Grafton Tyler Brown served as expedition artist for the Amos Bowman Geological Survey in British Columbia. The purpose of this survey was to map and record the wilderness east of the Cascade Mountains along the Fraser River. Brown completed a series of 22 paintings in 1883 based on sketches from this trip, which were then exhibited in June of that year in Victoria, BC at the new Colonist Buildings. This painting is number 4 in the exhibition. G.T. Brown is considered the first African American artist to have created works depicting California and the Pacific Northwest.
Grafton Tyler Brown (American/Canadian 1841-1918)
Entrance to The Harbour, Victoria B.C. May 1883
oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left “G.T. Brown, 1883”
Painted from sketches in oil made on the spot by Grafton Tyler, while he served as expedition artist for the Amos Bowman Geological Survey in British Columbia. Number 4 from the 1883 exhibition "Entrance to the Harbour", Victoria B.C., May 1883, looking out upon the Straits, from the shore back of the lighthouse.
Provenance:
1883 Exhibition #4. "Entrance to the Harbour", Victoria B.C., May 1883
Size: 16 x 26 in (with frame 23 ¼ x 33 in)
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