Original Engraving, 'Toronto' by William H. Bartlett (1809-1854), depicting a Toronto wooden wharf with Workers with hats, Barrels, Sails Ships, Two Wooden Shacks, Cityscape in the background, with label on bottom left of mounting board marked, '253', 1842, Mounting Board: 12” x 9 3/4”; Engraving: 7 1/16” x 4.6”, with bottom right corner chip of mounting board.
Provenance: pg. 86, Engraving by E.J. Roberts, Canadian Scenery Illustrated, Vol. 1, by Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806-1867), Esq., From Drawings by William Henry Bartlett, George Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, London, England, 1842.
From the Mr. Guy L. Saunders Collection (d. 2002) - from label affixed to the back marked, 'Mr. Guy L. Saunders (d. 2002), 35 Woodlawn Ave. West, Toronto, Ont., M4V 1G6'.
Mr. Saunders' fonds reside at the Wellington County Museum & Archives, Guelph, Ontario.
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