Born in Ireland, Limerick in 1799, George Russell Dartnell was a British army surgeon stationed in Canada from 1835 to 1844. Dartnell, an accomplished and popular surgeon, sketched more than 150 scenes of Canada’s dense forests, clear lakes and rough-edged beauty during his nine-year posting – all of which form an important part of Canada's pre-photographic visual history.
Source: Honour De Pencier, “Posted to Canada: The Watercolours of George Russell Dartnell 1835-1844”, Dundurn Press, Toronto, 1987
Auction Results
2026
6 works
Lot 112
Part of the Horseshoe Falls, Niagara, From Goat’s Island