Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
2018.015.002 |
Object Name |
Drawing |
Title |
Ink Drawing of the Corporation of the County of Grey Crest (1981) |
Date |
1981 |
Year Range from |
1981 |
Year Range to |
1981 |
Artist |
Geerts, John |
Made |
Geerts, John |
Place of Origin |
Markdale, Municipality of Grey Highlands, Grey County |
Description |
A black ink drawing by John Geerts (looks like M. Geerty), 1981, showing a design of the Corporation of the County of Grey Council Ontario Canada. It has a background maple leaf drawn with narrow parallel lines, and a version of the Grey County Crest showing a crowned male lion at the left and a lioness (or unstriped tiger) at the right. Centrally there is scaling ladder, a Crown, and then a star and rampant lion on the crest area. Below is a banner with the motto "De Bon Vouloir Servir le Roy". The item was matted and framed under glass, with a lightly-finished mitred wooden frame, and has a single eye screw installed at the back for hanging it. The back side has an adhesive address label from John Geerts. |
Makers mark |
Signature in black ink at the bottom right area almost looks like a "M Geerty", but the reverse side has a black-printed gold foil adhesive address label with "John Geerts / Pen & Ink Drawings / Markdale, Ont. N0C 1H0 / Ph: 519-986-2775" |
Provenance |
Made in 1981 by John Geerts (Pen & Ink Drawings) of Markdale, Grey County. Used by and/or displayed within Grey County Council at the Grey County Administration building at 595 9th Avenue East, Owen Sound. |
Collection |
Organizational/Government Collection |
Material |
Wood/Glass/Finish/Paper/Ink/Glue |
Dimensions |
W-20 L-23 D-2.5 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Geerts, John |
Subjects |
Drawings Art Municipal government Municipal officials Lions |
Search Terms |
Corporation of the County of Grey Grey County |
Function |
A hand-inked corporate crest design that was made for Grey County Council (Corporation of the County of Grey), in 1981. |