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Arthur Lismer's Dalhousie sketches
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The main reading room of the Macdonald Memorial Library : [drawings]

Item is an illustration board with original Arthur Lismer pen and ink drawings on both sides, depicting the main reading room of Dalhousie's Macdonald Memorial Library, commissioned for One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920). One side contains the completed illustration as it appears in the publication, while the reverse has an unfinished version.
The original Dalhousie College, 1820–1887. Situated on the Grand Parade : [drawing]

The original Dalhousie College, 1820–1887. Situated on the Grand Parade : [drawing]

Item is a drawing by Arthur Lismer based on an earlier illustration of Dalhousie College; the figures in the foreground are believed to depict his wife, Esther, and his friend and fellow painter, A.Y. Jackson. The image was commissioned for One hundred years of Dalhousie, 1818-1918 (1920), and was reproduced in D.C. Harvey, An Introduction to the History of Dalhousie University (1938) and G. Kelley, Arthur Lismer, Nova Scotia, 1916–1919 (1982).
The portico of the Macdonald Memorial Library : [drawing]

The portico of the Macdonald Memorial Library : [drawing]

Item is an Arthur Lismer illustration of the portico of Dalhousie University's Macdonald Memorial Library rendered in pen and ink on illustration board with the Strathmore drawing board platemark in the top left corner. Note the artist's initials marked in the bottom right corner. The illustration was commissioned for One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920).
The Right Honourable George Ramsay. Ninth Earl of Dalhousie. Founder of Dalhousie College : [draw...

The Right Honourable George Ramsay. Ninth Earl of Dalhousie. Founder of Dalhousie College : [drawing]

Item is a portrait of Lord Dalhousie copied from an earlier painting; the decorative border framing the drawing is partially rendered on paper and affixed to the illustration board. The drawing was commissioned for One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920), and reproduced in D.C. Harvey, An Introduction to the History of Dalhousie University (1938).

Two drawings by Arthur Lismer commissioned for One hundred years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 : [drawings]

Item is an illustration board containing original Arthur Lismer pen and ink sketches on both sides: an unfinished portrait of John Johnson and the illustration of the fireplace in the main reading room of the Macdonald Memorial Library, commissioned for One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920) and reproduced in D.C. Harvey, An Introduction to the History of Dalhousie University (1938).

Two portraits by Arthur Lismer commissioned for One hundred years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 : [drawings]

Item is an illustration board with original Arthur Lismer pen and ink drawings on both sides, commissioned for One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920): the portrait of George Stewart Campbell that is reproduced in the book and an unfinished drawing of James Gordon MacGregor on the reverse.

Two sketches by Arthur Lismer : [drawings]

Item is a single sheet of tracing paper, torn from a sketchbook, with original Arthur Lismer pencil sketches on both sides. The verso contains a sketch of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie laid out on a grid, and the recto has a very faint partial drawing of the same subject, overlaid by a more assertive sketch of Lismer's wife, Esther.

Two unfinished portraits by Arthur Lismer commissioned for One hundred years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 : [drawings]

Item is an illustration board with unfinished Arthur Lismer drawings on both sides, images commissioned for One hundred years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920). One surface features a sketch of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie and the reverse has a preliminary drawing of Allan Pollok.
Unfinished Arthur Lismer portrait of Allan Pollock commissioned for One hundred years of Dalhousi...

Unfinished Arthur Lismer portrait of Allan Pollock commissioned for One hundred years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 : [drawing]

Part is an unfinished Arthur Lismer portrait of Allan Pollock, commissioned for One hundred years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920). The sketch is drawn over a numbered grid. The completed portrait reproduced in the book is in 0000-091, Box 1, Folder 7, Item 2.
Unfinished Arthur Lismer portrait of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie commissioned for One hundred years ...

Unfinished Arthur Lismer portrait of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie commissioned for One hundred years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 : [drawing]

Part is an unfinished Arthur Lismer portrait of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie, commissioned for One hundred years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920). While the face appears in detail, the body is only roughly sketched. This is one of several very similar Lismer portraits of President Mackenzie, none of which was published in the centenary book, in which a photographic portrait was used. The image was reproduced in P.B. Waite, The Lives of Dalhousie University, volume one, 1818–1925 (1994), accompanied by the caption: "A Lismer sketch done from life in 1919."
Unfinished Arthur Lismer portrait of James Gordon MacGregor commissioned for One hundred years of...

Unfinished Arthur Lismer portrait of James Gordon MacGregor commissioned for One hundred years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 : [drawing]

Part is an unfinished original Arthur Lismer portrait of James Gordon MacGregor commissioned for One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920). The drawing is effaced with several lines penciled through it; the version that appears in the original publication and reproduced in D.C. Harvey, An Introduction to the History of Dalhousie University (1938) is in Box 1, Folder 15, Item 2.
Unfinished Arthur LIsmer portrait of John Johnson commissioned for One hundred years of Dalhousie...

Unfinished Arthur LIsmer portrait of John Johnson commissioned for One hundred years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 : [drawing]

Part is an unfinished Arthur Lismer pen and ink portrait of John Johnson, professor of classics from 1863–1894. The finished version of the drawing, commissioned for One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920) and reproduced in D.C. Harvey, An Introduction to the History of Dalhousie University (1938), is found in 0000-091, Box 1, Folder 10, Item 2. On the reverse is Lismer's drawing of the fireplace in the main reading room of the Macdonald Memorial Library.
Unfinished Arthur Lismer portrait of Rev. John Forrest commissioned for One hundred years of Dalh...

Unfinished Arthur Lismer portrait of Rev. John Forrest commissioned for One hundred years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 : [drawing]

Item is an original Arthur Lismer pen and ink portrait of Rev. John Forrest. The drawing is effaced with a penciled X and was not published; see 0000-091, Box 1, Folder 13, Item 2 for the portrait that was reproduced in One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920) and D.C. Harvey, An Introduction to the History of Dalhousie University (1938). On the reverse is the portrait of Andrew Walker Herdman Lindsay that appears in One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920).
Unfinished Arthur Lismer sketch of the main reading room of the Macdonald Memorial Library commis...

Unfinished Arthur Lismer sketch of the main reading room of the Macdonald Memorial Library commissioned for One hundred years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 : [drawing]

Part is an unfinished Arthur Lismer illustration of the main reading room of Dalhousie's Macdonald Memorial Library rendered in pen and ink on illustration board with the Strathmore drawing board platemark in the top left corner. Written below the sketch in pencil are the words "Library Interior" and "extend." The image was reproduced in P.B. Waite, The Lives of Dalhousie University, Volume One, 1815–1925 (1994). On the reverse is the completed sketch reproduced in One Hundred Years of Dalhousie, 1818–1918 (1920).
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