Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
BE2003.2.216 |
Object Name |
Painting |
Title |
Erindale |
Description |
A framed and matted watercolour painting of Erindale House by Kitty Banwell. It shows a two-story red brick house with green shutters and green trees at each side and a driveway running up to the front door. The painting has brown matting with a burnished gold wood frame. Glass covers the painting and matting. The back is covered in cardboard with a twisted wire for hanging. There is handwriting on the back, which reads, 'This is a copy of the original sketch painted by Miss L. Churchill in 1883. A friend of Marion Magrath later Mrs. T. Hector. Kitty Banwell a granddaughter of M. Hector did the copy and is now Kitty Wilson, living in Calif. U.S.A.' 'Note dated in 1968.' 'Erindale home of Mr. William Magrath my grandfather - Annie L. Sayers'. A stamp on the frame reads, 'La Casa de les Americas, House of the Americas (Ltd.), 1141 Clarkson Road North, Clarkson Ontario'. |
Year Range from |
1928 |
Artist |
Banwell, Kitty |
Dimensions |
H-0.787 W-13.78 L-19.488 inches |
History |
Kitty Banwell Wilson (1910-1990) was the great-granddaughter of William and Christiana Magrath who lived at Erindale House. Mary Harris of Benares was Kitty's great aunt. The 'new' Erindale was built after the original house was destroyed by fire on March 3, 1867. The Magraths moved into a cottage on the Erindale property until a new house could be built. William Magrath (1814-1888), who had inherited this house and property from his father, Reverend James Magrath, hired the Toronto architects Gundry and Langley who provided plans for a large brick house in the Italianate style. After William died in 1888, Erindale was sold and left the Magrath family. This second Erindale burned down during a storm in 1920. |
People |
Wilson, Kitty Banwell Magrath, William Melchior Magrath, Christiana Sutherland |