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    Watercolour, pen & ink, gouache, over pencil. Laid down on mount

    One of the many ironies of the war was the return of the remains of Col. Alexander Grant, an impressively influential British military leader who resided in the U. S. He was returned in a humble cano

   

    Reflections on the water, like canoes, are most fond of sheltered conditions or an absence of wind. This painting was commissioned by activists who were fighting against high-rise development along L

    Graphite on paper

    Graphite on paper

    Watercolour, pen and ink, over graphite, on wove paper, mounted

    Watercolour, pen and ink, over graphite, on wove paper, mounted

    Sepia watercolour, touches of opaque white, over pencil. Laid down on mount.

    Water colour, touches of gouache. Laid down on mount

    1 sheet (verso blank)

    Illustration from J. B. Mansfield, ed., History of the Great Lakes. Volume I, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1899

    The St. Mary's Rapids Shooting the Rapids The Sault Ste. Marie Rapids

    Courtesy Canada Steamship Lines' Marine Hist. Coll. S. S. WALK-IN-THE-WATER, Lake Erie, 1818 This United States registered vessel was the first steam-driven vessel to navigate on the upper Great Lake

    A scene from the head of navigation on the Niagara River on the last autumn before the war was declared. The merchant schooner the Mary Hatt heads back downstream, with an Oneida Indian canoe in the

    Watercolour over pencil on paper

    Watercolour with touches of gouache, over traces of graphite, on wove paper

    Graphite on paper

    Watercolour on paper

    Illustration from Stanton, Samuel Ward, American Steam Vessels, : , 1895, page 24