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Gordon Conn collection

  • LA.SC016
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1870]-1967

The collection consists chiefly of photographs of the artists Elizabeth McGillivray Knowles (1866-1928), Farquhar McGillivray Knowles (1859-1932), George Agnew Reid (1860-1947), Mary Heister Reid (1854-1921), Mary Wrinch Reid (1877-1969) and Edmund Wyly Grier (1899-1961), their studios and works, along with related textual materials. Fonds consists of the following series: Elizabeth McGillivray Knowles Farquhar McGillivray Knowles George Agnew Reid Mary Heister Reid Mary Wrinch Reid Edmund Wyly Grier

Conn, Gordon

Elizabeth McGillivray Knowles photographs

Series comprises photographs of Canadian painter Elizabeth McGillivray Knowles (Ottawa 1866–1928 Riverton, N.H.) and her paintings taken around the turn of the 20th century at an unidentified location.

Conn, Gordon

George Agnew Reid papers

Series comprises photos of Canadian painter George Agnew Reid (Wingham, Ont. 1860–1947 Toronto) and his paintings; correspondence with Helen Kemp Frye; lists of paintings; an essay by the artist and a programme for the 150th anniversary (1957) of Jarvis Collegiate Institute, Toronto.

Conn, Gordon

George Agnew Reid records

File contains correspondence from Helen Kemp Frye of the Art Gallery of Toronto, 1939-1940; a list of "Canadian historical paintings" by George Agnew Reid; a list of "Historical pictures of Canadian life" and "The coming of the white man" by George Agnew Reid; with a Jarvis Collegiate Institute 150th anniversary programme (1 June 1957).

Mary Hiester Reid photographs

Series comprises a photo of Canadian painter Mary Hiester Reid (Reading, Pa. 1854–1921 Toronto), with installation shots of the 1922 memorial exhibition of her paintings at the Art Gallery of Toronto, and a photo of an oil portrait of her by her husband George Agnew Reid.

Conn, Gordon

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