71.0 cm x 55.8 cm
A charcoal and pencil drawing entitled "Waterfront View - Looking West From Front of City Hall" by R.D. Wilson. Title and signature are in the bottom right. It is set on a white matboard with tape. On reverse a small gold label "Rainbow Gallery ...Kingston, Ontario.. ". The number 43 is in red ink on the bottom proper right corner.
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.
