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Toronto in Etchings, Engravings, Aquatints, Woodcuts, Wood-engravings & Linocuts
1 CHERRY, Edward J.   Parliament Buildings Toronto.   [1886-1960].
 
signed in pencil. label on verso: “Vancouver…. Hand Proof from the Artist’s Private Press”. 5 ¾” x 8” (15 x 20.2cm). etching.
 

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2 CLELAND, Isabel E.   [Houses Near Casa Loma].   [b. 1908].
 
Signed, dated 1981 & numbered “Second State, No. 1 of 20” in pencil. 10” x 11 ¾” (25.3 x 29.8cm). etching.
 

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3 DRAKE, Dewitt   [Early Toronto].   [c1891-1979].
 
5 ½” x 6 ¼” (13.7 x 16cm). signed, titled & dated [19]57 in pencil. C.P.E. exhibition label on verso. etching & drypoint (few faint stains in & outside of margins.)
 
Dewitt Drake, A Canadian painter and printmaker, is not listed in the reference works on Canadian Art. He exhibited four paintings at the Ontario Society of Artists’ annual exhibition in 1921. His etchings were included in the 1957, 1959, 1960 and 1962 exhibitions of the Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers. Drake may have worked at the Toronto Telegram as a type-setter.
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DUFF, Walter Raymond   Osgoode Hall, Toronto, Ont.   [1879-1967] (SGA & CPE).
 
signed & titled in pencil. signed in plate. 8 ¾” x 15” (22.5 x 38cm). etching.
 

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5 FRANCK, Albert   [St. Lawrence Market].   [1899-1973].
 
[1949]. 3 ¾” x 4 ¼” (9.3 x 11.2cm). original hand coloured linocut.
 

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6 FRANCK, Albert   [Don Valley].   [1899-1973].
 
[1949]. 3 ¾” x 4 ½” (9.2 x 11.7cm). original hand coloured linocut. colour no. 2.
 

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7 GODFREY, William Frederick George   [Yonge & Gerrard].   [1884-1971].
 
signed in pencil. 6” x 6” (15.5 x 15.5cm). woodcut.
 
“Godfrey had a strong sense of graphic design. He composed intricate prints and used rich and varied surface textures to create tonal gradations.” (Ainslie p. 55). Sinslie, Images of The Canadian Block Prints, p. 55.
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8 GODFREY, William Frederick George   York & Richmond St.   [1884-1971] (CPE).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 6” x 8” (15 x 20cm). etching with drypoint laid on watermarked paper.
 
“Godfrey had a strong sense of graphic design. He composed intricate prints and used rich and varied surface textures to create tonal gradations.” (Ainslie p. 55). Sinslie, Images of The Canadian Block Prints, p. 55.
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9 GREENE, Thomas Garland   Scarboro Beach.   [1875-1955].
 
signed & titled in pencil. 6 ¼” x 8” (16 x 20cm). etching (few stains & creases to margins).
 
Greene was a painter, printmaker, illustrator, draughtsman, author and art instructor. He was a founding member of the Canadian Society of Painters, The Canadian Society of Graphic Arts and the Malhstick Club in Toronto. He was also a member of the Ontario Society of Artists and the Royal Canadian Academy. Macdonald, A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Vol. II pp. 315-316. National Gallery of Canada, Catalogue of The National Gallery of Canada II, pp. 56-58.
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10 GRIFFITH, Julius   Three Houses.   [1912-1997]. RCA. OSA. P-CSPWC. CSGA. FCA. Chelsea Art Club, London. [1912-1997].
 
21 ½” x 15 ¼” (54.5 x 38.8cm). linocut on paper. initialled “JG” in the block. signed, titled, numbered 5/7, dated 1993, & inscribed “Special Edition, Artist’s Copy” in pencil. also bearing artist’s red mark. Prov. Estate of the Artist, Toronto.
 
Griffith studied under F.H. Varley, J.W.G. Macdonald, John Farleigh, Noel Rooke, Sir William Ruthenstein and Gilbert Spencer. He was also a member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Art and the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour. Macdonald. A Dictionary of Canadian Artists. Volume 2. p. 323-324.
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11 GRIFFITH, Julius   The City and the Country.   [1912-1997]. RCA. OSA. P-CSPWC. CSGA. FCA. Chelsea Art Club, London. [1912-1997].
 
