Stephen Parrish and Charles A. Platt: Nova Scotia and New Brunswick Views

Organized from the Special Collections Department of the Dalhousie University Library. An exhibition of 63 etchings and drawings by American painter-printmaker Stephen Parrish and his student Charles A. Platt produced by them during trips to the Maritimes in the summer of 1881 and 1882. As a group they form a unique historical document of life in the Maritimes in the 1880s and are also fully resolved works of art in their own right.  The collection was acquired by the Killam Library in 1984 from an American collection, with purchased made possible by a grant from the Government of Canada under the terms of the Cultural Import and Export Act.  It is the first time the work has been placed on public display since its acquisition.

Artist(s)

Stephen Parrish, Charles A. Platt

Publication Credits

Mern O'Brien (foreword), Karen Smith

Subject(s)

Canada, Nova Scotia, Landscape

Year

1985

Format

single-fold brochure

Language

English

Exhibition Title

Stephen Parrish and Charles A. Platt: Nova Scotia and New Brunswick Views, 3 May - 2 June 1985