The Mysterious Pool

Herbert S. Palmer

BIRTH YEAR 1881
BIRTH PLACE Toronto, Ontario
DEATH YEAR 1970
DEATH PLACE Toronto, Ontario
MEDIUM Oil pastel on paper
DATE c. 1912
DIMENSIONS 35.7cm x 27.6cm
ACCESSION NUMBER FAC 1054
CREDIT LINE Firestone Collection of Canadian Art, the Ottawa Art Gallery. Donated to the City of Ottawa by the Ontario Heritage Foundation
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
A dark image in green, blue and black of large trees surrounding a narrow body of black water, with a bank on each side in the foreground. The water flows to a dark spot off-centre to the right in the image, where there appears to be a small fire with a stream of smoke rising from it.

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