Descriptive and historical catalogue of the paintings in the gallery of Laval University, Quebec
A 1908 printed catalogue of paintings in the gallery of Laval University in Quebec, compiled by J. Purves Carter and published by L'Evénement Printing Co. for scholars and collectors of colonial and European art. The plates are halftone reproductions of old oil paintings: a dark, rough-textured scene of a reclining figure among rocks, a formal bust portrait of a woman in a dark dress with lace, an oval portrait of a man in a dark cloak holding a book, and a head of Christ with a radiant crown, showing the tonal range and devotional portrait conventions a designer could study for dark, high-contrast composition.