Signed titled, dated 1953 and numbered 15/15. 10” x 7” (25.5 x 17.6cm). linocut (crease in lower left margin).
 
Griffith studied under F.H. Varley, J.W.G. Macdonald, John Farleigh, Noel Rooke, Sir William Ruthenstein and Gilbert Spencer. He was also a member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Art and the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour. Macdonald. A Dictionary of Canadian Artists. Volume 2. p. 323-324.
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GRIFFITH, Julius   [The City (Toronto)].   [1912-1997]. RCA. OSA. P-CSPWC. CSGA. FCA. Chelsea Art Club, London. [1912-1997].
 
3 ½” x 7” (9 x 17.6cm. sepia coloured wood-cut print on paper. initialled “JG” in the block. signed, dated 1956, & numbered “14/20” in pencil. woodcut.
 
Griffith studied under F.H. Varley, J.W.G. Macdonald, John Farleigh, Noel Rooke, Sir William Ruthenstein and Gilbert Spencer. He was also a member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Art and the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour. Macdonald. A Dictionary of Canadian Artists. Volume 2. p. 323-324.
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GRIFFITH, Julius   St. James [Cathedral, Toronto].   [1912-1997]. RCA. OSA. P-CSPWC. CSGA. FCA. Chelsea Art Club, London. [1912-1997].
 
8 ¼” x 8 ½” (21 x 22.7cm). linocut print on paper. initialled “JG” in the block. signed, titled, dated 1982, numbered “2/6” & inscribed in pencil “1st Edition (Artist)”. Prov. Estate of the Artist, Toronto.
 
Griffith studied under F.H. Varley, J.W.G. Macdonald, John Farleigh, Noel Rooke, Sir William Ruthenstein and Gilbert Spencer. He was also a member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Art and the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour. Macdonald. A Dictionary of Canadian Artists. Volume 2. p. 323-324.
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14 HAGER, Charles A.   University College University of Toronto.  
 
signed, titled & dated 1933. 6 ¾” x 9 ¼” (17.6 x 23.6cm). wood-engraving.
 

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15 HORNYANSKY, Nicholas   Yorkminister Baptist Church (Toronto).   [1896-1965].
 
signed & titled in pencil. 5” x 5 ½” (12.5 x 13.9cm). colour aquatint.
 
The Hungarian born artist studied in Budapest, Munich, Vienna, Amsterdam and Paris. Hornyansky worked in Brussels as a portrait painter before immigrating to Toronto in 1929. He was a painter and prolific printmaker “…who developed a new aquatint method in the 1940’s.” (Art Gallery of Hamilton p. 75) He executed fine colour aquatints of Canadian scenery and cities, including a number of the churches and buildings of Toronto. See Oakville Centennial Gallery, Nicholas Hornyansky Retrospective 1926-1965. MacDonald II pp. 470-472. Art Gallery of Hamilton, The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers in Retrospect, p. 75.
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HORNYANSKY, Nicholas   Victoria College in Spring, Toronto.   [1896-1965].
 
Signed & titled in pencil. 7 ½” x 6 ½” (18.3 x 16.5cm). colour aquatint.
 
The Hungarian born artist studied in Budapest, Munich, Vienna, Amsterdam and Paris. Hornyansky worked in Brussels as a portrait painter before immigrating to Toronto in 1929. He was a painter and prolific printmaker “…who developed a new aquatint method in the 1940’s.” (Art Gallery of Hamilton p. 75) He executed fine colour aquatints of Canadian scenery and cities, including a number of the churches and buildings of Toronto. See Oakville Centennial Gallery, Nicholas Hornyansky Retrospective 1926-1965. MacDonald II pp. 470-472. Art Gallery of Hamilton, The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers in Retrospect, p. 75.
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17 HORNYANSKY, Nicholas   Trinity College, University of Toronto.   [1896-1965].
 
signed & titled in pencil. 7 ½” x 6 ½” (19.4 x 16.4cm). colour aquatint (remnants of cello tape on verso).
 
