- Arquivo
- 1832-1927
The fonds consists of papers, sketches, drawings, and photographs associated with William Bruce and his son William Blair Bruce. Series one is William Bruce and series two is William Blair Bruce.
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The fonds consists of papers, sketches, drawings, and photographs associated with William Bruce and his son William Blair Bruce. Series one is William Bruce and series two is William Blair Bruce.
Water colour scene of an unidentified church
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The image on the left is titled by the artist “Original sketch in burnt umber on the Marsh” (presumably the Dundas Marsh) and is dated 1883. The image on the right is titled “Original sketch on the St. Lawrence near Brockville in Indigo” dated 1882.
Pencil sketch border of leaves and flowers
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Pencil sketch border of leaves and flowers across top of page going down the left side and across the bottom.
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A single gold line along outside of framework on top and bottom, with white imprints of flower, branches, leaves and butterflies worked throughout a gold frame.
Arrangement of gold leaves with blue and red flowers
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Arrangement of gold leaves with blue and red flowers worked sparingly through-out surrounding an inner framework of two blue lines along the sides, blue line along bottom and gold along the top.
Gold framed outline border of colourful leaves
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Along top: pink flowers, along left side: gold flowers, right side: gold flowers, bottom: blue flowers.
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Dragon upper right side, flowers down the side across the bottom and top. Two gold lines for a frame. Versal blue “O” with gold background. Carolingian hand.
An address to the Reverend Horatio Brevis
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From St. Paul's Church, Hamilton. Formal italic hand.
A poem inscribed to Mrs. W. Bruce
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The letters of which are made to look like the bark of a tree. Poem written by John Glasgow, 1880. Decorated with flowers and scroll work. Formal italic hand.
Mr. Bruce's advertisement sign
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Has a border of leaves, and a tree-bark design with birds in the background. Roman style.
Charter for Cornerstone of Boys Home
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Letter written by William Blair Bruce on Sept 30, 1886 about paying visitors to support an art union.
Copy of Mutual Will and Testament
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Translated copy of Mutual Will and Testament of William Blair Bruce and his wife Carolina Maria Bruce, nee Benedicks. Written December 10, 1888.
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Letter together with envelope from Carl Benedicks to Bell Bruce Walkden (sister of Blair Bruce) August 5, 1937
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Photocopied list of paintings by William Blair Bruce presented to the City of Hamilton.
List of paintings offered for sale
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List of paintings offered for sale at Merritt Mallorys Art Gallery, 66 Grenville St.
Text of Blair Bruce Memorial Plate
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Photocopy of a handwritten letter
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“To the Reporter of the Mail & Empire…” dated January 29, 1926. May have been written by William Bruce, Blair Bruce’s father.
A photocopied, unsigned anecdote about Blair Bruce
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Students in art school class (Hamilton Art School) located on the second floor above the Hamilton Public Library which occupied those rooms from January 1890 to September 1909. Fred H. Sharp photographer stamped on the back.
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Students in art school class. Fred H. Sharp photographer stamped on the back
Unidentified photo of two men and a child
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The back says “Lloyd Charlie” and “Gates at Dundurn.”
Untitled sketch of a house by water
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Yacht Race Between the Surprise and the Ida
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Sketch signed W.B. Bruce
Untitled painting sketch of a house surrounded by trees
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Untitled sketch of a person’s face and a clenched hand
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Untitled pencil sketch of trees and a house
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The reverse side has incomplete markings
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Untitled watercolour sketch of a flower
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Untitled sketch of a horse’s body
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This may be a preliminary sketch for the oil painting entitled “Time Passes” painted around 1883-1884.
Untitled pencil outline of female body
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Untitled sketch of the body of a horse and a duck
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Two pencil sketches taken from the beach looking west
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Upper half is of trees and water; lower half is a landscape scene. Dated August 5, 1884.
Two water colour scenes of boat in water
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The one on the left is titled by the artist “Original sketch in Lamp Black of Burlington Bay” and has an artist note “time 15 minutes” and the image on the right is titled “Original sketch in Bistre, Burlington Bay” and is dated 1883.
