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Michelle Wilson; © McMichael Canadian Art Collection
1909.01
Decorative Illustration: "Blessing" by Robert Burns
Alternate title: Burn's Blessing
1909
Watercolour, graphite and ink on paper
13 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (34.9 x 24.1 cm)
Inscription recto: l.r., Tom Thomson 09
Inscription verso: (on brown paper), c., in pen, Copy? of commercial art / by Thomson / AYJ; label, Mackenzie & Co. Feb.? 1909
Inscription verso: (on brown paper), c., in pen, Copy? of commercial art / by Thomson / AYJ; label, Mackenzie & Co. Feb.? 1909
Provenance
Edyth and Dr. John McRuer, Huntsville (as a gift for their wedding, 16 February 1909)
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg (1972.18.5)
Published References
Duval 1967
Duval, Paul. The McMichael Conservation Collection: A Catalogue of Outstanding Work by Tom
Thomson and the Group of Seven. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1967, (repr.), as Burns’ Blessing.Duval 1970
Duval, Paul. Canadian Art: Vital Decades, McMichael Conservation Collection. Toronto, Vancouver: Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1970, (repr).Mellen 1970
Mellen, Peter. The Group of Seven. Toronto, Montreal: McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1970, p. 30.Murray 1971
Murray, Joan. The Art of Tom Thomson. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1971. Exhibition catalogue, p. 17.Duval 1973
Duval, Paul. A Vision of Canada: McMichael Canadian Collection. Toronto: Sampson Matthews Limited, 1973, p. 169 (repr. col.)Town & Silcox 1977
Town, Harold, and David P. Silcox. Tom Thomson: The Silence and the Storm. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1977, p. 33 (repr.)Remarks
The McRuer’s marriage certificate is on file in the Library and Archives, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg.
Record last updated March 9, 2016. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Murray, Joan. ""Decorative Illustration: "Blessing" by Robert Burns, 1909 (1909.01)." In Tom Thomson Catalogue Raisonné. www.tomthomsoncatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=69 (accessed on May 11, 2025).