Lot 288
ROBERT REGINALD WHALE
Provenance:
Private Collection, Ontario.
Literature:
J. Russell Harper, Painting in Canada, A History, University of Toronto, 1966.
Note:
Another view of the Southern Railway at Niagara is in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
This subject by Robert Whale captured popular and widespread attention according to Harper, as it “combined the romantic element of the great falls with pride in the new railways which heralded a wealthier age.”