Material Type

Artifact

Date

1892

Materials

WOOD, GLASS, PAPER

No. Pieces

1

Length

54.6

Width

18.4

Description

WOOD FRAME, GLASS, WHITE MATTE. DEPICTS COUNTRY SCENE WITH MIST COVERED MOUNTAIN IN BACKGROUND, RUSHING STREAM IN FOREGROUND & 3 HIGHLAND CATTLE OVERLOOKING STREAM. BLACK & WHITE. SIGNED BL IN PENCIL, "PETER GRAHAM". SEAL BL NEAR SIGNATURE "YCY"WITH "PRINT SELLERS ASSOCIATION LONDON PUBLISHED APRIL 4TH 1892, BY ARTHUR TORTH & SONS, 5&6 HAYMARKET S.W." SEE CONSERVATION REPORT.

Subjects

ART

Historical Association

FINE ARTS

History

COPYRIGHT REGISTERED BY THE BRITISH ART PUBLISHERS UNION LTD. NEW YORK AND STIEFBOLD & CO. BERLIN. PRINTED IN BERLIN" WRITTEN TR OF PRINT MARGIN. DONOR HAS WRITTEN "TO WM. STAFFORD ON GIFT CERTIFICATE & SIGNED IN WEDDED NAME OF MRS. G.H. STARNES. DONOR MARRIED GEORGE H. STARNES IN ONTARIO IN OCTOBER 1901 SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF JANET & JOHN DUFF SR. THEY ARRIVED IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1885 FROM SCOTLAND & TOOK UP LAND ON SOUTHERN OUTSKIRTS OF LETHBRIDGE, WHICH LATER BECAME PART OF THE CITY & WAS KNOWN AS THE DUFF ADDITION. JOHN SR. WAS A FARMER & RANCHER HE HAD HORSES & CATTLE & USED THE "7A" BRAND. HE WAS ALSO A CASHIER FOR THE NORTH WEST COAL & NAVIGATION CO. DONOR WAS A TEACHER, HER HUSBAND AN OFFICIAL WITH C.P.R. AFTER HIS DEATH SHE RETURNED TO LETHBRIDGE & LIVED IN FAMILY HOME UNTIL HER DEATH (JAN. 04 1971) AT THE AGE OF 99. AS A RESULT OF RESEARCH DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SCOTTISH-THEMED EXHIBIT IN 2009, THE GALT CONDUCTED NEW INFORMATION ON THE DUFF FAMILY, ADDING THE FOLLOWING TO THE RECORD. OBJECTS WERE BROUGHT TO CANADA BY THE FAMILY OF JOHN AND JANET DUFF. IN 1885, THE DUFFS LEFT SCOTLAND AND CAME DIRECTLY TO THE LETHBRIDGE, BECOMING ONE OF THE AREA’S FIRST PIONEER FAMILIES. JOHN DUFF RAN 250 TO 400 HEAD OF CATTLE ON LAND ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE LETHBRIDGE TOWN SITE. IN THE EARLY 1900S, THE HOMESTEAD WAS ANNEXED BY THE TOWN AND FOR DECADES THE FORMER FAMILY LANDS WERE KNOWN AS THE “DUFF ADDITION”. THE FAMILY INCLUDED THREE DAUGHTERS AND FOUR SONS. THE DONOR, ISABEL STARNES (NEE DUFF), WAS MARRIED TO G.H. STARNES AND WAS THE LAST SURVIVING MEMBER OF THE ORIGINAL FAMILY, PASSING AWAY IN 1971. FOR OTHER DUFF FAMILY-REALTED MATERIALS, SEE DONATIONS BY BLENNER-HASSETT, JACK WEBSTER, MARY AND ISABEL STARNES. FOR MORE BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, PLEASE REFERENCE THE PERMANENT FILE OF DONATION P19662224001 *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. SHE WAS UNABLE TO FIND FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE THREE PRINTS DONATED BY ISABEL STARNES IN 1966 WERE CONNECTED TO THE STAFFORD FAMILY, AS CLAIMED BY STARNES AT THE TIME OF DONATION.

Catalogue Number

P19662224001

Acquisition Date

1966-12

Collection

Museum

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