l: 50.8 cm x w: 63.5 cm
This is a charcoal and ink drawing of the street view down Brock st. from the corner of Montreal st. The foreground has a bus, and several parked cars. The mid-ground has a series of buildings in downtown Kingston. In the background is the dome and clock of City Hall. There are a series of arrows around the edges of the paper, pointing inward to a horizontal line. The title and signature is written in the bottom left corner. There is a red 19 written on the left end of the bottom edge. In the lower right corner is "OPEN 21" x 18" ". 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.
