Lot 29: JOHN HERBERT CADDY, DESJARDINS MARSH OR COOTES PARADISE FROM BURLINGTON HEIGHTS, 1878, watercolour, 13 ins x 19 ins; 30.5 cms x 45.7 cms

JOHN HERBERT CADDYDESJARDINS MARSH OR COOTES PARADISE FROM BURLINGTON HEIGHTS, 1878watercoloursigned, titled and dated 1878 on the reverse 13 ins x 19 ins; 30.5 cms x 45.7 cms Provenance:Mr. and Mrs. George E. MillsPrivate Collection, TorontoExhibited:John Herbert Caddy 1801-1887, The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 11 May - 06 July 1985, Art Gallery of Hamilton, 18 July - 08 September 1985, McIntosh Art Gallery, 08 January - 26 January 1986, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, 15 February - 15 March 1986, Concordia Art Gallery, 16 April - 17 May 1986, No. 49Literature:Mary Allodi, Canadian Watercolours and Drawings in the Royal Ontario Museum, The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1974, unpaginated, for a similar work depicting Cootes Paradise entitled Dundas Marsh from Burlington Height Near Hamilton, no. 225, listed (957.64.8).Frances K. Smith, John Herbert Caddy 1801-1887, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, 1985, page 64, for The Desjardins Marsh from Burlington Heights 1878, listed.Note:Of the 21 watercolours by John Herbert Caddy in the Collection of the Royal Ontario Museum, 7 depict scenes on the waterfront of early Hamilton.Estimate: $1,500–1,800