Artifact & Fine Art Collection - Toronto History Museums

Artifact & Fine Art Collection - Toronto History Museums | City of Toronto 10 Spadina Museum1 to 10 default_sort https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/155322483/2/1/$CONN/WEB_SUM_M3?RECLIST&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS&TM=1618803294.327 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/155322483/2/1/$CONN/WEB_SUM_M3_OBJECT_NAME_ASC?RECLIST&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS&TM=1618803294.327 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/155322483/2/1/$CONN/WEB_SUM_M3_OBJECT_NAME_DSC?RECLIST&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS&TM=1618803294.327 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/155322483/2/1/$CONN/WEB_SUM_M3_DATE_ASC?RECLIST&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS&TM=1618803294.327 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/155322483/2/1/$CONN/WEB_SUM_M3_DATE_DSC?RECLIST&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS&TM=1618803294.327 Filters false 773 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/155322483/2/1/773?RECORD&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS 1982.7.1102 Painting Indian Hunting Party at Big Rock Spadina Collection cotton oil paint wood gesso glass Art 8: Communication Artifacts Painting Oil on canvas painting, "Indian Hunting Party at Big Rock" by Cornelius David Krieghoff, 1862. Autumn landscape showing canoe beached from lake at lower right. On point is large rock outcrop, weeds, bush, deciduous and coniferous trees. Path leads from beach to camp fire at foot of rock. Indigenous figure tends fire, two others attend to slain deer. Lake leads to high hills in background. Above hills are white clouds in blue sky. Signed "C. Krieghoff, Quebec 1862" in lower right corner. Wide gilded wood and gesso frame. Raised leaf and blossom design at corners and centre of top bottom and sides. Cornelius Krieghoff 1862-1862 image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/Images/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/1982/1982_7_1102%20at%20Spadina.jpg Painting of autumn landscape with lake, beeched canoe and three figures. Ornate gilt frame. width 45.6 height 32.9 false 782 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/155322483/2/2/782?RECORD&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS 1982.7.275 a-d Piano, Grand Spadina Collection wood metal ivory Musical T&E 6: Tools & Equipment for Communication Musical Instruments Instrument, Keyboard Piano Piano, Grand Ebonized overstrung parlour grand pianoforte, number 47305, by Steinway and Sons of New York City. Piano (a), key (b), sound board (c), pin board (d). The piano is seven octaves with full metallic frame, style 2 (B) patent duplex scales, patent bent rim, patent rim cupola and pier frame with ivory keys. Large Louis XV style scrolling supports. Inside casing constructed of metal. Three pedals at base of lyre-shaped stand. Top lifts up. Scrolled music desk with lyre motif in centre. Marked on frame "STEINWAY AND SONS TRADEMARKS REGISTERED OCT. 31, 1876, JULY 9, 1878". Purchased through Samuel Nordheimer in New York and manufactured around 1880. (Receipt is in the Spadina Archival Collection.) Wedding present to Mary Richmond Kerr from James Austin 1882. It was shipped to the couple's home in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1882. The piano later moved with the family to Spadina House and was placed in the Drawing Room. Steinway and Sons 1878-1882 image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/Images/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/1982/1982_7_275_a.jpg Grand piano image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/Images/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/1982/1982_7_275b.jpg Piano key image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/Images/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/1982/1982_7_275c.JPG Piano sound board image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/Images/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/1982/1982_7_275d.JPG Piano pin board length 209.9 width 143 height 181.6 false 2932 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/155322483/2/3/2932?RECORD&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS 1982.7.938 Armchair Spadina Collection Wood Fibre Furniture 2: Furnishings Seating Furniture Chair Armchair Arm chair. Part of parlour suite. Upholstered in original gold coloured foliate and flower design upholstery. Machine manufactured cottage furniture. 1900-1910 image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/IMAGES/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/1982/1982_7_938_arm_chair_AT_001.jpg Wooden chair, facing front, light wood with gold upholstery image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/Images/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/1982/1982_7_938.JPG Armchair false 4528 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/155322483/2/4/4528?RECORD&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS 1982.7.901 Chair, Invalid Spadina Collection wood corduroy brass glass Furniture 2: Furnishings Seating Furniture Chair Chair, Invalid Invalid chair with desk attachments, drink tray and removable footrest. Wingback style chair upholstered in beige corduroy, moveable reading light with green glass shade attached at back of chair, the whole on tapered legs with large brass castors. The chair also has a reclining back and hinged arms and sides that swing outward to facilitate movement out of the chair. Desk attachments in walnut with brass fittings. Removable footrest upholstered to match the chair. Adjustable Rest Chair Model 224 made by J. Foot & Son, Ltd., London. Purchased by Albert Austin circa 1926-1927. Reupholstered in 2010 to match original fabric. J. Foot & Son, Limited 1926-1927 image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/Images/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/1982/1982_7_901_Invalid_chair_AT_overall_001.JPG Wingback style invalid chair upholstered in beige corduroy with desk