Description
Another pencil & watercolour version by Granger of this view is in Niagara Historical Society Museum, listed in the Society's Catalogue..., 1911 (their Papers no. 24) #273 "Water Color of foot of King street, from the water". Library has a pen & ink copy (C 2-57) by Owen Staples?, 189?, of this view, reproduced in J. Ross Robertson, The History Freemasonry in Canada., Toronto, 1899, vol.1, p. 344, 2nd from top. Library has a watercolour copy (JRR 1208; JRR (1912) 107) by Owen Staples, ca 1910?, of this view
Inscribed in pencil, l.l.: F. H. Granger. 1854. Mount keyed in pen & ink, l.l. to l.r.: 1/5/2/3/4/6. Inscribed in pen & ink, mount b.: Foot of King Street, Niagara, U.C., 1839, from the River. Drawn by F.M. Grainger.; mount l.l. (key): (i) Mrs. Elliott's Hse, built 1838. / (2) Guard House. / (3) "Gleaner"; mount l.r.: (4) Tavern / (5) txigdale's Soap Factory. / (6) Fort Mississaugua.
TEC 809A
Medium: Pencil, water colour & opaque white. Laid down on scrapbook page mount
Image Licence
Public Domain
Image Credit
Courtesy of Toronto Public Library.
Location
Fort George, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada
Country
Canada
Tags
Category
Landscapes & Seascapes
