Helen Maria Campbell, early nineteenth century

including the Falls of the St John River near the Indian town, a summer view of an Indian wigwam, an Indian dance at Government House Fredericton on New Years Day, Government House Fredericton on the Banks of the St John River, a distant view of Government House from the St John River, the Nashwaak River, view of an Indian town near St John and the Falls at high water, a winter view of an Indian wigwam, Officers Barracks Fredericton, an Indian returning from the woods with his tobogan, view of a tavern near Fredericton, Partridge Island and the harbour of St John and other subjects



fourteen, twelve signed: H, one dated 1832 and each album sheet inscribed with title and numbered, the album also including detailed descriptions of each drawing, on paper watermarked: T GREEN 1834



seven pencil, four watercolour and three lithographs



with three watercolours, one of the Nashwaak River by A.W. (dated 1832), another of an Indian village near Fredericton by R.P. and the other of a distant view of Fredericton by E.Coke

Helen Maria Campbell née Macdonald was the daughter of Sir John Macdonald of Garth, Perthshire and was married to General Sir Archibald Campbell (1769-1843) by whom she had two sons and three daughters. Campbell was appointed Lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick on 9th September 1831 where the family remained until May 1837.

Sir Archibald Campbell joined the army in 1787 and saw service in India from 1788 until 1801 and in Portugal during the Peninsular War from 1808 until 1820. In 1813 he had been appointed Major-General by the Prince Regent of Portugal and in 1814 he was knighted and appointed aide-de-camp to His Royal Highness. Soon after his return to England, he set off for India again with the 38th Regiment of which he was appointed Colonel. In May 1823 he was sent to Burma to take control of the seaport of Rangoon and his force of six thousand men famously defeated the Burmese army of over fifty thousand three times before securing Rangoon. After his return from Canada, he accepted the appointment of Commander-in-Chief in Bombay but soon afterwards had to resign due to ill health. He died at Edinburgh in October 1843