Of all of the places in Canada that Hammond visited,
he returned to Quebec more than any other.
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With his wife Clara, he made many trips by steamer from Toronto,
through Lake Ontario and up the St. Lawrence River, stopping in
Kingston, Montreal, Quebec City, travelling to many towns and
villages along the way.
M. O. Hammond first met the renowned Quebec artist Horatio
Walker in 1909 at a photography session with the Canadian
Art Club. Hammond and Walker shared similar interests in art,
and had a mutual friend in the poet and bureaucrat Duncan Campbell
Scott.
In the summer of 1915, the Hammonds were invited to stay at Walker’s
home, St. Petronille, on Ile d’Orléans in Quebec
and they returned nearly every summer thereafter. Hammond’s
photographs include many images of Walker at work, around his
home, or posing for the camera. |
![Photograph: In old Sillery, Quebec, [ca. 1910-1930]](pics/16646_row_of_houses_270.jpg)
In old Sillery, Quebec, [ca. 1910-1930]
M. O. Hammond
Black and white negative
Reference Code: F 1075-15-0-0-4
Archives of Ontario, I0016646 |
Horatio Walker, Canadian Art Club, April 18, 1909
Toronto (Ont.)
M. O. Hammond
Black and white negative
Reference Code: F 1075
Archives of Ontario, I0000817 |
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Horatio Walker painting in his garden, Ile d'Orleans
June, 1933
Orleans, Ile d' (Que.)
Black and white negative
Reference Code: F 1075
Archives of Ontario, I0001790 |
“Closed
our visit to Quebec with a bang-up day with Horatio Walker
at St. Petronille, Ile d’Orleans…Walker met
us at dock with his carriage and much gracious hospitality,
we soon sped round the curved road, right by the river to
his home on the east bank. His home is on the spot on which
Jacques Cartier camped in 1536. His new house is spacious
and elegant, simple in lay-out and rich in finish.”
August 18, 1915
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Group prayer by church, (Clara Hammond,
Sue Pretty, Horatio Walker), August 1915
Black and white negative
Reference Code: F 1075
Archives of Ontario, I0016671 |
St. Petronille was a perfect location from which to explore
and photograph the many historic sites, Québecois habitat
and the Québec countryside.
![Photograph: In Quebec market, [ca. 1910-1930]](pics/16647_market_ladies_270.jpg)
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In Quebec market, [ca. 1910-1930]
M. O. Hammond
Black and white negative
Reference Code: F 1075-15-0-0-4
Archives of Ontario, I0016647
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Horatio Walker and M. O. Hammond in
Walker's Studio, 1918
Black and white negative
Reference Code: F 1075
Archives of Ontario, I0016674 |
Horatio Walker and Isabel Hammond in
Walker's Studio, 1918
Black and white negative
Reference Code: F 1075
Archives of Ontario, I0016675 |
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Quebec City Market, 1919
M. O. Hammond
Black and white negative
Reference Code: F 1075
Archives of Ontario, I0016676 |
![Photograph: Nuns selling vegetables, [ca. 1910-1920]](pics/16644_nuns_270.jpg)
Nuns selling vegetables, [ca. 1910-1920]
M. O. Hammond
Black and white negative
Reference Code: F 1075-15-0-0-37
Archives of Ontario, I0016644 |
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“We
spent an easy lazy day. We were in the studio for a while
and talked of photos, paintings, etc. and I then got busy
with my camera. Took one through a window with Miss Pretty
in foreground and hollyhocks beyond. To facilitate, Mr.
W(alker) took out the screens himself.”
August 18, 1915 |
Miss Pretty, at Horatio Walker's, August 18, 1915
M. O. Hammond
Black and white negative
Reference Code: F 1075
Archives of Ontario, I0016575 |
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