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Nicholas Garry at Slave Falls, 1821

  • R-D346-D (17)
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  • 1958 or before

Item is an illustration entitled "Nicholas Garry at Slave Falls in 1821" that was commissioned for the 1959 Hudson's Bay Company calendar. The image presents a scene of Nicholas Garry's travels to the united fur trading posts of the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company that emerged following their merger in early 1821. In the foreground of the images are persons seated on the side of a flowing river and who are drinking and/or eating, with a top hat and cloth bags are resting on the ground beside some flowers. In the centre of the background is the far shore of the river (with rocks and trees), in back left of image an individual is standing on rocks with one hand on his hip and a paddle in the other, and in the back right two persons are transporting an overturned canoe on the shoulders.

Woods, Rex, 1903-1987