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SS Glad Tidings Crossing Wrights Sound

MOA: University of British Columbia

3000/8

Drawing in charcoal, on thick paper. The image is of a boat and small canoe caught in a storm, large waves crashing, while a beam of sunlight appears at the top right corner. Three figures are visible on deck of the boat, which is identified in writing below the image as the S.S. Glad Tidings.

  • Narrative

    The S.S. Glad Tidings was a Methodist mission vessel launched in 1884 by Thomas Crosby. It sailed from Victoria up the B.C. coast to Port Simpson from 1884 until 1903 when it sank. Wright’s Sound is on the Inside Passage along the northern coast of British Columbia. The drawing is in very poor condition now, however there is a B&W photograph of the drawing in the MOA Archives (Crosby collection photographs) taken when it was in good condition.

  • Type of Item drawing
  • Culture Tsimshian
  • Measurements height 48.4 cm, width 48.5 cm (overall)
  • Creator Frederick Alexcee
  • Previous Owner Thomas Crosby, Jane Howard, Thomas Taylor Crosby
  • Received from Jane Howard, Thomas Taylor Crosby
  • Made in Port Simpson, Lax Kw'alaams
  • Creation Date during 1931
  • Ownership Date before 1914, before April 17, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on April 17, 2013
  • Item Classes works on paper
  • Condition poor
  • Accession Number 3000/0008

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