Loading

Ice cone, Montmorency Falls, QC

Alexander Henderson1876/1876

McCord Stewart Museum

McCord Stewart Museum
Montreal, Canada

In winter, water vapour from Montmorency Falls, near Quebec City, turns into a spectacular curtain of ice, and a huge frozen mound accumulates that once drew avid toboganners. Known as the "ice cone," this extraordinary phenomenon became a popular subject in Quebec painting.

Show lessRead more
  • Title: Ice cone, Montmorency Falls, QC
  • Creator Lifespan: 1831/1913
  • Date: 1876/1876
  • Type: Photographie, Photograph
  • Titre: Le pain de sucre, chute Montmorency, QC
  • Photographer: Alexander Henderson
  • Description: En hiver, la chute Montmorency, près de la ville de Québec, se pare d'un spectaculaire rideau de glace et forme à ses pieds un monticule de neige qui faisait le bonheur des fervents de luge. Appelée le « pain de sucre », cette formation étonnante est devenue un sujet populaire dans la peinture québécoise.
  • Rights: http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/orders/conditions/
  • External Link: http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/MP-0000.299.1
  • Medium: Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process, Sels d'argent sur papier monté sur carton - Papier albuminé
McCord Stewart Museum

Get the app

Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more

Home
Discover
Play
Nearby
Favorites