Marine sketch of Burlington Beach canal with the old wooden lighthouse
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Leaves and branches up right side, butterfly on the lower left side, caterpillar on the lower right side, leaves in between.
Pencil sketch border of leaves and flowers
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Deep rich coloured border of triangle shapes
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Deep rich coloured border of triangle shapes along the sides and rectangular shapes along the top and bottom. Blue triangles inner top margin, pink triangles inner bottom margin. A single flower in each shape along the outside margins.
Arrangement of gold leaves with pink
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Arrangement of gold leaves with pink and a combination of blue and white flowers surrounding an open concept top with a three-sided frame done in two lines of blue. Writing in pencil appears on back: copied from memory from a calendar at Clerey Museum 13th century.
Simple border of straight lines
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Blue flowers with spray of leaves arranged only at the corners. Pencil sketch of leaves appears inside frame work at bottom.
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Done in red lettering, ivy leaves with blue branches surrounding the word. Three red capitals, three blue capitals, border lines of red and gold, small ivy leaves throughout poem and at bottom. Carolingian hand.
Proverb “Be clothed with humility”
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Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings
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Letter written by William Blair Bruce to his mother and father on December 12, 1897 concerning news of the day. Transcription copy with original.
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Letter from the Art Gallery of Hamilton to Bell Bruce Walkden December 12, 1953 inviting her to the opening of the new gallery.
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Photocopied letter from Richard Apted to Miss Farmer regarding the proposed plaque for William Bruce Memorial. Dated April 23, 1964.
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Programme for the unveiling of the Blair Bruce Memorial Plaque, Monday August 10 (probably 1964).
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6 handwritten pages transcribing an article entitled “Criticism of Blair Bruce’s work at his Stockholm Exhibition.” Transcription is incomplete.
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A photocopy of a typed article
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“A Hamiltonian’s Visit to the New Art Gallery of Toronto.”
A photocopy of a handwritten article
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Transcription Hamilton Spectator article
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The is an undated photocopy of a typed transcription of an article that was published in the Hamilton Spectator titled “A Successful Hamilton Artist.”
Photographic copies of Paintings
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Reverse is a pencil sketch
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The left image is titled by artist “Original sketch in Indian Red” dated 1883 and the image on the right is titled “Original sketch in Hookers Green.”
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Presumably, Burlington Beach Canal
Water colour scene with a large tree at the focal point
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Pencil sketch design of leaves and branches
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Incomplete on right side.
Pencil and pen sketch of a framed border
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Pencil and pen sketch of a framed border with a dragon at the top left-hand corner, branches and leaves extending all the way around. On the back is written “address.”
A design of coloured flowers around the border
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Straight line border with small curves inward
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Straight line border with small curves inward, two in the middle of the border line and one at the bottom margin. Line curves outward at top with swirls of blue leaves and two red flowers on either side. Two gold semi-circles on the inside at the bottom on each corner of the border.
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Decorated versal capitals T, B, H, M, R and N
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Untitled, South Shore Hamilton Harbour
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"Minnesutstalling W. Blair Bruce Konstakademlen" 1907
"Exposition Retrospective de L'oeuvre de W. Blair Bruce" 1907
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Written by William Blair Bruce around 1886 proposing an art union.
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Letter together with envelope from Carl Benedicks to Bell Bruce Walkden dated Sept 27, 1951
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Biographical papers about William Blair Bruce
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Students in art school class. Fred H. Sharp photographer stamped on the back
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Photographer bottom right may read “Thompson Photo.”
Untitled sketch of a house with trees in the front
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Untitled sketch of a person possibly kneeling
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Written on the top right of the sketch is “Sketch by Blair Bruce”. The reverse has another sketch of a woman.
Untitled sketch of a person standing in front of a gate
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Untitled sketch of a woman leaning against an object
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Two images of the Battle of Stoney Creek
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Written in the lower right corner “Preliminary sketches by W. Blair Bruce for the Battle of Stoney Creek before he went to study in Paris and on that account he never finished the picture after designing it. W Bruce”