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Pointe Levis, QC
Alexander HendersonAbout / vers 1870
McCord Stewart Museum
Montreal, Canada
This picture of Lévis, with its characteristic houses and sleighs in a snowy setting, recalls paintings of the period. In considering this type of landscape, it is interesting to speculate about the mutual influence of painters and photographers.
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- Title: Pointe Levis, QC
- Creator Lifespan: 1831/1913
- Date: About / vers 1870
- Type: Photographie, Photograph
- Titre: Pointe De Lévy, QC
- Photographer: Alexander Henderson
- Description: Cette image de Lévis, avec ses maisons typiques et les carrioles dans la neige, rappelle les peintures de l'époque. On peut s'interroger sur l'influence réciproque des peintres et des photographes dans ce genre de paysages.
- 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-0000.1452.110
- Medium: Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process, Sels d'argent sur papier monté sur carton - Papier albuminé
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