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Court house, Notre Dame Street, Montreal, QC
Alexander HendersonAbout / vers 1869
McCord Stewart Museum
Montreal, Canada
The screen of vegetation in the foreground and the presence of a human figure are typical of the picturesque style that Henderson often employed for his landscapes. The former courthouse, built on Notre-Dame Street in 1857, is now known as the Lucien-Saulnier building.
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- Title: Court house, Notre Dame Street, Montreal, QC
- Creator Lifespan: 1831/1913
- Date: About / vers 1869
- Type: Photographie, Photograph
- Titre: Palais de justice, rue Notre-Dame, Montréal, QC
- Photographer: Alexander Henderson
- Description: L'écran de verdure au premier plan, ainsi que la présence d'une figure humaine, caractérise le style pittoresque souvent adopté par Henderson dans ses paysages. Construit en 1857 dans la rue Notre-Dame, cet ancien palais de justice porte aujourd'hui le nom d'édifice Lucien-Saulnier.
- Rights: http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/orders/conditions/
- External Link: http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/MP-1978.28.1.4
- Medium: Silver salts on paper - Albumen process, Papier albuminé
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