The bottom quarter of the picture shows people walking all directions, all are dressed up, some have umbrellas and some have dogs on the leash. The next quarter is the road; there are four horse and buggy teams - two horse and two one horse buggies, there are people in them. Two couples with two ch…
The bottom quarter of the picture shows people walking all directions, all are dressed up, some have umbrellas and some have dogs on the leash. The next quarter is the road; there are four horse and buggy teams - two horse and two one horse buggies, there are people in them. Two couples with two children each are crossing the road at the left. The next quarter shows a string of houses and the church, with many more people walking. The top quarter of the picture is a pale blue sky.
People on horseback in a line from one edge of the picture to the other, facing to the left; some riders have children with them; a dog travois, one horse travois; mountains in the background; they are riding along the edge of water in which the scene is repeated upside down.
People on horseback in a line from one edge of the picture to the other, facing to the left; some riders have children with them; a dog travois, one horse travois; mountains in the background; they are riding along the edge of water in which the scene is repeated upside down.
Starting centre bottom on foreground there are two men on horseback, in front of which are two packhorses, then two horses, centre horizon line is the last man on horseback, hills to either side of the group.
Starting centre bottom on foreground there are two men on horseback, in front of which are two packhorses, then two horses, centre horizon line is the last man on horseback, hills to either side of the group.
A page from The Illustrated London News, February 23, 1889. Sketches of the North-West Mounted Police in Canada. Engraving from sketches by H.A. Seppings Wright.
Sketches of the North West Mounted Police in Canada
Date
n.d.
Medium
engraving on paper
Description
A page from The Illustrated London News, February 23, 1889. Sketches of the North-West Mounted Police in Canada. Engraving from sketches by H.A. Seppings Wright.