#84-2026
Boat Regatta at Ottawa (and Aliens)
3.75×5.75 in (8×10 inc mat)
Pencil and ink on vintage paper.

I added a space ship to this scene from Harper’s Weekly, October 19, 1867. The boat regatta occurred on September 26, 1887.

Material Source (vintage paper): Charles P. deVolpi, Ottawa: A Pictorial Record. DEV-SCO Publications, 1964.

Original sketch, “Boat Regatta at Ottawa – The Contestants Passing the Parliament Buildings,” by Alfred Jones.