Nicholas Hornyansky - Mill Pond (Meadowvale)

Nicholas Hornyansky
1896-1965
RCA, OSA, CPE

Title: Mill Pond (Meadowvale) 
Date: circa 1940
Medium: Aquatint
Edition Number: 5/100
Image plate size in inches: 6.5 x 5.5
Frame size in inches: 15 x 13

Condition: Good

Notes: Signed, titled, and editioned at lower edge.

This aquatint shows the mill pond in historic Meadowvale, Mississauga. It was here where 29 families, mostly Irish, emigrated from New York in 1819 to find new homes in Canada. Meadowvale's early years were driven by the milling industry, with the mills drawing their power from the Credit River. Gooderham and Worts owned and operated multiple businesses in the area. The community began to be frequented by many artists, including Group of Seven members A.Y. Jackson and A.J. Casson. By the 1860s, Meadowvale ha a general store, a post office, a shoemaker, two blacksmiths, a carriage and harness maker, carpenter, a schoolhouse, a cheese factory, and a large grist mill. In 1980, Meadowvale was made the first Heritage Conservation District.