Great Lakes Art Database

Cutting the First Sod for the Ontario Simcoe and Huron Railroad, Toronto

Description
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Creator
Crease, Anthony Reynolds Vyvyan, Artist
Item Type
Watercolor paintings
Description
Inscribed on vso in pencil: Toronto / The cutting the first sod O. S & Huron Railroad / From my dressing room window June 1851; In ink: Toronto / Cutting the first sod - O. S. & Huron Railroad / from my dressing room window in John / Street, in June 1851. A R V Crease / L. [?] Colonel R. E. Watermark: J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL / 1843 Looking south east from John St., showing Parliament Bldgs at left. Rev. October 1981
Notes
Water colour, touches of gouache, over pencil
Date of Original
1851
Dimensions
Width: 26.9 cm
Height: 19 cm
Subject(s)
Grandstands
Schooners
Local identifier
JRR 518 Cab IV (Crease)
Geographic Coverage
  • Toronto
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 43.6425055857648 Longitude: -79.388748348999
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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Cutting the First Sod for the Ontario Simcoe and Huron Railroad, Toronto


Inscribed on vso in pencil: Toronto / The cutting the first sod O. S & Huron Railroad / From my dressing room window June 1851; In ink: Toronto / Cutting the first sod - O. S. & Huron Railroad / from my dressing room window in John / Street, in June 1851. A R V Crease / L. [?] Colonel R. E. Watermark: J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL / 1843 Looking south east from John St., showing Parliament Bldgs at left. Rev. October 1981