Canadian Sketches by a Britisher

“My lady of the Snows.”

In 1895 British caricaturist and illustrator Harry Furniss (1854-1925) visited Canada and began a series of articles called ‘Canadian Sketches’ for the Windsor Magazine. Canadian fashion was odd to say the least; in Montreal, Halifax and Ontario kilts mingled with fur caps and bearskin coats. Even the poor newsboy wore a ratty fur though his bare legs were exposed to the elements. 

A Newsboy.

Preparations for a Canadian Winter.

Hockey on the Ice: an Impression at Montreal.

Curious Birds, London, Ont.

Canadian Cabbies.

Piccadilly.

Mac Montreal.

“Young Canada.”

Canadian Police.

Young Canada.

Canada in a Circus.