Skip header and navigation
Capt. F.H. Caddy painting- London, Canada West, 1842
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Steve Peters Papers
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1842
- Accession Number
- 2018-23
- Storage Location
- R13 S2 Sh1 B7 F11 8
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Steve Peters Papers
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2018-23
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 110
- Storage Location
- R13 S2 Sh1 B7 F11 8
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1842
- Publication
- Posted on Facebook: June 6, 2022.
- Series
- Steve Peters Papers - Talbot Estate series
- Physical Description
- 1 print : b&w ; 16 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Print of the Capt. F.H. Caddy painting: London, Canada West, 1842. View is looking east, with the Westminster Bridge in the foreground. Identity of numbered buildings: 1. The Jail. 2. Court House 3. Old Grammar School, built of frame. 4. King Street. Runs east and west. Eastern end has business houses and the western, residences. 5. Residence of the late Rev. Benjamin Cronyn. 6. Soap Works of J.D. Dalton, York Street and Thames Street. 7. York Street. 8. Thames Street runs north and south at right angles to the river. 9. Residence on Bathurst of Hon. George Jarvis Goodhue. Destroyed by fire. 10. Westminster Bridge. The railway would eventually cross the river a few hundred yards south of the old bridge (the railway didn't show up in London until 1853, eleven years after this scene was painted). 11. Right foreground: site occupied by residence of the late C.H. Hutchinson, County Crown Attorney. Original watercolour by Capt. F.H. Caddy, of the Royal Artillery, and of London.
- Name Access
- Peters, Steve
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Talbot Estate
- User Comments
- In June 2022, Rob Sterne made the following comment on Facebook: "Looking east.
Also, you mention the railway bridge. The railway didn't show up in London until 1853. Eleven years after this scene was painted"
- In June 2022, Phil Wilson made the following comment on Facebook: "His name was John Herbert Caddy. He was also an architect and engineer for the town of London 1849-1851. https://bit.ly/3aXkl7k
- Website / Street View Notes
- Link directs to a Facebook page featuring the post.
Less detail