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RANCIS AUGUSTUS GRANT (1829-1854) THE MACLEOD'S IN CANADA-EVENING SCENE ON THE LAKE AT DRYNOCH, NEAR TORONTO, Pen and ink drawing, certified by Blair Laing and dated c.1850 label to the support verso, also titled on label attached to the support. Unframed. 8.3" x 11.3" - 21 x 28.6 cm. Provenance: Collection G. Blair Laing, Toronto; Private Collection, Toronto Note: The artist was nephew of Lord Elgin, Canada's Governor General from 1846-1854. This sketch was one of several pen and ink and pencil drawings by the artist contained in a folio acquired by Laing, a second folio contained works by Edward Nares. Laing comments on Grant in his Memoirs... "These sketches...have proved to be of considerable merit and historical value". Literature: G. Blair Laing, Memoirs of an Art Dealer, Vol 2, p.50-54 See illustration
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