Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2012.058.018 |
Object Name |
Carving |
Title |
Folk Art Model of a Horse-Drawn Van |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Credit line |
Donated by John and Edna Vetter and family |
Year Range from |
1956 |
Year Range to |
1985 |
Artist |
Myers, George Louis |
Made |
Myers, George Louis |
Place of Origin |
Hanover, Municipality of West Grey, Grey County |
Description |
Folk art carving of a horse-drawn wagon van. It is made of painted wood. It is pulled by a single black horse. It is black, with a light-brown mane and a tail made of hair. It has red eyes, mouth and nostrils and a white stripe down the middle of its face. It wears a black leather harness connected to the two red shafts of the wagon. The horse also wears a collar with red yarn attached to the end. The reins go from the side of the horse's mouth into the back window of the van. The van is painted white and has a plastic window at the front. The sides are cut open and the reins are visible inside. The wheels are painted red and have black rims. The van and horse are mounted on a green-painted wooden base. |
Provenance |
Made by George Louis Myers in Hanover, Grey County. Dates to between 1956 and 1985. Belonged to George Louis Myers. He was born in Sullivan Township, Grey County on April 13, 1897. He was a son of Henry and Augusta Myers (née Drew), who farmed at Lot 17, Concession 4, Sullivan Township. He married Hilda Gateman on May 28, 1924, when he was twenty-six and she was nineteen. His family moved to Hanover, Grey County in 1956, where he began carving. He died on June 30, 1985 at the age of eighty-eight, and is buried in Hanover Cemetery. His son, Maurice H. Myers (1932-1969), was a friend of John Vetter. Last owned by John and Edna Vetter of Waterloo, Ontario, who inherited it in 1968. |
Collection |
Folk Art Collection |
Material |
Wood/Paints/Metal/Leather |
Dimensions |
H-7.48 W-6.299 L-20.866 inches |
Found |
Ontario |
People |
Myers, George Louis |
Subjects |
Hanover, Ontario Artists |