signed lower left; signed and dated 1927 on the stretcher
15 × 18 in (38.1 × 45.7 cm)
Auction Estimate:$3,000 - $4,000
Sale date:December 7 - 14, 2016
Price Realized
$7,475
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist
By descent to the present Private Collection, Ontario
Literature
Etobicoke Historical Society, “The Old Mill Inn” (webpage - http://www.etobicokehistorical.com/the-old-mill.html)
According to the Etobicoke Historical Society, “On August 4th, 1914, Robert Home Smith opened his Old Mill Tea Garden restaurant at 21 Old Mill Road...Two years later the picturesque stone Old Mill Bridge over the Humber River was opened...Because the Tea Garden was not open in the winter, many patrons went to the Lambton Mills Inn on the south side of Old Dundas Street just east of the Humber. It had been Sir William Howland’s three storey flour mill built of wood. Smith placed it under the same management as his Tea Garden restaurant for year round dining and dancing. Unfortunately, it was destroyed by fire.”
Further details regarding this historical area, as well as photographs including “Ruins of the Old Mill” (posted with this lot) can be found at the following link:
http://www.etobicokehistorical.com/the-old-mill.html
