a soggy spring

A Spring Inundation in 1865, Banks of St. Lawrence River

Toronto. Springtime in 1865 was a bit wet as shown by this century and a half plus photograph by Henderson. Photographer Alexander Henderson was born in Scotland in 1831, immigrated to Montreal, and died there in 1913. Along the way, Henderson captured this ‘inundation’ on the banks of the mighty St Lawrence river.

His photograph graced the front cover of issue 19-3 of Photographic Canadiana. It was purchased by the National Gallery of Canada in 1972 (©1972) and displayed as part of the Magicians of Light exhibit. Editor Roseborough reproduced it from Magicians of Light.

The National Gallery featured only a small part of its huge permanent collection in this exhibition which displays many other famous photographs too. Note: the soggy scene shown here is reproduced in Henderson’s book. “Photographic Views and Studies of Canadian Scenes“.

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