{"title":"Todd, Robert Clow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Clow Todd (c.1809–1866)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a British-born Canadian painter who recorded the landscapes, winter pastimes and working life of nineteenth-century Quebec. He was probably born in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, and worked as a decorative painter in Edinburgh and London before emigrating to Lower Canada around 1834. In Quebec City he advertised his services as a painter of signs, carriages and ornamental designs, work that helped support his more personal landscape and animal paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTodd became known for carefully detailed portraits of horses and sleighs, often commissioned by members of Quebec's prosperous military and merchant communities. Montmorency Falls, near Quebec City, was a favourite winter resort where visitors watched the enormous cone of ice that formed at the foot of the waterfall. Todd returned repeatedly to the subject, painting sleighs, horses and figures against the dramatic snowy landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis \u003ca href=\"\/products\/todd-robert-1809-1866-the-ice-cone-montmorency-falls-c-1845\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ice Cone, Montmorency Falls\u003c\/em\u003e (c.1845)\u003c\/a\u003e, held by the Art Gallery of Ontario, captures this unusual winter spectacle. The precise outlines of the horses, buildings and ice reveal his background in decorative and carriage painting, while the lively activity gives the scene the character of a visual record of Quebec society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis interest in local customs can be compared with that of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/krieghoff-cornelius\"\u003eCornelius Krieghoff\u003c\/a\u003e, another painter of Quebec's landscapes and everyday life, although no direct collaboration is implied. Todd also produced views of the timber docks and summer landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTodd moved to Toronto in 1853 and continued to advertise as an ornamental painter, but appears to have struggled financially. He died there on 7 May 1866, leaving relatively few known paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"todd-robert-1809-1866-the-ice-cone-montmorency-falls-c-1845","title":"Todd, Robert (1809-1866) - The Ice Cone, Montmorency Falls c.1845","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ice Cone, Montmorency Falls\u003c\/em\u003e (c.1845) by Robert Clow Todd (c.1809–1866) depicts the striking cone of ice that formed each winter at the foot of Quebec's Montmorency Falls, a popular subject for visitors and sleigh excursions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 JPEG image at 600 dpi, measuring 6370 pixels wide by 4740 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/todd-robert-clow\"\u003eRobert Clow Todd\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64409036456266,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Todd_Robert_1809-1866_-TheIceCone_MontmorencyFalls_main.jpg?v=1794691835"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Todd_Robert_1809-1866.jpg?v=1794692028","url":"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/todd-robert-clow.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}