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Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim was the wife of John Graves Simcoe (1752-1806), who in 1791 was appointed Upper Canada’s first lieutenant governor. For five years, Elizabeth accompanied her husband in the colony under his command. During her stay in North America, which she thoroughly enjoyed, she kept a personal diary and made many sketches and watercolours of Upper and Lower Canada.
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Sketchbook
Panorama
Artist
Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim
(1762-1850)
Date
1792-1794
Dimensions1 textual record ; 20 x 19 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Arts - Visual Arts
Origin
Kingston, Canada, North America
Object NumberS001/C3.8,3.2.1-94
DivisionDocumentary Art
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentThe “Panorama” scrapbook contains detailed sketches and watercolours of the landscapes and flora of Lower and Upper Canada executed by Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim (1762-1850).Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim was the wife of John Graves Simcoe (1752-1806), who in 1791 was appointed Upper Canada’s first lieutenant governor. For five years, Elizabeth accompanied her husband in the colony under his command. During her stay in North America, which she thoroughly enjoyed, she kept a personal diary and made many sketches and watercolours of Upper and Lower Canada.
NotesSource of title: based on the title of the document.
Immediate source of acquisition: The documents relating to Elizabeth Simcoe kept at the Museum come from the Vowler family, of Devon, England. David M. Stewart apparently purchased this “fonds” from the family in 1982 through the intermediary of a London antique dealer (apparently a Ms. Hoppen, possibly Stephanie Hoppen). At that time the fonds was placed in the Devon archives under the reference code 1038 M/F/1; it was subsequently divided in two between the Queen’s York Rangers regiment (Toronto) and the Stewart Museum.
Attributions and conjectures: the title is probably not original.
Arrangement: the original reference code was 1038 M/F1/512 Panorama [sketchbook].
General notes: photocopies and documentation available in the Lady Simcoe file.
Immediate source of acquisition: The documents relating to Elizabeth Simcoe kept at the Museum come from the Vowler family, of Devon, England. David M. Stewart apparently purchased this “fonds” from the family in 1982 through the intermediary of a London antique dealer (apparently a Ms. Hoppen, possibly Stephanie Hoppen). At that time the fonds was placed in the Devon archives under the reference code 1038 M/F/1; it was subsequently divided in two between the Queen’s York Rangers regiment (Toronto) and the Stewart Museum.
Attributions and conjectures: the title is probably not original.
Arrangement: the original reference code was 1038 M/F1/512 Panorama [sketchbook].
General notes: photocopies and documentation available in the Lady Simcoe file.
Status
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