Charlotte was the daughter of an Irish fur trader and an Ojibwe woman from Sault Ste. Marie. As a young woman, she became an interpreter for missionaries and helped translate Christian sermons into the Anishinaabemowin language. When she met her husband, Rev. William McMurray, she helped him write the first manual of religious instruction in the Ojibwe language. Charlotte and her husband moved to Niagara-on-the-Lake when he became the rector of St. Mark’s Anglican Church in 1857. This unique portrait will be on display in the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum’s upcoming exhibition, “Strike a Pose: The Art of Self Obsession,” which shows how the people of Niagara-on-the-Lake have chosen to document themselves, either through paintings and drawings, or photography. In Charlotte’s portrait, she was careful about how she chose to present herself. She must have missed her family living up north, as her outfit features portraits of her family and her headdress is in the shape of a camera.