Views of Merrick’s Mills and Long Island on the Rideau River

Major Charles Frederick Gibson (1808-1868) Views of Merrick’s Mills and Long Island on the Rideau River inscribed and dated ‘Merricks Mills from / Lt From’s house / August 21st 1830’; ‘Lt. Frome’s house / Merricks Mills / Augst 24th 30’; ‘Merricks Mills from Lt From’s / Augst 24th 30’; ‘Long Island taken from the river / Augst … 30’; ‘Long Island from the right of the dam’ pencil on paper, one with sepia wash unframed 10 x 30 ¼in. (25.5 x 33.5cm.) and similar (7)with two pencil sketches, one with watercolour, of a paddlesteamer and a bridge