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Contact Lake (r); Silver Mine Contact Lake (v)

A. Y. Jackson

BIRTH YEAR 1882
BIRTH PLACE Montreal, Quebec
DEATH YEAR 1974
DEATH PLACE Kleinburg, Ontario
MEDIUM Graphite on paper
DATE 1938 (r); 1938 (v)
DIMENSIONS 30.5cm x 23.2cm
ACCESSION NUMBER FAC 0603
CREDIT LINE Firestone Collection of Canadian Art, the Ottawa Art Gallery Donated to the City of Ottawa by the Ontario Heritage Foundation
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
(recto) Six tall, thin pines stand in front of a group of log cabins by a lake shore. The pines are in the foreground and fill the frame of the image. Rolling mountains are seen on the opposite shore of the lake in the background. A few notations are made in the sketch. (verso) A sketch depicts a cluster of wooden buildings, and two tall stacks on the left. A winding road leads toward them and barrels are scattered about the buildings. A rolling mountainside runs across the background and around the buildings on the right side of the picture.

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