Description:
Virtual exhibit featuring artist William Hind's sketchbook of his visual impressions of the treak across Canada to the Cariboo goldfields of British Columbia in 1862. The exhibit includes a clickable map that displays the geographic context of each image. The Credits section of the virtual exhibit contains the following: 'This digital product draws from a CD-ROM on William Hind's Overlanders of '62 Sketchbook, produced in collaboration between The Winnipeg Art Gallery and the National Archives of Canada for the exhibition Hindsight - William Hind and the Canadian West. Consult the exhibition catalogue Hindsight - William Hind and the Canadian West for a complete analysis of the life and works of William Hind.'Hind eventually ended up in Victoria where he operated an art studio for a few years before returning to Eastern Canada.
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