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Anne Langton
(1804–1896) arrived in Upper Canada in 1837 forty years
after Elizabeth Simcoe
and her husband John
Graves Simcoe had left. |
Much had changed since Elizabeth Simcoe
had put her sketch book aside and returned to England. The
war of 1812 had come and gone, Upper Canada’s population
(374,000) was growing and land was increasingly being cleared
for new communities.
Anne arrived in Peterborough, which in 1837 had a population
of 900 inhabitants, to a scene she would remember all her
life, “How wild! A waste wilderness of woods –
not so much the growing woods, which were not far off, but
the precious article seemed thrown about everywhere”
(The Story of
Our Family (SOF), 64) |
Click to see a larger
image (84K) [Otonabee] River at
Peterborough, 1837
Anne Langton
Graphite on cream wove paper
Reference Code: F 1077-8-1-4-15
Archives of Ontario, I0008037 |
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Langton lived in Canada for most of the rest of her
life, though she made a few extended visits to Britain
in mid and later life. Wherever she went she continued
to create her art. This virtual exhibit details her life
and explores the full range of of her work. It will be
a valuable resource for those interested in early Canadian
art, social history or for those who enjoy a fascinating
story.
Click here to
see a larger image (35K)
Anne Langton (preliminary sketch), 1827
Anne Langton
Graphite on cream wove paper
Reference Code: F 1077-7-3-1-19
Archives of Ontario, I0008311
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see a larger image (83K)
Anne Langton (self portrait), 1827
Anne Langton
Watercolour on ivory
Reference Code: F 1077-7-1-0-19
Archives of Ontario, I0008562
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In July 2006, the Archives purchased two new watercolour portraits on ivory by Anne Langton. They nicely augment the 2003 donation by Patrick Garland (godson of the late Michael Langton of London, England) and can be seen in the section titled, “Miniatures on Ivory.” The earlier donation of ten Langton family portraits on ivory, the majority painted by Anne Langton, provides an opportunity to highlight the significance of the visual materials in the Langton Family Collection (F 1077).
Anne Langton is best known for a posthumously published
edition of her letters and journals, A
Gentlewoman in Upper Canada (1950),
edited by Hugh Hornby Langton, one of her nephews. |
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Ms Barbara
Williams who used the Archives extensively
while researching material for her book on the life
of Anne Langton and her art has curated this exhibit.
Ms Williams has written the text, selected visual
images from the Archives' holdings and read the quotations
to bring Anne and her talent as an artist to life.
The text of this exhibit may only be reproduced with
permission of the author. |
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Personal
information provided to the Archives through this
request will be used only to respond to requests.
This information is collected under the authority
of the Archives
Act , R.S.O. 1990, c.A-27.
Questions about the collection of this information
should be directed to: Team Leader, Strategic Business
Solutions, Archives of Ontario, 77 Grenville St.
Toronto, ON, M5S 1B3, 416-327-1527. |
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