l: 50.7 cm x w: 63.4 cm
This is a charcoal and pencil drawing of the Martello Tower and canon. The perspective is from the Fort Frederick site on the grounds of the Royal Military College. In the foreground is a cannon, with a martello tower in the mid-ground. The background is a view of the Military College. The drawing is signed in the bottom left corner with the drawings title. Below it, a number 22 has been written in red ink. The reverse side is plain.
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.
