1974.1

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Details

ID Number

1974.1

Category

Communication Artifacts

Sub-category

art

Item Type

Pencil

Item Name

drawing

Maker

Wood , W.R.

Title

'VIEW OF SANDWICH 1833'

Materials

PAPER, UNKNOWN

Measurements

overall: 5 in x 18 in

Description

panoramic sketch of Sandwich, 1833 graphite on paper (off-white) artist has drawn lines for a border at 1 1/8" from the right, 3/4" from bottom and 1 5/16" from left side of page fade lines apparent at 7/16" from bottom, 3/4" from left, 1/2" from right and 1/2" from top of page framed in a red/brown wood with gold trim

History

Attributed to W. R. Wood since he advertised as a drawing master in the Sandwich Canadian Emigrant (newspaper) 1st line: Rough View of Sandwich W.D.- U.C. Taken from Spring Wells Michigan Terratory U.S. August 13th 1833 - 2nd line: the whole of the buildings from J. Allan Ho.are too low are rather small in proportion of the others

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Art subject

Sandwich (Ont.) subject

Spring Wells (Mich.) place

Wood, W.R. person

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