Elizabeth
Simcoe
A Life Defined by the Frontier and the Brush Elizabeth Simcoe stands as a luminous figure in the annals of colonial history, an artist whose delicate watercolors captured the raw, burgeoning spirit of Upper Canada. Born Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim in 1762 in Aldwincle, Northamptonshire, her …
A portrait built from Elizabeth Simcoe's own colours
Every 3 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
