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Foot of King St. from the Water, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Foot of King St. from the Water, Niagara-on-the-Lake

Foot of King St. from the Water, Niagara-on-the-Lake

Date1854
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  • Foot of King St. from the Water, Niagara-on-the-Lake
  • Foot of King St. from the Water, Niagara-on-the-Lake
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 Foot of King Street, Niagara, U.C., 1839, from the River. Drawn by F.M. Grainger.; mount l.l. (key): (i) Mrs. Elliott's House, built 1838. / (2) Guard House. / (3) ''Gleaner''; mount l.r.: (4) Tavern / (5) txigdale's Soap Factory. / (6) Fort Mississaugua.||Another pencil & watercolour version by Granger of this view is in Niagara Historical Society Museum, listed in the Society's Catalogue..., 1911 (their Papers no. 24) #273 ''Water Color of foot of King street, from the water''.
Library has a pen & ink copy (C 2-57) by Owen Staples?, 189?, of this view, reproduced in J. Ross Robertson, The History Freemasonry in Canada., Toronto, 1899, vol.1, p. 344, 2nd from top.
Library has a watercolour copy (JRR 1208; JRR (1912) 107) by Owen Staples, ca 1910?, of this view.
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    Dimensions258 x 432 mm
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      CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Call Number / Accession NumberPICTURES-R-1658
      GeographyCountryCanada
      Geography
      GeographyCity, town, twpNiagara-on-the-Lake
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      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      GeographyProvince or StateOntario
      Geography
      Foot of King St. from the Land, Niagara-on-the-Lake
      Foot of King St. from the Land, Niagara-on-the-Lake
      Granger, Francis Hincks, 1829-1906
      1854
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      Staples, Owen, 1866-1949
      1911
      View of the Foot of King Street from the River, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, 1854
      View of the Foot of King Street from the River, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, 1854
      Granger, Francis Hincks, 1829-1906
      1911?
      View of the Foot of King Street from the Land, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, 1854
      View of the Foot of King Street from the Land, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, 1854
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