IMAGE CITATION
Date: 1840 ca
Subject:
Orignal Work:
Place: Point Lévis, Québec?
Source: McCord Museum of Canadian History, Montréal
Reference Number: M1821
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IMAGE INFORMATION
This is probably the Mi'kmaq camp at Point Lévis across from Québec; Cockburn did another painting here. Note the women's long overblouses and elaborate trade-silver brooches, a style of dress more common in Québec than the short jackets of Nova Scotia. A visit to this camp at Point Lévis was a favourite excursion for artists and tourists in the nineteenth century.
KEYWORDS
encampments; men; women; children; tools; axes; wigwams; brooches; trade silver; transportation; canoes; coats; skirts; tunics; Point Lévis; Quebec; Québec
