WorksheetsCAM 14 - R2 - P1 - BLANK (1)
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Alexander Henderson was born in Scotland in 1831 and was the son of a successful (a) .
His grandfather, also called Alexander, had founded the _______ _______, and later became the first chairman of the National Bank of Scotland.
(a)
His grandfather, also called Alexander, had founded the family business, and later became the first (a) of the National Bank of Scotland.
The family had extensive (a) s in Scotland.
The family often stayed at Press Castle, the large mansion on the northern edge of the (a) , and Alexander spent much of his childhood in the area.
Even after he went to school at Murcheston Academy on the (a) of Edinburgh, Henderson returned to Press at weekends.
In 1849 he began a three-year (a) to become an accountant.
Henderson learned photography in Montreal around the year 1857 and quickly _______ it _______ as a serious amateur. (used past tense)
(a)
They cooperated on experiments with magnesium flares as a source of _______ _______ in 1865.
(a)
Although he never liked the (a) of a business career, he stayed with it to please his family.
In October 1855, however, he _______d _______ Canada with his wife Agnes Elder Robertson and they settled in Montreal.
(a)
They _______ed _______ the same societies and were among the founding members of the Art Association of Montreal.
(a)
They belonged to the same societies and were among the _______ _______s of the Art Association of Montreal.
(a)
Notman’s (a) s were noted for their bold realism.
The (a) had limited circulation (only seven copies have ever been found), and was called Canadian Views and Studies.
In 1866, he _______ _______ his business to open a photographic studio, advertising himself as a portrait and landscape photographer. (use past tense)
(a)
There was sufficient demand for these types of scenes and others he took depicting the _______ _______, steamboats and waterfalls to enable him to make a living.
(a)
There was sufficient demand for these types of scenes and others he took depicting the lumber trade, steamboats and waterfalls to enable him to _______ _______ _______.
(a)
There was little competing hobby or amateur photography before the late 1880s because of the (a) techniques involved and the weight of the equipment.
Henderson frequently (a) ed his photographs in Montreal and abroad in London.
He (a) greater success in 1877 and 1878 in New York when he won first prizes in the exhibition. (use past tense)
He was especially fond of the (a) and often travelled by canoe on the Blanche, du Lievre, and other noted eastern rivers.
In 1872 he sailed by (a) along the lower north shore of the St Lawrence River.
In 1892 Henderson accepted _______ _______ _______ with the CPR as manager of a photographic department which he was to set up and administer.
(a)
He (a) d in this post until 1897, when he retired completely from photography.
When Henderson died in 1913, his huge collection of glass negatives was stored in the (a) of his house.