The Hungarian born artist studied in Budapest, Munich, Vienna, Amsterdam and Paris. Hornyansky worked in Brussels as a portrait painter before immigrating to Toronto in 1929. He was a painter and prolific printmaker “…who developed a new aquatint method in the 1940’s.” (Art Gallery of Hamilton p. 75) He executed fine colour aquatints of Canadian scenery and cities, including a number of the churches and buildings of Toronto. See Oakville Centennial Gallery, Nicholas Hornyansky Retrospective 1926-1965. MacDonald II pp. 470-472. Art Gallery of Hamilton, The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers in Retrospect, p. 75.
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18 HORNYANSKY, Nicholas   St. Michael’s College, Toronto.   [1896-1965].
 
signed & titled in pencil. 7” x 6” (18 x 15.5cm). colour aquatint.
 
The Hungarian born artist studied in Budapest, Munich, Vienna, Amsterdam and Paris. Hornyansky worked in Brussels as a portrait painter before immigrating to Toronto in 1929. He was a painter and prolific printmaker “…who developed a new aquatint method in the 1940’s.” (Art Gallery of Hamilton p. 75) He executed fine colour aquatints of Canadian scenery and cities, including a number of the churches and buildings of Toronto. See Oakville Centennial Gallery, Nicholas Hornyansky Retrospective 1926-1965. MacDonald II pp. 470-472. Art Gallery of Hamilton, The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers in Retrospect, p. 75.
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HORNYANSKY, Nicholas   St. Lawrence Market from Front & Market St. Toronto.   [1896-1965].
 
signed & titled in pencil. 5 ¾” x 7 ¼” (14.5 x 18.5cm). colour aquatint.
 
The Hungarian born artist studied in Budapest, Munich, Vienna, Amsterdam and Paris. Hornyansky worked in Brussels as a portrait painter before immigrating to Toronto in 1929. He was a painter and prolific printmaker “…who developed a new aquatint method in the 1940’s.” (Art Gallery of Hamilton p. 75) He executed fine colour aquatints of Canadian scenery and cities, including a number of the churches and buildings of Toronto. See Oakville Centennial Gallery, Nicholas Hornyansky Retrospective 1926-1965. MacDonald II pp. 470-472. Art Gallery of Hamilton, The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers in Retrospect, p. 75.
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20 HORNYANSKY, Nicholas   Head Office, Toronto Dominion Bank.   [1896-1965].
 
signed & titled via rubber stamp. 5 ¼” x 6 ¾” (13.3 x 17cm). etching restrike; printed in 2006 by Lorna Livey from the original plate in an edition of 100. colour aquatint.
 
The Hungarian born artist studied in Budapest, Munich, Vienna, Amsterdam and Paris. Hornyansky worked in Brussels as a portrait painter before immigrating to Toronto in 1929. He was a painter and prolific printmaker “…who developed a new aquatint method in the 1940’s.” (Art Gallery of Hamilton p. 75) He executed fine colour aquatints of Canadian scenery and cities, including a number of the churches and buildings of Toronto. See Oakville Centennial Gallery, Nicholas Hornyansky Retrospective 1926-1965. MacDonald II pp. 470-472. Art Gallery of Hamilton, The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers in Retrospect, p. 75.
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21 HORNYANSKY, Nicholas   Old St. Paul’s, Toronto.   [1896-1965].
 
signed & titled in pencil. 5” x 7” (12.8 x 16.8cm). colour aquatint.
 
The Hungarian born artist studied in Budapest, Munich, Vienna, Amsterdam and Paris. Hornyansky worked in Brussels as a portrait painter before immigrating to Toronto in 1929. He was a painter and prolific printmaker “…who developed a new aquatint method in the 1940’s.” (Art Gallery of Hamilton p. 75) He executed fine colour aquatints of Canadian scenery and cities, including a number of the churches and buildings of Toronto. See Oakville Centennial Gallery, Nicholas Hornyansky Retrospective 1926-1965. MacDonald II pp. 470-472. Art Gallery of Hamilton, The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers in Retrospect, p. 75.
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22 HORNYANSKY, Nicholas   Old Churches of Canada (Holy Trinity, Toronto).   [1896-1965].
 
signed & titled in pencil. 4” x 5” (11.1 x 14cm). colour aquatint.
 
