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A photograph of a watercolour painting of a large number of people skating and sleighing on a b ...
On Toronto Bay; Taylor's Wharf
A photograph of a watercolour painting of a large number of people skating and sleighing on a body of water. There are horses pulling the sleighs, people standing on a dock in the foreground of the painting in the bottom left corner, and a windmill in the background on the other side of the body of water.

On Toronto Bay; Taylor's Wharf

Date1835
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On Toronto Bay; Taylor's Wharf (west of the foot of Frederick Street) in the left foreground; shows the shore east from approximately Princess Street. 

A photograph of a watercolour painting by John George Howard. Inscribed: Taylor's Wharf/1835; J.G. Howard. Howard watercolour is in Colborne Lodge, Toronto; another photo of it is collection item  C 2-28a. 
Medium
DimensionsImage size: 15.2 cm x 19.7 cm (6 in. x 7 3/4 in.)
Language
CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberJRR 842
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Neighbourhood:Harbour
Province or state:Ontario