Sleighing in Canada, on the River St Lawrence facing Montreal, 1841 / No. 1. Captn. Sandeman. / " [i.e. "No."] 2. Captn. Clitherow A.D.C. / " 3. Mr. Warre A.D.C. / No. 4. Mr. Baring A.D.C / " 5. Lt Col. Whyte / 7th Huzzars. / No. 6. Mrs. Murdock. / " 7. Mrs. Shirley. / " 8. Major Dicks[o]n A. Adjt. Genl. / No. 9 Mr. Paynter Rl. Artly. / " 10. Earl of Mulgrave A.D.C. / " 11. Col. The Honble C. Gore by WARRE, After Mrs Shirley and Henry James - 1841

[London]: C. Warren, 1841. Hand-colored lithograph by C. Warren. On card. Image: 11 3/8 x 27 1/2 inches; sheet: 13 5/8 x 28 7/8 inches. Expert restoration to upper left corner and left margin. Beautiful winter scene on the St. Lawrence by Henry James Warre Henry James Warre (1819 - 1898) graduated from Sandhurst and spent his entire working career in the British Army, advacing to Lieutenant General by the time of his retirement. He was also a very talented artist and his greatest contribution turned out to be the drawings he made in Her Majesty's Service in Canada, Crimea and New Zealand. This picture of people sleighing on the frozen St. Lawrence by Montreal on horse-drawn sleighs is one of Warre's earliest published works. It was made several years before the famous "Sketches of North America". Montreal and Mount Royal form the backdrop for this cheerful winter scene, in which Warre, his fellow officers and friends ride, bundled in furs, in their open sleighs on ice so thick it supports the mass of trotting horses and heavy sleds. Charles deVolpi, Montreal, A Pictorial Record I , plate 81; Reps, Views and Viewmakers... 3760.