Object Record
Images
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2016.027.002 |
Object Name |
Block, Printing |
Title |
Printer's Cut showing Kilsyth's First Disciples Church |
Date |
1927 |
Year Range from |
1927 |
Year Range to |
1940 |
Artist |
Fleming, Roy Franklin |
Made |
R-B-W (Richardson, Bond & Wright) |
Place of Origin |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
Description |
Printing plate (printer's cut) of First Disciples Church, Kilsyth, 1927 (the upper right corner has an open book motif on a cross, suggesting that this image was published in a church-related booklet?). The caption at the bottom in reverse lettering is "FIRST / DISCIPLES CHURCH KILSYTH / 1858-1880". The artist, Roy F. Fleming, has his name included with the year 1927, at the lower right corner (would print out at the left). The illustration shows a log building with a covered doorway, two paned windows, and a chimney). This lead alloy printer's cut is still nailed on its wooden block. The top of the block has a beige paper shim still installed, which has received the imprint of another printing block in the collection (2016.027.003), so there is a faint fireplace scene. |
Provenance |
The artwork is dated 1927, and the item was made/used by C. A. Fleming at R-B-W (Richardson, Bond & Wright), a printing company in Owen Sound. The first Disciples church in Derby Township was a log church that operated from 1858-1880, then was replaced with a brick church building. The Flemings of the Kilsyth area were Church of Christ Disciples members in the 19th-century. The artist Roy Fleming also was a Disciples member. The item last belonged to Ruth H. Larmour (neé Fleming) of Carleton Place, Ontario. |
Collection |
Printing & Bindery Equipment, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Wood/Metal/Lead |
Dimensions |
H-2.5 W-12 L-8.8 cm |
Found |
Ontario |
People |
Fleming, Roy |
Subjects |
Printing blocks Churches Architectural drawings |
Search Terms |
Kilsyth Derby Township |
Function |
An item of letterpress printing, a printing block that provides an illustration that would be locked up in a chase and be used to make multiple impressions of the image. It would be retained for re-use. They were called "printer's cuts". The metal part was affixed to a wooden block and given a paper shim to make it type-high. This printer's cut was made at Owen Sound and used by C. A. Fleming's R-B-W printing industry. |