attachments, drink tray, footrest and large brass castors. width 70 height 127 depth 84 false 13199 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/155322483/2/5/13199?RECORD&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS 1982.7.666 Painting [Portrait of James P. Austin] Spadina Collection paper water-base paint wood glass Art 8: Communication Artifacts Painting Watercolour painting on paper of James P. (Percy) Austin painted by his niece Esme Seton Thompson. Image of a young man, from the waist up, in a khaki, WWI military uniform wearing a hat, holding a cane in his left hand, and resting his right arm on his left hand. Dark green background. "E.S. Thompson" inscribed at lower right. Glazed and framed in thin, brown wood frame with gold-coloured grooves. Circa early 1930s. Similar to photographs 1982.7.1914 and 1982.7.4161. MRS. Esme S. Pepall 1930 circa-1935 circa image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/IMAGES/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/1982/1982_7_666_watercolour_Percy_Austin_AT_recto.JPG Framed watercolour of a man in khaki WWI military uniform width 11 height 14.3 false 13750 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/155322483/2/6/13750?RECORD&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS 1982.7.166 Vase Spadina Collection glass Household Accessories 2: Furnishings Horticultural Containers Vase Steuben aurene gold lustre vase in a spiral motif. Vase shape 6031 with 'twist finish' was manufactured at Corning Glass Works, Steuben Division, from 1918 to 1929. Corning Glass Works 1918-1929 image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/Images/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/1982/1982_7_166.JPG Gold coloured glass lustre vase height 16.7 false 14655 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/155322483/2/7/14655?RECORD&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS 1982.7.499 Mount, Taxidermy Spadina Collection fur wood Household Accessories 2: Furnishings Decorative Furnishings Mount, Taxidermy Taxidermy of a grey coloured wolf with spots of brown. Mounted on a wood base. One of two wolves who "guarded" the front vestibule at Spadina. Affectionately known as "Larry". image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/IMAGES/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/1982/1982_7_499_006.jpg Taxidermy of a grey wolf on a wood base - front view image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/IMAGES/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/1982/1982_7_499_007.jpg Taxidermy of a grey wolf on a wood base - angled front view image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/IMAGES/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/1982/1982_7_499_008.jpg Taxidermy of a grey wolf on a wood base - back view false 15565 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/155322483/2/8/15565?RECORD&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS 1982.7.698 Vase Spadina Collection stoneware Househould Accessories 2: Furnishings Horticultural Containers Vase Vase. Balluster in blue and coral swirling pattern with raised outlines. Brown & green wide-mouthed dragon applied to front. Impressed mark "Royal DOULTON ENGLAND." Scratch mark "109/ M.V.M". Stoneware. Royal Doulton image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/Images/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/1982/1982_7_698.jpg Image showing ceramic vase with dragon width 16 depth 27.8 false 37817 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/155322483/2/9/37817?RECORD&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS 1982.7.3886 Photograph Spadina Collection paper oak Documentary Artifacts 8: Communication Artifacts Graphic Documents Photograph Rectangular black and white photograph depicting ten figures posing in front of the Sphynx and a pyramid in Egypt. Four women and one man on a camels and donkeys with five local guides. Narrow oak frame. Members of the Austin family on vacation. Early 20th century. 1900 circa-1914 circa image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/Images/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/1982/1982_7_3886.jpg Black and white framed photograph of 10 people posing in front of the Sphynx and a pyramid in Egypt length 33 height 17 false 40118 https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/155322483/2/10/40118?RECORD&DATABASE=COLLECTIONS 1982.7.2316.628.1 Report Report of the International Congress of Women 1909 Volume I Spadina Collection paper cloth Documentary Artifacts 8: Communication Artifacts Administrative Records Report Book, Report of the International Congress of Women 1909 Volume I, by the National Council of Women of Canada. Toronto: Parker and Sons, 1910. Hardbound in light blue cloth. Title stamped in dark blue to cover and spine. 486 pages. Belonged to Mary Austin who was one of the convenors of the conference. National Council of Women of Canada Parker and Sons 1910 image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/IMAGES/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/1982/1982_7_2316_628_1_view_1.JPG a front cover of a blue hardcover book image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/IMAGES/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/1982/1982_7_2316_628_1_view_2.JPG a spine of a blue hardcover book image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/IMAGES/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/1982/1982_7_2316_628_1_view_3.JPG book open to title page image https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/M3IMAGE/IMAGES/Finished%20Sort%20of%20Images/Artifacts/1982/1982_7_2316_628_1_view_4.JPG a book open to table of contents length 26.8 width 19.6 default https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/155322483/2/1?DELETEORDER&COOKIE=BOOKMARK&DATABASE=SELECTION_LIST https://TORONTO.MINISISINC.COM/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/155322483/2/1?ADDSELECTION&COOKIE=BOOKMARK&DBNAME=DESCRIPTION https://toronto.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/155322483?SHOWORDERLIST&COOKIE=BOOKMARK&NEW=Y