The Prat Sisters: Free Spirits of the 1890s

Inscription on reverse: "Samuel Prat, from painting, by Annie L. Prat, Jan. 20th 1884." The original may have been painted ca. 1830. Samuel Prat was Annie's grandfather, a solicitor at Glastonbury, who married into a landowning family. However, he lost heavily by investing in extending the canal system to Glastonbury, just before the coming of the railway. His bankruptcy no doubt contributed to his death in 1845, at the age of 52.
Donated by the estate of Annie L. Prat, 1961.

Date: 20 January 1884

Format: Watercolour

Artist: Annie L. Prat

Reference: Prat, Starr family Nova Scotia Archives 1985-524 no. 509