From John Little’s Archives: Prince of Wales Terrace
This rare twilight view captures Sherbrooke Street at McTavish, with the historic Prince of Wales Terrace on the right. Commissioned in 1860, the terrace once housed prominent McGill University figures. Two units were demolished in 1950 for the Royal Embassy Hotel, and in 1971 McGill replaced the remainder with the Samuel Bronfman Building.
Little creates a luminous, atmospheric glow with only the soft illumination of streetlamps.
John Little – Twilight, Sherbrooke Street at McTavish (1964), Oil on masonite, 9 x 12 in
His photographs of this stretch of Sherbrooke span decades. Here, we reveal photos from his studio taken before and after the painting, showing how he returned to the site again and again, as if his vision for the corner was never complete.
