Bradley Museum
Tous droits réservés.
| Nom de l'objet : | |
| Titre : | Esplanade South Cliff Scarborough |
| Classification de l'objet : | Communication Artifacts, Art |
| Matériaux : | paper |
| Numéro d'accession : | 2011.9.54.24 |
| Fabricant : | S.W. Theakston |
| Date de début de production : | 1840 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1860 |
| Description : | A black and white engraved print titled "Esplanade South Cliff Scarborough". The images shows a group of people standing on the edge of a small cliff. There is a fence at the edge of the cliff. Behind them are several large buildings with many windows. At the base of the cliff is greenery and then in the background more of the city in rolling hills. The image is oval in shape with the title printed in script underneath. Also printed under the image is "Published by S.W. Theakston, 91 St. Nicholas St., Scarborough". |
| Fonctions : | Solomon Wilkinson Theakson founded the Scarborough Gazette and opened the town's first art gallery. He paid various artists to create images to be engraved which he then published in guide books and as prints. His "Theakson's Guide to Scarborough" was published in 1841 and 1853. The Duchess of Bedford was a ship built by John Brown & Co Ltd, Glasgow in 1928 for Canadian Pacific SS Ltd. On June 10 1933 the ship left Montreal for Liverpool. The ship would embark to Greenock, Belfast and Liverpool. The passenger ship was used as troopships during World War II and was bombed at a number of times but managed to stay operational. Her last voyage was on December 19th 1960 from Liverpool to South Wales. (Some information taken from www.duchessofbedford.com). Items donated by Barbara Sayers Larson. Barbara Larson is the daughter of Annie Harris (1882-1986) and Beverly Sayers (1883-1976) and granddaughter of Arthur (1843-1932) and Mary (1859- 1954) Harris. Barbara was born January 27,1920 and was the youngest of three children. Barbara and her siblings Geoffrey Sayers (1907-1997) and Dora Sayers (1915-2004) donated Benares to the Ontario Heritage Foundation in 1969 after inheriting it from her aunt, Naomi Harris (1883-1968). Many of the items donated by Barbara originally belonged to her mother or Aunt Naomi and came from Benares. Barbara lived in a log cabin originally given to her mother by her grandparents at 1723 Birchwood Drive. She still maintains a close tie with Benares and is now living in Kelowna, British Columbia, with her daughter. |
| Hauteur : | 0.00 |
| Longueur : | 11.00 |
| Largeur : | 7.00 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre de parties composantes : | 1 |
| Établissement : |
Bradley Museum
 Facebook-Bradley Museum
 Twitter-Bradley Museum
 YouTube-Bradley Museum
|
| Ville de l'établissement : | Mississauga |
| Province de l'établissement : | Ontario |
Coordonnées de cette page web
-
Pour proposer des corrections ou des mises à jour sur cette page, veuillez contacter directement le Réseau canadien d’information sur le patrimoine (RCIP).