Extract from a Catalogue of Art comprising the section showing works painted in early 1820s by Lt Col Charles Ramus Forrest.
Taken from W H Coverdale’s Collection of Canadiana, Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings by W Martha E Cooke, Public Archives, Canada, containing one and a half pages of paintings of nature and topography in Canada.
Forrest served in 3rd Regiment of Foot 1802, promoted to Commander in Chief of the Upper Provinces of India, 1808 (c)-1811; fought in Peninsular War from 1812; served in 34th Regiment 1814-1816, 2nd Battalion in Ireland from 1816-1817, and with 34th Foot in Devon 1817-1821; posted to North America 1820-1823, as member of staff for Governor in Chief of Canada.
From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.