Alexander Henderson
1877
Sunset on the beach at Metis, QC

Silver salts on paper mounted on card - Albumen process
27 x 35 cm
 
McCord Stewart Museum
MP-0000.299.4
 
(Nora Hague, 28 November 2020) I know this place personally. The sun never sets where it is in the image. Henderson must have deliberately underexposed it for dramatic effect. Metis does have spectacular sunsets but this isn't one.
 
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