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Portrait of W.O. Forsyth [graphic material]

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Item

Date:

1930

Reference:

R11345-0-8-E, Volume number: 1

BAN no.:

2005-00355-7

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3608273

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Portrait of W.O. Forsyth
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Date(s):

1930

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 photograph ; 17.8 X 12.7 cm.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Item consists of a photograph by W.O. Forsyth, 1930 by Charles Aylett.
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Forsyth, W.O. (Wesley Octavius), 1859-1937

Photographer: Aylett, Charles
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Forsyth, W.O. (Wesley Octavius), 1859-1937 : Born in Markham Township, near Toronto, Ontario, Wesley Octavius Forsyth studied in Toronto with Edward Fisher, and then from 1886 to 1888 attended Leipzig Conservatory. Upon his return to Toronto, he taught piano and theory in various institutions, including the Metropolitan Conservatory of Music (1895-1912), which he founded and of which he was sole principal. As a composer, Forsyth mainly left pieces for piano and melodies. In 1968, the University of Toronto instituted the W.O. Forsyth Memorial Scholarship.

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General note:

Digital scan and colour transparency available in PGC.
Portrait Gallery of Canada

Signatures and inscriptions note:

in black ink, recto, bottom of photograph, inside frame: Mr. Frank D. Houston / in remembrance of his friend / Decr. W.O. Forsyth 1930; Also signed in pencil by the photographer Charles Aylett

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Portraits

Source:

Private
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]
To be viewed with the assistance of a staff member from the Portrait Gallery of Canada.

Volume [R11345] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [R11345] PA-215270

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright: estate of the artist

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