l: 51.0 cm x w: 63.7 cm
This is a charcoal and pencil drawing of the north gate of the Kingston Penitentiary. The perspective is from the front steps of the prison wardens home. The building has 4 columns in front of a large door. The artist's signature and the drawings title are in the bottom left corner above a red number 16. 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.
