PAINTING

Description: SOFT CARDBOARD. WATERCOLOUR PAINTING. PARTIAL STAIN FROM A CUP BEING PLACED ON PAINTING IN UPPER RIGHT CORNER. SIGNATURE IN LOWER LEFT CORNER "W.A. SHORTT. 1886". PAINTING DEPICTS HOUSE WITH A MAN STANDING IN FRONT BY THE GATE AND FENCE.

History: *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. SHE WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANY NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTIST W. A. SHORTT. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHY OF THE DONOR, NORA EVERSON, WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM HER OBITUARY, A PROFILE ARTICLE FROM THE FEBRAURY 2, 1972 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, GALT COLLECTIONS RECORD P19960108000, AND GALT ARCHIVES RECORD 19921008014. NORA EVERSON WAS BORN IN NELSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA IN 1901 AND CAME TO LETHBRIDGE AT AGE FOUR. HER FATHER WAS NORMAN TORQUIL MACLEOD, THE NEPHEW OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JAMES MACLEOD OF THE NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE. N.T. MACLEOD CAME WEST WITH HIS UNCLE IN 1882, WORKING FOR I.G. BAKER AND THEN THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY WHICH TOOK HIM TO COWLEY, NELSON, AND BACK TO SETTLE IN LETHBRIDGE WITH HIS FAMILY IN 1906, WHERE HE MANAGED THE HUDSON'S BAY STORE ON 1ST AVENUE AND 5TH STREET SOUTH. N.T. WAS MARRIED TO ALICE SHERLOCK, DAUGHTER OF PROMINENT LETHBRIDGE BUSINESSMAN ROBERT SHERLOCK, AND THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN, INCLUDING NORA. SHE MARRIED WILLIAM 'EVIE' EVERSON AND THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, WILLIAM AND MARJORIE. NORA EVERSON DIED ON JANUARY 9, 1993. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE MATERIAL.