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Graham, Conrad E.W.

Notes and Comments 
Important Addition to the McCord's Furniture Collection 
by Conrad E. W. Graham 
Curator of Decorative Arts, McCord Museutn of Carladian History 
Art Cabinet 
Ebonized wood, marquetry, tropical woods 
Made by Herter Brothers, N.Y., about 1875 
Handpainted panel by Anna Eliza Hardy (1839-1934) 
Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis 
McCord Museum of Canadian History :M992.70.3.1-3 
The McCord Museum as a museum of Canadian history is interested in furniture that was made or used in 
Canada and which reflects the evolving stylistic changes that have taken place over the centuries. The art cabinet 
was made in New York by the firm of Christian Herter (1840-1883),' known as Herter Brothers which produced 
some of the finest furniture in the Aesthetic manner during the 1870s. The floral panel was painted by one of the 
most well-known floral artists in the United States, Anna Eliza Hardy (1839-1934).' Anna Hardy living in Bangor, 
Maine painted with almost photographic precision and clarity, and her biographer in Leaflets of Artists3 described 
her work as "portraits of her friends" 
The cabinet was purchased at the time of its construction by a Montrealer, Lieutenant-Colonel William Kennedy, 
and remained within the family until its recent donation to the museum. William Kennedy began his career as a 
cabinet-maker and eventually became an architect, who according to Lovell's Montreal Directory was responsible 
for the building of a number of houses on Dorchester Street. His early knowledge of wood may have been one of 
the reasons he acquired this piece. Cabinets of this quality were never mass-produced. It reflects the High 
Victorian taste for elaborate embellishments, and was originally intended to display decorative or sculptural objects. 
The cabinet compliments the museum's large collection of Victorian furniture from the 1840s until the turn of the 
century. 
Notes 
1. Bulletin, Cleveland Museum of Art (Dec. 1982), 33 1. 
2. Vatne, Diane and Kaiser Pauline. The Hardy Connection: Bangor Women Artists 1830-1900 (Bangor Historical 
Society, Bangor, Maine, 1992). 
3. Mrs. A.L. Simpson, Leaflets of Artists (Bangor, Maine, 1893), 11.  
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English

Important Addition to the McCord's Furniture Collection

Editors, The

Celebrating Peter Redpath and His Library

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Complete Vol 6 (1993)

Michel, Robert H.

The Austin "Dink" Carroll Papers in the University Archives

Back cover

Errata 
The Editors would like to correct the following errors that appeared in Fontanus V ( 1992). 
The caption for the cover illustration should read: 
Lawren Harris, 1885-1970 
Red Sleigh, House Wimer, 1919 
oil on canvas, 116.8 x 132.1 em 
signed lower left: LAWREN/HARRIS/1919 
purchased Blair Lang, Toronto 1962 
66.001 (Dawes Collection) 
The illustrations on pages 165 and 166 of the article by Reinhard Pummer "A Samaritan Manuscript in McGill 
University" are upside down. 
The Editors regret these errors. 
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Errata

McKinnon, Alastair

McGill's Second Kierkegaard Collection

Guidelines for Authors 
Fontanm is an annual publi arion devoted to cholarl re earch ba ed principally upon 
McGill Uni er ity collecti n . The term 'collection ' i interpreted in the broade t en e, t 
include book , ar hive , pecimens, artifact , building and other form of documentary evi-
dence. Contributions derived from all aspect of McGill ollecrion will be considered. 
Submi ion fa concribution i under rood to imply that no paper onraining e entially the 
same material ha been published previou ly and that the manuscript i not under edirorial 
consideration el ewhere. All ubmissions wilJ be reviewed by members of th Editorial Board 
and refereed by expert in the appropriate field. Any ub tantial changes will be cleared ' ich 
the author before publicati n. end ubmi ions, prepared ac ording tO the in tructions bel w 
to: 
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Dr. Han Moller 
Editor 
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Form of Citation 
Manuscripts should c nform to the tandard outlined in The Cat1adiat1 lyle: a guide to writing 
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1985. Translation of passage · in other than French or Engli h hould be provided in the text. 
ruu tration 
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glossy photos and for ecuring the permission to publish copyright material if nece sa.ry. 
Fontatws i published in the early part of each calendar year. Articles ubmitted before 
September 15 are eligible for consideration f, r the following year' i ue. Authors will have 
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Möller, Hans

Preface 
With the issue of this fifth volume of Fontanus: from the collections of McGill University it 
becomes quite evident that the journal fills a void as it was indeed intended to do when created 
in 1988. The goal then and now is to have a vehicle for the publication of articles that describe 
and interpret the large and very rich collections at this university. Although these collections 
are in constant use, many parts of them are yet relatively unknown, and the potential for wider 
use and the discovery of new and interesting items is enormous. This volume of Fontanus 
features a number of such new and unique pieces, which have long been in McGill's possession 
but which have only recently been discovered and properly described. The very existence of 
the journal invites research and study. Volume five also illustrates the fact that contributions 
come not only from the libraries but also from its museums and archives. The contributors 
include scholars from inside McGill as well as from several other Canadian universities. 
The lead article describes a newly discovered manuscript containing a description of 
Verrazzano's voyage to the East Coast of North America in 1524, while the second article dis- 
cusses some fascinating diaries in the McGill University Archives. The earliest Canadian Music 
Program (1786), until now totally unknown, is described in a brief article throwing light on 
musical life in Montreal at the end of the 18th century and during Mozart's lifetime. An unusual 
Samaritan manuscript containing the Five Books of Moses is the subject of yet another article, 
while a computerized version of S ~ r e n  Kierkegaard's works is described and analyzed in the 
final article. 
A special feature of this 1992 Fontanus volume is an article on Sidney Dawes and the col- 
lection of sixty-four Canadian paintings he donated to McGill in the 1960s. An album of colour 
reproductions of all the paintings forms the centre-piece of volume five. This article and album 
is one of the University's contributions to the Montreal 350'~ anniversary celebrations. 
I find it encouraging to see how Fontanus has established itself as a scholarly journal during 
these five years and how it seems to attract more and more articles from different scholarly 
disciplines and from different scholars at McGill and other universities. The ever increasing 
number of contributions bodes well for the future of this unique library journal. 
Dr. Hans Mijller 
Editor 


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