Great Lakes Art Database

Toronto, Canada West

Description
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Creator
Whitefield, Edwin, Artist
Item Type
Lithographs
Description
View keyed in the print, l.c. to l.r., 1-16. Inscribed in the print, u.c.: WHITEFIELD'S ORIGINAL VIEWS OF NORTH AMERICAN CITIES, No. 30.; l.l.: DRAWN FROM NATURE BY E. WHITEFIELD; l.c.: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1854 by E. Whitefield in the Clerks Office of the district Court of the Southern district of New York.; l.r.: LITH. OF ENDICOTT & Co. N.Y.; l.c.: TORONTO, CANADA WEST. / From the top of the Jail / Published by E. Whitefield, Toronto 1854.; (key) l.l.: 1 City Hall / 2 Lunatic Asylum / 3 Trinity College / 4 Osgoode Hall / 5 St. Lawrence Hall / 6 St. James Cathedral / 7 Congregational Ch. / 8 St. Andrews Ch.; l.r.: 9 United Presbyterian. Ch. / 10 St. George's. " / 11 Knox's " / 12 Mechanics' Institute. / 13 Holy Trinity. / 14 St. Michaels Cathedral. / 15 Normal School. / 16 Unitarian Church. Another impression, Acc. X 76-64: With light greenish grey tinti-stone; 502 x 921; 545 (trimmed b.) x 921; 563 x 974 mm.; Inscriptions in the print trimmed at b.; A piece of the sheet, l.c. (bearing the first line of the title) has been cut off and is now separate. Former negatives: T 10276, T 13851-52. Reps 3239; deVolpi 27; Bettina Norton, 'Edwin Whitefield', 1977, no. 60 (illus. p. 102). JRR(1912) 512 AUG 4 1987
Notes
Lithograph with light greenish grey (?) tint-stone on wove paper. Laid down on on linen
Date of Original
1854
Dimensions
Width: 103.1 cm
Height: 64 cm
Image Dimensions
Image Width: 92.3cm
Image Height: 50.3cm
Subject(s)
Piers & wharves
Sailboats
Warehouses
Schooners
Arabian (steamboat)
Peerless (steamboat)
Scows
Local identifier
JRR 338 Cab III
Geographic Coverage
  • Toronto
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.6424974843323 Longitude: -79.3641149414063
Creative Commons licence
Public Domain [more details]
Copyright Statement
Public domain: Copyright has expired according to the applicable Canadian or American laws. No restrictions on use.
Contact
Association for Great Lakes Maritime History
Website:
https://aglmh.net

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Toronto, Canada West


View keyed in the print, l.c. to l.r., 1-16. Inscribed in the print, u.c.: WHITEFIELD'S ORIGINAL VIEWS OF NORTH AMERICAN CITIES, No. 30.; l.l.: DRAWN FROM NATURE BY E. WHITEFIELD; l.c.: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1854 by E. Whitefield in the Clerks Office of the district Court of the Southern district of New York.; l.r.: LITH. OF ENDICOTT & Co. N.Y.; l.c.: TORONTO, CANADA WEST. / From the top of the Jail / Published by E. Whitefield, Toronto 1854.; (key) l.l.: 1 City Hall / 2 Lunatic Asylum / 3 Trinity College / 4 Osgoode Hall / 5 St. Lawrence Hall / 6 St. James Cathedral / 7 Congregational Ch. / 8 St. Andrews Ch.; l.r.: 9 United Presbyterian. Ch. / 10 St. George's. " / 11 Knox's " / 12 Mechanics' Institute. / 13 Holy Trinity. / 14 St. Michaels Cathedral. / 15 Normal School. / 16 Unitarian Church. Another impression, Acc. X 76-64: With light greenish grey tinti-stone; 502 x 921; 545 (trimmed b.) x 921; 563 x 974 mm.; Inscriptions in the print trimmed at b.; A piece of the sheet, l.c. (bearing the first line of the title) has been cut off and is now separate. Former negatives: T 10276, T 13851-52. Reps 3239; deVolpi 27; Bettina Norton, 'Edwin Whitefield', 1977, no. 60 (illus. p. 102). JRR(1912) 512 AUG 4 1987