Framing Canada
A Photographic Memory
Photos from the Library and Archives Canada (LAC), which holds approximately 30 million photographs from various public and private sources in its collection.
Representing the history of photography from its beginnings in the early 1840s to the present day, these images are an invaluable resource for the visual history of Canada and Canadians.
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Commercial Photography - Ball at the Windsor Hotel
“Ball at the Windsor Hotel, Montréal, in Honour of the Marquis of Lorne, 1879”
This photograph is an impressive composite shot. It was created by posing individual ball attendees in the studio at different points in time and according to a predetermined plan. Each photograph was then carefully retouched and placed into the final arrangement according to the sitter’s social rank, with the most prominent or honoured guests placed front and centre. Thus, while attending the ball had it perks, one’s ability to influence the event’s official photographer was arguably far more important.
Ball at the Windsor Hotel, Montréal, in honour of the Marquis of Lorne
Montréal, Quebec, 1879
Photographer: unknown
C-001830
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