The Hungarian born artist studied in Budapest, Munich, Vienna, Amsterdam and Paris. Hornyansky worked in Brussels as a portrait painter before immigrating to Toronto in 1929. He was a painter and prolific printmaker “…who developed a new aquatint method in the 1940’s.” (Art Gallery of Hamilton p. 75) He executed fine colour aquatints of Canadian scenery and cities, including a number of the churches and buildings of Toronto. See Oakville Centennial Gallery, Nicholas Hornyansky Retrospective 1926-1965. MacDonald II pp. 470-472. Art Gallery of Hamilton, The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers in Retrospect, p. 75.
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23 HORNYANSKY, Nicholas   Hart House Tower From St. George St.   [1896-1965].
 
signed & titled in pencil. 6” x 4” (15.1 x 10.4cm). colour aquatint.
 
The Hungarian born artist studied in Budapest, Munich, Vienna, Amsterdam and Paris. Hornyansky worked in Brussels as a portrait painter before immigrating to Toronto in 1929. He was a painter and prolific printmaker “…who developed a new aquatint method in the 1940’s.” (Art Gallery of Hamilton p. 75) He executed fine colour aquatints of Canadian scenery and cities, including a number of the churches and buildings of Toronto. See Oakville Centennial Gallery, Nicholas Hornyansky Retrospective 1926-1965. MacDonald II pp. 470-472. Art Gallery of Hamilton, The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers in Retrospect, p. 75.
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24 HORNYANSKY, Nicholas   Canada’s Oldest Law Court.   [1896-1965].
 
Signed & titled in pencil. 4” x 5 ¼” (10 x 13.2cm). colour aquatint.
 
The Hungarian born artist studied in Budapest, Munich, Vienna, Amsterdam and Paris. Hornyansky worked in Brussels as a portrait painter before immigrating to Toronto in 1929. He was a painter and prolific printmaker “…who developed a new aquatint method in the 1940’s.” (Art Gallery of Hamilton p. 75) He executed fine colour aquatints of Canadian scenery and cities, including a number of the churches and buildings of Toronto. See Oakville Centennial Gallery, Nicholas Hornyansky Retrospective 1926-1965. MacDonald II pp. 470-472. Art Gallery of Hamilton, The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers in Retrospect, p. 75.
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25 HORNYANSKY, Nicholas   Bell Buoy, Harbour of Toronto.   [1896-1965].
 
signed & titled in pencil. 5 ¾” x 4 ½” (14.5 x 11.3cm). colour aquatint.
 
The Hungarian born artist studied in Budapest, Munich, Vienna, Amsterdam and Paris. Hornyansky worked in Brussels as a portrait painter before immigrating to Toronto in 1929. He was a painter and prolific printmaker “…who developed a new aquatint method in the 1940’s.” (Art Gallery of Hamilton p. 75) He executed fine colour aquatints of Canadian scenery and cities, including a number of the churches and buildings of Toronto. See Oakville Centennial Gallery, Nicholas Hornyansky Retrospective 1926-1965. MacDonald II pp. 470-472. Art Gallery of Hamilton, The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers in Retrospect, p. 75.
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26 JOPLING, Frederic Waistell   Early Toronto.   [1859-1945].
 
signed and titled in pencil. signed & dated 1936 in plate. 11” x 14” (26.3 x 35.5 cm). etching with drypoint.
 
“F.W. Jopling has spent a lifetime etching the romance of history and of scenes. Hundred and hundreds of copper plates keep, in lasting form, this record of a world which the artist has found fascinating…” (Pearl McCarthy, quoted in Macdonald) The artist specialized in etchings of Toronto and the surrounding region, portraits and historical subjects. Falk, Who Was Who In American Art, p. 1766. Tovell, A New Class of Art, pp. 147-148. Macdonald, A Dictionary of Canadian Artists,Vol. III, pp. 581-582.
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27 JOPLING, Frederic Waistell   Road to Tor[onto] Golf Cl[u]b.   [1859-1945].
 
titled in pencil. signed & dated 1927 in plate. 5 ½” x 7” (13.5 x 17.4cm). etching with drypoint.
 
