Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
1959.002.053 |
Object Name |
Painting |
Other Name |
Still life |
Title |
Folk Art Painted School Slate (c. 1892) |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Date |
1892 |
Year Range from |
1892 |
Year Range to |
1892 |
Artist |
Milson, Clara |
Made |
Reid (née Milson), Clara |
Place of Origin |
Goring, Municipality of Grey Highlands, Grey County |
Description |
Painting of pansies and dogwood (?) on a school slate. The school slate piece is still in its wooden frame. The pansies are purple, yellow, blue and white. The dogwood is at the top. the background is purple, pink, orange at the bottom and blue at the top. |
Provenance |
The follk art painting was made by Clara Milson in 1892. Clara was one of the daughters of William and Elizabeth Milson of Euphrasia Township, Grey County. She grew up on a farm in the Goring district. She later married George Inglis Reid. Last owned by Jean Reid (née Givens) b. 1900-d.1965, who was married to Clara's son William G. Reid. Wm. G. Reid and Jean Reid resided in Owen Sound, Grey County. |
Collection |
Folk Art Collection |
Material |
Slate/Wood/Paint |
Found |
Goring, Municipality of Grey Highlands, Grey County |
People |
Milson, William Reid, Clara Reid, W. G. Reid, Jean |
Subjects |
Folk art Painting Paintings Artists |
Search Terms |
Goring |
Function |
School slates were items that children used to use at school and at home. Using a slate pencil, they could make notations, practise arithmetic and lettering, or draw upon it. The slate would be rubbed clean with a dampened cloth. At some point, Miss Clara Milson embellished this slate with some hand-painted floral decor. We assume that it had formerly been her school slate when she was younger. |