McGill Library
McLennan Library Building3459 rue McTavish
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 0C9
Portrait of John William Dawson
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11 x 16.4 cm : b&w
Born Scotland, June 12, 1835; died Chicago, Ill., Sept. 18, 1904. Began his career in St. Catharines, Ontario, before moving to Montreal, Quebec where he opened a studio specialized in portraiture on St. James Street in 1866. By 1971 he had a staff of twenty-five. In 1875, he moved his studio to Bleury Street close by photographer William Notman. Inglis left Montreal for Chicago in 1884 and died there in 1904.
Portrait of John William Dawson, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University. Black and white photograph mounted on a carte de visite, vintage original.