“F.W. Jopling has spent a lifetime etching the romance of history and of scenes. Hundred and hundreds of copper plates keep, in lasting form, this record of a world which the artist has found fascinating…” (Pearl McCarthy, quoted in Macdonald) The artist specialized in etchings of Toronto and the surrounding region, portraits and historical subjects. Falk, Who Was Who In American Art, p. 1766. Tovell, A New Class of Art, pp. 147-148. Macdonald, A Dictionary of Canadian Artists,Vol. III, pp. 581-582.
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28 LAPINE, Christian (Andreas) Gottfried   [King & Yonge Street].   [1866-1952].
 
11 ½” x 7” (29.5 x 18cm). etching (several faint horizontal folds & stains & light soiling to margins).
 

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29 MACDONALD, Manly Edward   [Trinity College Chapel, Toronto.]   [1889-1971].
 
signed in pencil. 6 ¾” x 8 ¾” (17.5 x 22.5cm). etching with drypoint.
 

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30 MACDONALD, Manly Edward   Trinity College, Toronto.   [1889-1971].
 
signed, titled in pencil & Zwicker’s Gallery label present, dated 1925. . 10” x 8” (25.2 x 20.1cm). etching with drypoint.
 

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31 NESS, Helen L.   St. Lawrence Hall from the Legacy Mirror Shop.  
 
signed, titled and numbered 60 of an edition of 60. 6” x 4” (15.2 x 10cm). etching on watermark paper.
 

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32
PEACOCK, Wilber Kells   “Place of Remembrance” University of Toronto.   [1898-1990].
 
signed, titled & numbered 34 of an edition of 50 in pencil. [1941]. 8 ½“ x 9 ½“. (21.4 x 24.1cm). etching.
 

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33 ROBERTS, Thomas Keith [Tom]   [Rooftops, Toronto].   [1908-1998] (RCA & OSA).
 
signed & dated 1931 in pencil. 5” x 8” (12.8 x 20.1cm). etching.
 

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34 SIMPSON, Charles Walter   The Southern Press Toronto.   [1878-1942].
 
signed & titled in pencil. 11 ¼” x 8 ¼” (28.2 x 20.8cm). etching.
 
Macdonald, A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Vol. 8, Part One, pp. 548-550. Martin, Printmaking in Quebec, 1900-1950, pp. 130-131.
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35 SMITH, Leslie Victor   [Toronto].   [1880-1952].
 
initialed in pencil. 5” x 6” (12.5 x 15cm). etching (some creasing throughout print, outer edges of plate mark worn).
 

