Bull, William Perkins

Bull, William Perkins. From Brock to Currie: the military development and

exploits of Canadians in general and of the men of Peel in

particular, 1791-1930. Toronto, George J. McLeod, 1935.

772 p. Illus.

6 - “For stylistic criticisms and help with proof-reading, the

author is indebted to E.J. Pratt, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S.C.,

Professor of English, University of Toronto, and for

assistance in the selection and preparation of illustrations,

to C.W. Jefferys, R.C.A., O.S.A., LL.D., Canada’s premier

historical illustrator.”

Drawings throughout look to be Jefferys, but most are not signed or

attributed

16 - “Piston and bullet mould”
25 - “Sharps Patent Revolver/Powder Flask” signed ‘J’
26 - “French trade ax”
27 - “Rifleman Queen’s Ranger/Sergeant 7^th Fusiliers”
44 - “Powder horn/Sergeant’s halbert/Flintlock musket brown Bess”
44 - [military hats] “1798/1801/1807”
64 - [cannon]
65 - “1807/1812 Infantry, Dragoon}
76 - “’Baker’ rifle 1800/Infantry officer’s sword”
77 - “1815, General’s cocked hat/Waterproof shako”
91 - “Pistol 1815/artillery epaulettes”
92 - 1826, Rifleman’s shako/Infantry shako”
116 - [cannon]
117 - “1826, Royal Sappers and Miners/Working dress/Full dress”
124 - “Flint and steel” signed ‘J’
127 - “Bulls-eye lantern”
133 - “Gateway of fort”
134 - “1832/Gunner/Grenadier
161 - “Pipe tomahawk/Infantry officer’s sword”
162 - “Highlander 1832/Light infantry 1836”
185 - “Martello tower”
186 - “Light infantry 1840/Artillery 1848”

202 - [drum and scepter?]
203 - “1854 Lancer/Hussar
226 - “Bugle/Sword bayonet”
227 - “1860 Infantry/Artillery”
250 - “Enfield rifle/lance/knapsack”
251 - “60^th Rifles, Winter dress 1840-60”
274 - [Blockhouse]
275 - “1864, fatigue cap/light infantry”
296 - “Sporan/Highland sword/Sabretache”
297 - 1885, Grenadier shako/officer’s cap/rifle shako”
316 - “Lock of Martini-Henry rifle”
319 - “1895, rifles helmet/mounted infantry winter”
339 - “Snider rifle/cross belt officer of rifles”
340 - “1898, artillery helmet/’pill-box’ forage cap”
368 - “Nine-pounder field gun, 1892”
371 - 1900, infantry, cavalry, South Africa”
393 - “Cartridge bandoleer/revolver holster”
394 - “Officers 1903, In field and camp/on parade
426 - “Lee-Medford rifle/Water bottle/bayonet”
427 - “1912, General/Highlander cap”
448 - “Whip/canteen/belt & cartridge pouch”
451 - “1914, 1918”
477 - “British tank, 1918”
522 - “Flag at half mast according to the Post Office Flag Man…/

According to the Author’s Father/According t the regulation of the

Canadian Department of Militia”

‘Specially drawn by C.W. Jefferys, R.C.A. for the Perkins Bull

Historical Series’

533 - “The Union Jack/St. George/St. Andrew/St. Patrick”
537 - ‘1759, 1768”
538 - “Officer’s gorget, 1759/Cavalry sabre/Infantry Officer’s sword”
539 - “Powder flask and filler”
540 - “1855, Highlanders/Infantry”

“Sharps patent revolver, 1858/Powder flask” signed ‘J’

541 - “1898, Artillery helmet/’pill-box’ forage cap”
541 - [drum and scepter?]
543 - “1815, General’s cocked hat/Waterproof shako”
551 - “Artillery epaulettes/Piston, 1815”
557 - “Pipe tomahawk/Infantry officer’s sword”
558 - “Highlander, 1832/Light infantry, 1836”
561 - “Martello Tower”
562 - “1864, Fatigue cap/Light infantry”
565 - “Enfield rifle/lance/knapsack”

and repetitions continue

Bull, William Perkins. From MacDonell to McGuigan: the history of the growth

of the Roman Catholic Church in Upper Canada. Toronto, The Perkins

Buill Foundation, 1939. 501 p. Illus.

Note: Photocopies only of wanted volume

opp. p 57 - “The Indian Medicine Man” “Specially painted for Perkins

Bull Collection” [in colour]

120 - “Flint and Steel”
151 - “Ox Yoke & Bows”
303 - “The Banting Rocking Chair” [CWJ?]
350 - “Candle Lantern Loaned by W. Chadwick”
502 - “In the selection and preparation of the illustrations, the advice

and cooperation of Canada’s premier historical illustrator,

Dr. Charles William Jefferys, R.C.A., O.S.A., as throughout

previous volumes of the Perkins Bull Historical Series, has been

most valuable.”

Bull, William Perkins. From medicine man to medical man: a record of a

century and a half of progress in health and sanitation as

exemplified in Peel. Toronto, George J. McLeod, 1934. 458 p. Illus.

18 - “The Indian medicine man”

Bull, William Perkins. From Oxford to Ontario: a history of the Downsview

community. Toronto, Perkins Bull Foundation, 1941. 310 p. Illus.

