William Laing, c.1860
Description
- Creator
- Unknown, Artist
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Prints
- Description
- A black and white print of William Laing.
- Notes
- William Laing was born at Morayshire, Scotland in 1819 and came to Whitby with his brother James in 1841. He was one of the town's leading business men and grain dealers in the 1850s and 1860s. He was Reeve of Whitby in 1855 and Mayor in 1863-1864. From 1874 to 1880 he was Treasurer of Ontario County and then moved to Toronto where he died on December 4, 1891. He is buried in Union Cemetery, Oshawa.
This is an image from an oil painting of William Laing that was printed in the Gazette newspaper. - Date of Original
- c.1860
- Dimensions
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Width: 6 cm
Height: 6 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 6cm
Image Height: 6cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 31-002-006
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from a copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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