SIR JAMES ARCHIBALD HOPE [British, 1785-1871]
   
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[A Breakfast in the Bush, Saguenay].
6 ½ x 9 ½ inches. pen-ink & graphite drawing on paper. signed, titled & dated Oct. 1838.  

Son of Lt.-Col. Esrkine Hope. Joined British Army, appointed to 26th Camerons (fathers regiment), received regular promotions to rank of Major-General. Served in Halifax 1800, and in Hanover, Spain, and various European campaigns. On Major-General’s staff in Lower Canada from 1838-47 (during Canadian service made drawings & watercolour views).
Bibliography: Harper, Early Painters And Engravers In Canada, p. 163.