820 (Lake Erie)


Inscribed in pen & ink, l.l.: W.J. THOMSON / 93; l.r. CAN. PHOTO-ENG. BU.; mount, below drawing: The Walk in the Water / 1817. Ran on lake Erie from Buffalo; mount, left of drawing: 10; mount, right of drawing: Vol: II. p. 846. Perhaps after the drawing by James Van Cleve, 1882, described in his "Reminiscence of Early Sailing Vessels and Steam Boats on Lake Ontario..." (p. 117 of typewritten copy in TPL Manuscript Collection: 8vo Van Cleve) Reproduced in "Landmarks of Toronto" v. 2, p. 846.