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TORONTO ARTWORK, HUNTER, ROSE, & CO. PUBLISHERS, 1884 - $20 (Jarvis Street & Front Street E., Toronto, Ontario)
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This is a rare hand coloured example of this engraving. Information about the company is found on verso.
Hunter, Rose, and Company was started in 1861 by George MacLean Rose (1829-1898), & Robert Hunter in Quebec City, & moved to Ottawa, Ontario in 1865. By 1868, they had moved to Toronto, & prospered enough to build a, “large & valuable building” on Wellington St. West in 1875. After the death of Robert Hunter on May 15, 1877 at age 39, Rose became the sole owner of Hunter, Rose & Co., bringing in his brother, Daniel as partner. The company were publishing right up into the 1980's.
From the 1884 Toronto City Directory, George Maclean Rose, & Daniel Rose were listed as the owners, & their listed services were printers, publishers, bookbinders, electro & stereotypers, at 25-29 Wellington St. West.
Provenance: pg. 342, 'Toronto, Past and Present: Historical and Descriptive. A Memorial Volume for the Semi-Centennial of 1884 by The Rev. Henry Scadding (1813-1901), D.D., Hunter, Rose, and Company, Toronto, 1884.
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