WILLIAM NICOLL CRESSWELL. [1818-1888]
   
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[Sailboats anchored by the shore].
10 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches. watercolour on paper. signed & dated [18] 81 on recto.

Creswell painted a number of oil and watercolour landscapes, primarily of Lake Huron, Georgian Bay, Grand Manan and Eastern Canada.

Bibliography:  Ottawa. Catalogue Of The National Gallery of Canada [vol. I pp. 229-230]; Harper, Early Painters and Engravers in Canada, [p. 78]; Varley & Fair, William Nicol Cresswell.