Falls of Montmorency, St. Lawrence c. 1838, circa 1838

Collection of Rose and Louis Melzack Sotheby’s Canada, Important Canadian Art auction, Toronto, 24 May 2000, Lot 130 Private Collection Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, Montreal Private Collection, Montreal

Posted to Canada: The Watercolours of George Russell Dartnell 1835-1844, Royal Ontario Museum, September 26, 1987 - February 28, 1988, no. 90

Honor De Pencier, “Posted to Canada: The Watercolours of George Russell Dartnell 1835-1844”, Toronto, 1987, reproduced page 54, no. 90

The snow cone formed by the spray of the falls at Montmorency made the area popular for winter outings from Quebec City, a distance of about ten kilometres. Sleighing parties, toboganning, winter picnics and sketching were pleasant diversions there. The date of this work is unknown, but it was probably sketched during the winter of 1838-1839, just before Dartnell’s posting to Montreal in the spring of 1839.