• Princess Louise (dedicatee)
• J. Jopling (architect)
• J. Jopling (draughtsman)
• John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Duke of Argyll (dedicatee)

Perspective for a temporary welcome arch for the visit of the Marquess of Lorne and Princess Louise to Toronto, September 1879

30 May 1879

- This watercolour rendering depicts a welcome arch composed of four rounded arches which span the intersection of two streets. Construction materials were either stacked logs or materials simulating stacked logs. The arch is surmounted by log pavilions with arch openings and potted trees at each corner and a pile of agricultural produce in the center. The structure is embellished with shields, including two inscribed with "L", flags, the British royal coat of arms, and sheaves of wheat. Staffage indicates the large scale of the arch.

• presentation drawing (proposal)

Watercolour and pen and black ink

comp.: 45.3 x 35.5 cm mat: 61.7 x 50.7 cm secondary support: 55.5 x 43.0 cm sheet: 33.8 x 24.9 cm

DR1990:0058

• rendering

• perspective drawing

• general view

- This drawing consists of a sheet of wove paper laid down on a piece of cardboard with rounded edges. Two shields and one coat of arms drawn on three small pieces of wove paper are attached to the drawing.

signed and dated - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, l.l.: "J. Jopling / May 1879" dated and inscribed - by two unknown hands, in pen and brown ink, on the secondary support, l.r.: "J. JOPLING. [C.E. / A.M.I[?].C.E. / of London England] / City Engineers Office / 30th May 1879 / [175 Bloor St. East Toronto]" [second unknown hand indicated in brackets] inscribed - by the draughtsman, in blue watercolour, l.c.: "L / L" [each "L" within a shield]

• temporary architecture