Width: 80 cm Height: 67 cm Depth: 2 cm
A charcoal and pencil drawing entitled "Shop Dome Stairway Kingston Penitentiary". The drawing depicts the arched stairs that takes up the majority of the middle and left side. To the right of the stairs is a door set in an arched frame with a sign beside that reads "UPHOLSTERY INDUSTRIAL". On the second floor of the room are four additional arched doorways. The title of the work and the artists signature "RD Wilson" is in the bottom right corner. The drawing is set in a cream coloured mat and metal frame.
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.
