Peter Robinson Immigration Bicentennial | Elizabeth Doucette

• Celtic cross (original, framed)

  Watercolour, Cotton, 4" x 4". Painted for the Peter Robinson Immigration Bicentennial celebrations in Peterborough, Ontario and the surrounding villages in the summer of 2025. This cross is in the traditional celtic sty…

• St. Patrick’s Breastplate, print

  Painted for the Peter Robinson Immigration Bicentennial celebrations in Peterborough, Ontario and the surrounding villages in the summer of 2025. The cross is in the traditional celtic style to represent the Catholic fa…

• Blackwater Valley, original

  Watercolour, Cotton, 4" x 5.5". Painted for the Bicentennial of the Peter Robinson Irish Immigration to Peterborough, Ontario. Most of the 2,024 people who immigrated from Ireland to Canada in 1825, came from the River…

• Nine Ships 1825, print

  In 1825, the British government sponsored the immigration of 2024 people from the southern counties of Ireland to the area of what is now called Peterborough, Ontario. These immigrants were chosen from the applications…

• Trillium and Clover (original, framed)

  Watercolour, Cotton, 7" x 5". The trillium represents Ontario, as it is our provincial flower. The clover has been depicted as growing up the stem of the clover, like a vine, representing the Irish immigrants and their…

• Trillium and Shamrocks, print
• Descendants, print

  Painted for the Peter Robinson Immigration Bicentennial. The trillium is the provincial flower of Ontario. The shamrock leaves and clover blossoms have been depicted as growing up the stem of the trillium, representing…

• Ireland (original, framed)

  Watercolour, Cotton, 7” x 5” x Matted and framed to 8x10

• Can't Take Ireland Out of Us, print

  A full 200 years and many generations after the Peter Robinson immigrants left the "old country," Irish culture is still strong in the Peterborough area and surrounding villages.

• Mini Trillium and Shamrocks (original, framed)

  Watercolour, Cotton, 3.25" x 2.25" x Matted and framed to 4x5. The trillium represents Ontario, as it is our provincial flower. The clover has been depicted as growing up the stem of the clover, like a vine, representin…

• "Douro" in Ogham, print

  Painted for the Peter Robinson Immigration Bicentennial celebrations in the summer of 2025. This is Ogham - an ancient Irish script - which is read vertically from bottom to top. It was etched into hundreds of standing…

• “Ennismore” in Ogham (5x7 print, matted to 8x10)

  Painted for the Peter Robinson Immigration Bicentennial celebrations in the summer of 2025. This is Ogham - an ancient Irish script - which is read vertically from bottom to top. It was etched into hundreds of standing…

• “Downeyville” in Ogham, print

  Painted for the Peter Robinson Immigration Bicentennial celebrations in the summer of 2025. This is Ogham - an ancient Irish script - which is read vertically from bottom to top. It was etched into hundreds of standing…

• Lumper Potato (original, framed)

  Watercolour, Cotton, 4" x 3" x Matted and framed to 4x5”. Irish tenant families relied largely on potatoes for their diet, specifically one variety called the “Lumper.” Apparently it did not have a very pleasant taste o…

• Irish Potato, print

  Watercolor. Irish tenant families relied largely on potatoes for their diet, specifically one variety called the “Lumper.” Apparently it did not have a very pleasant taste or texture but it thrived in the poor soil and…

• Canada (original, framed)

  Watercolour, Cotton, 7” x 5” x Matted to 8x10