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36 STAPLES, Owen   Chapel, Hart House, University of Toronto.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 9 ¾” x 7 ¾” (25 x 20cm). etching & drypoint (mat burn to margins).
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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37 STAPLES, Owen   University College Toronto.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 10” x 8” (25.2 x 20.2cm). etching.
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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38 STAPLES, Owen   Cloister, University College Toronto.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 6” x 8” (15.2 x 20.3cm). etching.
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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39 STAPLES, Owen   Columned Porch and Gable “The Grange”.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed, titled, inscribed with ‘Edt’n 50’ in pencil & includes Canadian National Exhibition label, dated 1935. 9 ¾” x 8” (25 x 20.2cm). etching (small stain in left margin, lower left edge chipped & faint crease in lower margin).
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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STAPLES, Owen   Convocation Hall, University of Toronto.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 8 ¾” x 9 ¾” (20 x 24.9cm). etching. Staples, Rod. Owen Staples Painter of Canada’s Past. p. 96. (illus).
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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41 STAPLES, Owen   Doorway University College.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed & titled inside plate. signed in pencil. 5 ½” x 3 ½” (14 x 9cm). etching.
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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42 STAPLES, Owen   Hart House University of Toronto.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 8” x 9 ¾” (20.1 x 25.1cm). etching.
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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43 STAPLES, Owen   Island Park Toronto.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed & titled inside plate. signed in pencil. 4” x 5” (10 x 12.5cm). etching.
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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44 STAPLES, Owen   Knox College Chapel, Toronto.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 8” x 9 ¾” (20 x 24.7cm). etching (faint mat burn to margins and light foxing).
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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45 STAPLES, Owen   The Lodge, University College Toronto.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 7 ¾” x 10” (19.6 x 25 cm). etching.
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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46 STAPLES, Owen   Medical Building University of Toronto.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 8” x 7 ¾” (19.8 x 25.1cm). etching.
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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47 STAPLES, Owen   Memorial Tower University of Toronto.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 8” x 4 ½” (20 x 11m). etching (margins discoloured).
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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48 STAPLES, Owen   Memorial Tower University of Toronto.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 9 ¾” x 7 ¾” (24.9 x 20m). etching. Staples. Owen Staples Painter of Canada’s Past. p. 92. (illus).
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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49 STAPLES, Owen   Metropolitan Church Toronto.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 9 ¾” x 8” (25.2 x 20.1cm). etching.
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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50 STAPLES, Owen   Osgoode Hall.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed in pencil. 8” x 9 ¾” (20 x 25cm). etching.
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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51 STAPLES, Owen   Portal University College Toronto.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 10” x 7 ½” (25.3 x 19.6cm). etching (mat burn to margins & verso).
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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52 STAPLES, Owen   Park Road Baptist Church.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 9 ¾” x 8” (25.1 x 20.3cm). etching (mat burn to margins).
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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53 STAPLES, Owen   Soldier’s Tower.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 7 ¾” x 5 ¾” (96 x 14.5cm). etching (margins browned).
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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54 STAPLES, Owen   Stairway Great Hall Hart House.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 8” x 6” (20.2 x 15.3cm). etching (some soiling to margins).
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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55 STAPLES, Owen   University College.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 8” x 10” (20 x 25cm). etching.
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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56 STAPLES, Owen   University College.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 9 ¾” x 7 ¾” (24.7 x 19.8cm). etching (verso browned).
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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57 STAPLES, Owen   University College Toronto.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed in pencil. signed & titled in plate. 5” x 4”. etching (margins & verso browned).
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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58 STAPLES, Owen   [University of Toronto.]   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed in pencil. 9 ¾” x 8” (24.8 x 20.2cm). etching.
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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59 STAPLES, Owen   Wycliffe College Chapel.   [1866-1949] (OSA, CSPWC, CPE & Arts & Letters Club).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 10” x 8” (25 x 20.2cm). etching.
 
Staples studied at the Rochester Art Club, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Toronto Art Students’ League and, for a number of years, with G.A. Reid. He was an illustrator and cartoonist at the Toronto Telegram from 1885 to 1900. His illustrations appeared in Robertson’s Landmarks of Toronto and Traill’s The Backwoods of Canada. Staples issued a number of etchings of Toronto and many of the University of Toronto in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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60 STERNER, Malte   …Convocation Hall, University of Toronto.   [1903-1952].
 
signed & titled in pencil. signed in plate. 7 ¼” x 9 ½” (18.5 x 24.5cm). etching.
 

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61 STERNER, Malte   The Physics Bldg. University of Toronto.   [1903-1952].
 
signed, titled and numbered 22 of an edition of 50 in pencil. 7 ¼” x 9 ½” (18.5 x 24.3cm). etching.
 

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62 STEVENS, Dorothy   British Forgings.   [1888-1996].
 
signed & titled in pencil. [1919]. 12” x 13 ½” (30.4 x 34.5cm). etching.
 
“Dorothy Stevens wholly captures the grit and clamour of munitions plants in her British Forgings…” Tovell. A New Class of Art The Artist’s Print in Canadian Art 1877-1920. p. 148.
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63 STEVENS, Dorothy   [Sea Boat, Aeroplane Factory No. 1].   [1888-1996].
 
signed in pencil. [1919]. 10 ¾” x 14” (27.5 x 35.7cm). etching.
 

