This watercolour of Port Dundas was painted c 1850 by William Simpson. It looks north-west towards a timber basin on the Forth and Clyde Canal, near Dawson Road. The canal is frozen over and men are skating by a boat that is held fast by the ice.
Reference: Mitchell Library 310408
Reproduced with the permission of Glasgow City Council, Libraries Information and Learning
Keywords:
canals, Forth and Clyde Canal, ice, sailing boats, skaters, skating, timber basins, watercolours, winter scenes