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Victoria
Victoria
Title: Victoria, PEI (1993)
Artist: Morag Weatherston (Gainer)
Image size: 3 1/2” x 5 1/2” (8.9 x 14.0 cm)
Description: Watercolour painting. Matted to fit a standard 8” x 10” frame.
Morag Weatherston studied art at Edinburgh College of Art (1964-68) in Scotland, specializing in mural design and tapestry weaving. Following school emigrated to Canada. For a time, she taught art in New Brunswick, before relocating to Prince Edward Island in 1991.
The former Victoria United Church is the oldest surviving church building in the Village of Victoria-by-the-Sea. The structure is located on a treed lot on Nelson Street. It is well preserved with a central entrance tower and clapboard siding. The building is now operated as a private venue for weddings.
Source: https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=5682