Width: 63 cm Length: 52.5 cm
This is a charcoal and pencil drawing entitled "The Old Feed Store at Sydenham". The title and signature are in the bottom right corner. The illustration depicts a handful of buildings on a rural street. The central building has a sign on the front of it that reads "E. BRAWLEY // FLOUR, FEED, ETC." There is a small sign out in front of the building that reads "LIVE // BAIT // ICE". There is a "6" in the bottom proper right corner in red.
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.
