Description
Inscribed in pen & black ink, l.l.: St Pauls Yorkville / July A.D. 1848; In pen & brown ink, vso: [poem on the death of a fourteen month old boy written by his father; photo-copy in Acc. File]; In pencil, vso l.r.: Sent by a friend-/ July 1848.-; b.: Yorkville Church / in 1848-; 4x5 col. trans. T 18013-15
Johnson's son James Bovell states that another son, John William Augustus was born 20 March 1846 and died 30 June 1848, adding "see picture of funeral" (held 1 July 1848). Opened 1842 on the s. side of Bloor St. E., between Church & Jarvis Sts., the building was moved in 1861 to the n. side of Bloor St., in present Bay St., and called St. Paul's chapel-of-ease until 1871 when it became the Church of the Redeemer (1861-1879). TEC 69.995
Medium: Watercolour over pencil, on wove paper.
Image Licence
Public Domain
Image Credit
Courtesy of Toronto Public Library.
Location
St. Paul's Anglican Church, Yorkville, Toronto, Canada
Country
Canada
Medium
Watercolour
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
