Louisbourg Before the Fall
by Doug Matthews
Title
Louisbourg Before the Fall
Artist
Doug Matthews
Medium
Photograph - Photograph, Digital Art
Description
This image is a composite of many of my original photographs of the actual site of Louisbourg, all processed to look like old paintings of the period. The frames are textures and vintage 18th century as is the carpet. The wood panelling on the walls is also a texture. The table and lounge are taken from other photos of mine of rooms in Versailles near Paris and Catherine's Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, all correct to the period, as far as I can determine. I wanted to create a room that MIGHT have resembled something the governor of Louisbourg would have inhabited before the defeat by the British. In fact, there are some rooms in Louisbourg that were the governor's but this is not one of them, just a depiction.
The Fortress of Louisbourg is a National Historic Site of Canada and the location of a one-quarter partial reconstruction of an 18th-century French fortress at Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Its two sieges, especially that of 1758, were turning points in the Anglo-French struggle for what today is Canada. The site is operated by Parks Canada as a living history museum.
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November 8th, 2014
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Kathleen K Parker
Very well photographed interior, Doug! Beautiful paintings and furnishings. Also, your font well compliments the image! :) kk
Doug Matthews replied:
Thanks, Kathleen. The font is aquiline. The room actually started off with nothing at all in it - blank walls, ceiling, floor. I had way too much time on my hands : )