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64
STEVENS, Dorothy   Ready for Shipment Aeroplane Factory No. 2.   [1888-1996].
 
signed & titled with the number ‘22’ in pencil. [1919]. 11 ¾” x 15” (30 x 38.2cm). etching.
 
First established in 1915 by the American firm Curtiss Company on Strachan Avenue in Toronto. The factory was eventually taken over by the Imperial Munitions Board in 1917 and was renamed Canadian Aeroplanes Ltd. Canadian Aeroplanes Ltd. was the only factory of its kind in Canada during the WWI. Firth, Edith G. Toronto in Art. pp. 108-109.
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65 TRAVERS, Cyril John   The Grain Elevator.   [b. 1887] (CPE).
 
signed, titled & numbered 6 of an edition of 25 in pencil. 8” x 10 (20.2 x 25.4cm). etching.
 

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66 TURNER, Stanley Francis   Arts & Letters Club.   [1883-1953]. (ARCA, OSA & CPE).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 10 ¼” x 6 ¾” (26.2 x 14.5cm). etching.
 

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67 TURNER, Stanley Francis   The Grange [Toronto].   [1883-1953]. (ARCA, OSA & CPE).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 4 ¼” x 5” (10.3 x 12.3cm). etching (old mounts on corners).
 

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68 TURNER, Stanley Francis   Hart House Toronto.   [1883-1953]. (ARCA, OSA & CPE).
 
signed, titled and numbered 42 of an edition of 50 in pencil. 9” x 5 ½” (22.7 x 14cm). etching.
 

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69 TURNER, Stanley Francis   Memorial Tower.   [1883-1953]. (ARCA, OSA & CPE).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 7 ¾” x 6 ¼” (19.6 x 15.7cm). etching.
 

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70 TURNER, Stanley Francis   Osgoode Hall.   [1883-1953]. (ARCA, OSA & CPE).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 10 ½” x 8” (26.7 x 20.3cm). etching.
 

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71 TURNER, Stanley Francis   [Parliament Buildings Toronto.]   [1883-1953]. (ARCA, OSA & CPE).
 
signed & numbered 7 of an edition of 10 in pencil. 3 ½” x 5” (9 x 12.8cm). etching.
 

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72 TURNER, Stanley Francis   [Toronto.]   [1883-1953]. (ARCA, OSA & CPE).
 
signed & numbered 33 of an edition of 80 in pencil. 11 ½” x 8 ¾” (29.5 x 22.4cm). etching.
 

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73 TURNER, Stanley Francis   Victoria College.   [1883-1953]. (ARCA, OSA & CPE).
 
signed & titled in pencil. 7” x 5 ½” (18.1 x 14cm). etching.
 

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74 WALLACE, Harry Draper   Dundas St. W. Station.   [1892-1977].
 
Signed, titled & numbered 20 of an edition of 55 in pencil. [Toronto: 1945]. 5 ½” x 5” (14.2 x 12.7cm). etching (mount remnants on verso corners).
 

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75 WALLACE, Harry Draper   The Grange.   [1892-1977].
 
signed, titled and numbered 35 of an edition of 65 in pencil. 4 ¾” x 4 ½” (11.8 x 10.6cm). etching.
 

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76 WALLACE, Harry Draper   Normal School, Toronto.   [1892-1977].
 
signed, titled and numbered 4 of an edition of 65 in pencil. 6” x 4 ½” (15.2 x 11.7cm). etching.
 

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77 WALLACE, Harry Draper   Old Lighthouse Toronto.   [1892-1977].
 
signed, titled and numbered 16 of an edition of 40 in pencil. 5 ¼” x 4 ½” (13.6 x 11.6cm). etching.
 

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78 WALLACE, Harry Draper   Princess Gate.   [1892-1977].
 
signed & titled in pencil. 4” x 2 ½” (10.4 x 6.7cm). etching.
 

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79 WALLACE, Harry Draper   Trinity College.   [1892-1977].
 
signed, titled and numbered 20 out of an edition of 30 in pencil. 5 ¾” x 4” (14.5 x 10.4cm). etching.
 

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