Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Block, Linoleum |
Catalog Number |
2011.0020.029 |
Description |
A Thomas Pritchard print block of the Court House in Goderich in the 1950s, "Court House". Metal plate on a wooden block. |
Notes |
(Biography found in collection) Tom Pritchard was born in Manchester, England, in 1878. He was a veteran of the Boer War and the First World War. He joined the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry when war was declared, and was in Europe before Christmas, 1914. His regiment was the victim of the first gas attack at Ypres, in which he lost the use of one lung. As one of the surviving veterans of this attack, at a reunion in 1964 he was made a free citizen of Ypres, at age 86. He was actively interested in the Wheel Rigs Co. which operated where the Dominion Road Machinery plant is now, and for many years he was Harbour Master at Goderich. He studied at the Chicago Institute of Art to improve his painting, which had been a dominant factor in his life from childhood. He would never sell his paintings, but gave them to relatives and friends who now have them as cherished mementoes. He was a charter member and guiding light of the Goderich Art Club, whose older members have a special spot in their hearts for the memory of their beloved "Tom". Tom died July 17, 1968. |
Material |
Wood/Metal |
Dimensions |
W-8 L-11.3 cm |
Artist |
Thomas Pritchard |
Signed Name |
Tom Pritchard |
Subjects |
Art Prints Printing blocks Linoleum blocks |
Search Terms |
Court House |