l: 50.7 cm x w: 63.6 cm
This is a charcoal and pencil drawing by artist R.D. Wilson. It is entitled "Kingston Penitentiary/ Portsmouth Bay". The artwork depicts the side of the penitentiary wall and several boats docked in a bay. The title and artist's signature bottom left in pencil.
In 1973, 30 sketches of various Kingston scenes by Montreal artist R. D. Wilson were presented to the City of Kingston by the Macdonald Tobacco Company as a Tercentenary gift. The sketches, called The Macdonald Lassie Tercentenary Collection, were made the previous year on commission by the Montreal-based Tobacco Company. The artist, who has travelled all of the world, lived in Kingston for a month to execute the pencil and charcoal views of the city.
The sketches were presented by Murray Mather, vice-president of Macdonalds, to Kingston Mayor George Speal.
