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Category: Formal Portrait

Portrait of William Cornelius Van Horne, n.d.

Portrait of William Cornelius Van Horne, n.d.

Sir William Van Horne became president of the Canadian Pacific Railway (C.P.R.) in 1888.  He is best known for overseeing the major construction of the first Canadian transcontinental […]
George Grant (G. G.) Mackay, 1891

George Grant (G. G.) Mackay, 1891

Mackay, a successful Scottish land promoter, moved to British Columbia in 1888. “We had the advantage of being shown some of the country round Vancouver by an old […]
The Aberdeen Family, 1897

The Aberdeen Family, 1897

L to R- standing: Dudley Gordon, Lord Aberdeen, Haddo Gordon and Archibald Gordon; seated: Marjorie Gordon and Lady Aberdeen A formal portrait of the Aberdeen family taken in […]
Lord and Lady Aberdeen, 1898

Lord and Lady Aberdeen, 1898

Detail of a formal portrait of Lord and Lady Aberdeen after becoming the Governor General of Canada (1893-1898).
Coutts Marjoribanks and his Ranch Foreman, late 1880s

Coutts Marjoribanks and his Ranch Foreman, late 1880s

Coutts Marjoribanks (seated on the left side) with his North Dakota Ranch foreman (‘Bernie’ Kelly) are dressed in their cowboy attire. Coutts, like many other young ‘remittance men’, looked […]