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Hoarfrost on white birch, Mount Royal Park, Montreal, QC

Alexander Henderson1877/1877

McCord Stewart Museum

McCord Stewart Museum
Montreal, Canada

Like the poet Émile Nelligan (1879-1941), the photographer Alexander Henderson appreciated the beauty of Quebec's winters. Here is a fine example of a "garden of frost," taken in Mount Royal Park.

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  • Title: Hoarfrost on white birch, Mount Royal Park, Montreal, QC
  • Creator Lifespan: 1831/1913
  • Date: 1877/1877
  • Type: Photographie, Photograph
  • Titre: Gelée blanche sur un bouleau blanc, parc du Mont-Royal, Montréal, QC
  • Photographer: Alexander Henderson
  • Description: Le photographe Alexander Henderson, comme le poète Émile Nelligan (1879-1941), était sensible à l'attrait des hivers québécois. Voici un bel exemple de « jardin de givre » capté dans le parc du Mont-Royal.
  • Credit line: Gift of Miss E. Dorothy Benson, Don de Miss E. Dorothy Benson
  • Rights: http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/orders/conditions/
  • External Link: http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/MP-0000.1452.76
  • Medium: Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process, Sels d'argent sur papier monté sur carton - Papier albuminé
McCord Stewart Museum

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