Object Record
Images
Metadata
Accession # |
AC1958.18.1 |
Item Name |
Lithograph |
Description |
Black and white lithograph entitled "Fergus -- Upper Canada" published by Nichol & Forrester of Edinburgh, Scotland, based on a drawing by Canadian artist Janet Dingwall Fordyce (1819-1873); it depicts the view looking west towards the Scottish settlement of Fergus, Ontario, in 1837; deciduous trees, tree stumps, and wild flowers in foreground; twenty-four log and frame buildings of Fergus visible in midground; frame St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church with steeple visible atop Tower Street hill at right; tree stumps visible on St. Andrew Street; deciduous trees in background. Printed under image: "From a Drawing by Mrs. J.D. Fordyce / FERGUS -- UPPER CANADA / Lithographed by Forrester & Nichol, Edin'r". G624 NA 1983 NA 4856 |
Date |
1837-1838 |
Provenance |
Janet Dingwall Fordyce (1819-1873) was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, to Alexander Dingwall Fordyce (1786-1852) and Magdalena Dingwall (1786-1846). She emigrated to Canada with her family around 1834, settling in Nichol Township near Fergus, Ontario. In 1840 she married Alexander Drysdale in Fergus, and they lived in nearby West Garafraxa Township where they raised a large family. Janet Dingwall Drysdale died in Scotland in 1873. |
Person \ Organization |
Fordyce, Janet Dingwall Forrester and Nichol St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church |
Place |
Canada Fergus Nichol Twp. Ontario Scotland St. Andrew Street Tower Street Upper Canada |
Year Range from |
1837 |
Year Range to |
1838 |
Art number |
Art 176 |
Creator \ Maker |
Fordyce, Janet Dingwall |
Creator \ Maker |
Forrester and Nichol |
Subjects |
Architecture Environment Immigration Landscape Religion |
Title (art only) |
Fergus -- Upper Canada |
Art Image size |
20.3 (h) x 32.3 (w) cm. |