This album takes you on a tour around Québec City, by way of works George Heriot and James Pattison Cockburn painted at the turn of the 19th century. Based in Québec City, Heriot was a British-born civil servant who worked to improve the postal service with Montréal. Cockburn was a British soldier deployed in Québec City. Both were passionate about art and painted many pieces of the landscapes they visited on their walks around Québec City. Discover some of the works of these artists who left their mark in the country’s art history!
James Pattison Cockburn
The town of Cap-Rouge, located west of Québec City, takes its name from the reddish-coloured cliffs along the St. Lawrence River. A few families settled there around 1650, but the area remained sparsely populated for a very long time. Around 1825, when James Pattison Cockburn illustrated it, Cap-Rouge was experiencing an industrial and commercial boom (pottery, forging, brickworks, timber trade), but most of the town was still rural.
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