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The Life of a Farmer

Vintage ink drawing of an agricultural landscape. In the foreground, there is a large fenced-off field with farm animals. In the background, a barn, a house and, in the distance, a factory can be seen.

“An old Settler’s farm”, île Jésus, 1860

“Sketches in North America; Volume III: Saguenay to Montreal”

Collection: Sir Henry Wentworth Acland

Reference: Bibliothèque et Archives Canada (Acquisition 1986-007 PIC 00144)

This drawing by Henry Wentworth Acland, done with brown ink on chamois paper, features an old farm in Saint-Martin on Île Jésus circa 1860. The landscape is typical of those found across the region at the time.