Sketch
https://heritagecollections.elgin.ca/link/aylmer11370
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Date Range From
- 1998
- Material
- Paper, wood, glass
- Artist Name
- Jane Hughes
- Manufacturer
- Pen & Ink House Sketches
- Museum / Archive
- Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives
- Collection
- Framed Art Collection
- Artist Name
- Jane Hughes
- Number of Artifacts
- 1
- Description
- Framed ink sketch of the Carnegie Public Library of Aylmer, drawn in 1998. Currently 62 Centre St., at the corner of Centre and Sydenham. We view the building as if approaching from the right side. The building is brick and two-storeyed, with an entryway flanked by Ionic columns. Above the doorway is an empty pediment, except for a semicircular window. Below the pediment is a sign which reads "PUBLIC LIBRARY." A set of curved stairs descends from the door, which expand as they reach street level. On the right hand corner of the building is the date "1912." Ivy climbs the walls of the building. In the bottom right corner of the image is the signature of artist Jane Hughes, and the year '98. The image has a dark green matting. Displayed in wooden frame and overlaid with glass. The inner border of the frame is golden in colour. On the back of the frame is a business card. Full text: "Pen & Ink House Sketches. Jane Hughes, 22 Centre Street, St. Thomas, ON N5R 2Z2, (519) 633-4218." Built in 1912 in the Edwardian style and the Town's Library for 70 years, it was but one of many financed by a grant from U.S. Steel magnate, Andrew Carnegie. Rusticated cement block, finely mortared red brick, and concrete lintels are typical of the style. The classical and Egyptian features about the door are unique. As of entry, June 2020, the building houses a Desjardins Insurance Agent.
- Material
- Paper, wood, glass
- Medium
- Sketch
- Category
- Communication Artifacts
- Sub-category
- Art
- Subject of Image
- Aylmer Businesses
- Public Facilities
- Public Facilities Recreation
- Accession Number
- 2019-013-0001
- Date Range From
- 1998
- Length
- 39.6
- Width
- 31.9
- Height
- 2.5
- Units
- cm
- Manufacturer
- Pen & Ink House Sketches
- Manufacturer City
- St. Thomas
- Manufacturer Province
- Ontario
- Manufacturer Country
- Canada
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