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	[Bookplate for W. Gordon Mills] Title [Bookplate for W. Gordon Mills] Date Created [between 1900 and 1929] Sort Date 1929 Description In black ink on cream paper. This image depicts a nighttime scene with a single star in the sky and two evergreen trees silhouetted in front of a lake and mountains. Superimposed upon this landscape, a lyre sits next to a scroll which reads "Sonata Apassionata" (sic) and has notes from the score. The initial "M" is in the lower right hand corner as a possible signature. Extent 1 bookplate : linocut ; 7.8 x 10.9 cm Subject Landscape drawings ; Music Subject - Geographic Canada Personal Names Mills, W. Gordon Genre Prints Type Still Image Format image/jpeg Language Latin Notes W. Gordon Mills was an executive with the T. Eaton Company in Toronto in 1923 ; he wrote 'Tale of the Mississaugas' the same year, an epic poem detailing the creation myth of the Mississaugas. He was an occasional art critic and served on the council of the Art Gallery of Toronto. He later served as Deputy Minister of National Defence for Naval Services in WWII. He was named Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George for his services. His wife Doris Huestis Speirds, for whom the poem was dedicated, was a painter and close friend of the members of the Group of Seven. His birth and death dates are unknown. The sonata named on the plate is Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 23, one of his greatest piano sonatas. References: 1) "Legends of the Mississauga." 2010. Amazon.com Accessed February 8 2010. http://www.amazon.ca/Legends-Mississaugas-W-Gordon-Mills/dp/0969572905 2) "Legends of the Mississaugas." Google Books. n.d. Accessed Feb 8 2010 from: http://books.google.com/books?id=qAEVUT_bGfAC&printsec=frontcover&dq= legends+of+the+mississaugas&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false 3) "Pathmaster - Winter Edition Vol 1 Num 2." 2003. Pickering/Ajax digital archive (PADA). Accessed february 8 2010 from: http://www.pada.ca/books/details/?id=192 4) "Piano Sonata No. 23 (Beethoven)." 2 Feb 2010. Wikipedia. 2 Feb 2010. Accessed 8 Feb 2010 from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No._23_(Beethoven) Access Identifier BP MUR CAN P M5557 Digital Identifier BP_MUR_CAN_P_M5557 Is Part Of RBSC Bookplates Source Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Thomas Murray Bookplates Collection. Leslie Binder. BP MUR CAN P M5557 Date Available 2010 Publisher - Digital Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library Rights Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca Transcript SONATA APASSIONATA EX LIBRIS W. GORDON MILLS DOI 1.0215597
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