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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spudnik, post: 9432866, member: 17890&quot;]This is a nice little 12&quot; X 16&quot; oil on panel painting, signed &quot;Margaret Thomson&quot; and dated &quot;Oct. 1961&quot; on the back.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know if this is Tom Thomson&#039;s sister or not. Her married name at the time was Tweedale, so I don&#039;t know why she signed it Thomson, unless it was to leverage the connection to her famous brother. Also, I think the quality of this work is much better than examples of Tom&#039;s sister Margaret that I&#039;ve found online, although this is much later in her life (she would have been about 77 years old at the time) and her skill and style may have improved and changed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an excerpt from an online profile of Margaret Thomson Tweedale.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;From the 1940s onward, each year there were painting trips north to the Dwight area with William at the wheel. Sometimes Margaret’s friends Mrs Halliwell and Mrs Cameron accompanied them. William would read while the group sketched. Helen narrates, “I was visiting at times when she had been preparing panels which had to be readied at least six weeks prior to the trip north. She also prepared knee warmers –knitted sometimes by friends. She didn’t wear slacks so those warm stockings were a must. She wore a coat and hat with scarves tied over it. They painted in any kind of weather—morning and afternoon for two week trips. Sometimes they were forced by rain or snow to work from the veranda of Miss Glass’ rooming place at Milford Bay, Muskoka, their location after Dwight. Landscape, of course, was her only subject matter.”</i></p><p><br /></p><p>This excerpt mentions &quot;the Dwight area&quot; and &quot;Milford Bay&quot; Dwight is about 1 hour from Lake Joseph, and Milford Bay is about 30 minutes away. Lake Joseph is indicated as the location for this painting.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you think? Do the clues add up?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]436098[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]436100[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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