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Ice cone, Montmorency Falls, QC
Alexander Henderson1876/1876
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.
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- 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
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