AGO Art of the Day
Head of a Girl, 19th Century Jean Jacques Henner (French, 1829 - 1905) Painting, oil on cardboard, 26.7 x 21.6 cm Bequest of John Paris Bickell, Toronto, 1952

Head of a Girl, 19th Century
Jean Jacques Henner (French, 1829 - 1905)
Painting, oil on cardboard, 26.7 x 21.6 cm
Bequest of John Paris Bickell, Toronto, 1952

Tookoo (The Deer). Chief of Sikoslingmint Tribe Southern Baffin Island, 1913-14 Robert J. Flaherty (Canadian, 1884 - 1951) Photographic Print, bromide print, 24.8 x 18.7 cm  Gift of Gordon M. Robb, 1993

Tookoo (The Deer). Chief of Sikoslingmint Tribe Southern Baffin Island, 1913-14
Robert J. Flaherty (Canadian, 1884 - 1951)
Photographic Print, bromide print, 24.8 x 18.7 cm
Gift of Gordon M. Robb, 1993

Queen of Heaven, early 18th century David Le Marchand (French, 1674 - 1726) Sculpture, ivory, 23.3 x 5.5 x 4.7 cm The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario

Queen of Heaven, early 18th century
David Le Marchand (French, 1674 - 1726)
Sculpture, ivory, 23.3 x 5.5 x 4.7 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario

Portraits: Members of the Soulia Family, 1872-1875 Unknown American artist, late 19th century Cased Object, tintypes: 14 arranged in vintage frame with name of sitters on cloth tape, 21.7 x 24 cm Anonymous Gift, 2006

Portraits: Members of the Soulia Family, 1872-1875
Unknown American artist, late 19th century
Cased Object, tintypes: 14 arranged in vintage frame with name of sitters on cloth tape, 21.7 x 24 cm
Anonymous Gift, 2006

Two Men in a Wood, c. 1790 Paul Sandby (British, 1731 - 1809) Drawing, pen and brown iron-gall ink and watercolour over black chalk on hand-made wove paper,  21 x 28.9 cm Gift of Michèle Chicoine in memory of John Roberts, 2008

Two Men in a Wood, c. 1790
Paul Sandby (British, 1731 - 1809)
Drawing, pen and brown iron-gall ink and watercolour over black chalk on hand-made wove paper, 21 x 28.9 cm
Gift of Michèle Chicoine in memory of John Roberts, 2008

Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819), 1803 Henry Bone (British, 1755 - 1834) Painting, enamel on copper, gilded wood, 21.3 x 17 cm The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario

Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819), 1803
Henry Bone (British, 1755 - 1834)
Painting, enamel on copper, gilded wood, 21.3 x 17 cm
The Thomson Collection © Art Gallery of Ontario

Exploring Party, c. 1836 George Back, (British, 1796 - 1878) Watercolour Painting, graphite, watercolour and scraping on wove paper, 15.9 x 23.7 cm  Purchase, 1980

Exploring Party, c. 1836
George Back, (British, 1796 - 1878)
Watercolour Painting, graphite, watercolour and scraping on wove paper, 15.9 x 23.7 cm
Purchase, 1980

Indians Making Bark Canoe. Lower St. Lawrence River, Quebec, around 1870 Alexander Henderson (Canadian, 1831 - 1913) Photographic Print, albumen print on paper, 11.3 x 18.3 cm  Anonymous Donation, 2003

Indians Making Bark Canoe. Lower St. Lawrence River, Quebec, around 1870
Alexander Henderson (Canadian, 1831 - 1913)
Photographic Print, albumen print on paper, 11.3 x 18.3 cm
Anonymous Donation, 2003

The Falls of Niagara: Plate 4   This View from the Upper Bank, English Side, 1833 James Pattison Cockburn (British, c. 1779 - 1847) Print, hand coloured aquatint on wove paper, 43.4 x 66.4 cm Gift of Manulife Financial, 2007

The Falls of Niagara: Plate 4 This View from the Upper Bank, English Side, 1833
James Pattison Cockburn (British, c. 1779 - 1847)
Print, hand coloured aquatint on wove paper, 43.4 x 66.4 cm
Gift of Manulife Financial, 2007

Study of a Head and Hands of St. John the Baptist, c. 1700s Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian, 1708 - 1787) Drawing, red chalk with traces of white heightening on toned laid paper squared for transfer, 28.9 x 19.8 cm Gift from the Estate of R. Fraser Elliott, 2005

Study of a Head and Hands of St. John the Baptist, c. 1700s
Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian, 1708 - 1787)
Drawing, red chalk with traces of white heightening on toned laid paper squared for transfer, 28.9 x 19.8 cm
Gift from the Estate of R. Fraser Elliott, 2005


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