Tom Thomson, Letter to Dr. James MacCallum, Oct. 4, 19[16?]
Basin Dept.
Oct. 4. 19[16?]
![[ Tom Thomson, a member of the Group of Seven, shaving after coming out of the woods with a beard ]](../../images/site/355715_2.jpg "[ Tom Thomson, a member of the Group of Seven, shaving after coming out of the woods with a beard ]")
Tom Thomson, a member of the Group of Seven, shaving after coming out of the woods with a beard, Unknown [Ed Godin?], 1916, Library and Archives Canada/Bibliotheque et Archives Canada, C-007900, Library and Archives Canada notes this photo was created at Grand Lake. Achray is located on Grand Lake, which was where Ed Godin was working as a Park Ranger in 1916. Thomson would stay with Godin at times during the summer of 1916, painting a sign to hang over the entrance to Godin's shack. Note: The title this image is filed under in Library and Archives Canada is incorrect. Thomson was never a member of the Group of Seven, which was formed in 1920, three years after Thomson's death
Dear Sir — [...] The Country up here is just taking the fall colour and by the end of the week will be at its best.
Could you arrange to come up this week. [...]
Have done very little sketching this summer as I find that the two jobs don't fit in. It would be great for two artists or whatever you call us but the natives can't see what we paint for. A photo would be great but the painted things are awuful. When we are travelling two go together one for the canoe and the other the pack and there's no place for a sketch outfit when your fireranging.
We are not fired yet but I am hoping to be put off right away.
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Yours truly
Tom Thomson