The Life of a Farmer
![Vintage ink drawing of an agricultural landscape. In the foreground, there is a large fenced-off field with farm animals. In the background, a barn, a house and, in the distance, a factory can be seen.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/laval-economie-diversifiee_economic-diversification/wp-content/uploads/sites/99/2019/08/e003719270-v6.jpg)
“An old Settler’s farm”, île Jésus, 1860
“Sketches in North America; Volume III: Saguenay to Montreal”
Collection: Sir Henry Wentworth Acland
Reference: Bibliothèque et Archives Canada (Acquisition 1986-007 PIC 00144)
This drawing by Henry Wentworth Acland, done with brown ink on chamois paper, features an old farm in Saint-Martin on Île Jésus circa 1860. The landscape is typical of those found across the region at the time.