“Acknowledgements…”For help in the selection and preparation of

illustrations in this volume, as throughout my historical series, I am

indebted to Charles W. Jefferys, R.C.A., O.S.A., LL.D., Canada’s

premier historical illustrator.”

Some illus. have no signature, so guessing on style.

Quite a few are by T.W. McLean, presumably working with CWJ

Some of them photocopied but not all.

33 - “Sabre said to have been used by Wesley Watson in 1812” CWJ?
59 - “Duncan door-way” TWM

p.77 - “Door-way of Harold F. Boake’s home” TWM

80 - “Ox Yoke & bows”
169 - “Balquehollie” TWM
170 - “Balquehollie door-way” TWM
176 - “Bill hook & pitchfork”
235 - “Balquehollie fence built in 1866”
238 - “Going ‘to walk’ in the Town of York”
? “Our Empire’s here to stay…British Tank 1918” CWJ?

Bull, William Perkins. From rattlesnake hunt to hockey: the history of sports

in Canada and of the sportsmen of Peel, 1798 to 1934. Toronto,

George J. McLeod Ltd., 19334. 564 p. Illus.

Note: Photocopies only of wanted valume

7 - “Author’s foreword…Finally no acknowledgement would be

complete without a work of thanks to that eminent historical

artist, C.W. Jefferys, R.C.A., O.S.A., LL.D., whose wife was of

Peel parentage, and whose constant advice and help in connection

with the illustrations has been invaluable…”

207 - “Hawthorne Lodge, Chinguacousy” “From the private collection

of Wm. Perkins Bull”

321 - “Bob Haggert Star player for the Brampton Maple Leafs in 1871.”

Bull, William Perkins. From Strachan to Owen: how the Church of England

was planted and tended in British North America. Toronto,

George J. McLeod Ltd., 1937. 495 p. Illus.

Jefferys is not mentioned, nor are any of the line drawings signed

Guessing by style. Only the Erindale painting is credited.

89 - “Gateway of Fort”
119 - “Moulded Horn Butter-Paddle”
142 - “Bulls-Eye Lantern”

opp. p. 160 - “Dinner at Erindale, 1937” “Specially drawn for the Perkins Bull Historical Series”

194 - “Candle Lantern”
217 - “Basswood Clarionet”

Bull, William Perkins [?] Perkins Bull Collection: historical paintings by

Canadian artists illustrating pioneers and pioneering in the County

of Peel. Brampton, Perkins Bull Foundation, 1935. 2^nd ed.

94 p. Illus.

2 - “Particular acknowledgement must be made to two artists,

Charles William Jefferys, R.C.A., O.S.A., LL.D., and Owen

Staples, O.S.A., who have generously given time and wisdom

in the hanging of this exhibition, and whose advice in the

construction and arrangement of the catalogue has been

invaluable.”

3-4 - “Extracts from introductions to the first edition of the

Catalogue of the Perkins Bull Collection” incl. 2 paragraphs

by CWJ: “…He [Bull] realized that such [pioneer] paintings,

drawings, and photographs, had a value as historic documents,

that in many instances they were more vivid and illuminating than

written or printed records, and that sometimes pictures were more

definite, authentic, and impartial, than words. This remarkable

collection is an evidence that he takes the wider modern view of

history as including all mankind’s activities, and that he possesses

the insight to read in a building, a piece of furniture, an implement,

or a photographic group of portraits, historic data no less important

and significant than can be found in an old diary or in an act of

parliament.”

32-33 - “Charles William Jefferys, R.C.A., O.S.A., LL.D., York Mills,

Ontario. A distinguished artist…Canada’s premier historical

illustrator. Has worked for the leading newspapers and magazines

of Canada and United States…” see binder

opp. p 32 - “Hawthorne Lodge, Chinguacousy”

[Bull’s family home, Lot 2., Conc. 2 east, Chinguacousy]

33 - “Hawthorne Lodge, Chinguacousy No. 63”
33 - “This drawing [of Hawthorne Lodge] is the gift of the artist to the

Founder [Bull] personally, and is the only item in the entire Collection

which will not form a permanent part of the gallery.”

“Pioneer Lighting No. 64…Quaint and instructive drawings…”

“Pioneer Sketches No. 64a…Clear and instructive drawings…”

“The Medicine Man No. 65…Specially designed and painted by

the artist to illustrate the practice of the Indian Medicine Man, from

whom the volume on Medicine and Health in the Perkins Bull

Historical Series takes the first part of its name. Jefferys here

achieves a study which is at once full of life and scrupulously

truthful in detail.”

“Military Sketches No. 66…A series of head and tailpieces drawn

by this noted artist for From Brock to Currie…This most interesting

and valuable group is from the Founder’s private collection. In it the

artist’s wide knowledge of historical details and passion for historical

research have found full scope. The Founder feels specially fortunate

in having the help of this experienced artist-historian to guide him in

the selection and arrangement of illustrations throughout the Perkins

Bull Historical Series.”

34 - work by Catharine [sic] Jefferys also included

“Daughter of C.W. Jefferys, from whom she inherits a goodly

share of talent and interest in architectural and historical

drawing.”

Bull, William Perkins. Spadunk or From paganism to Davenport United:

a study of community development, of the religious life around which

it centred, and of the pioneer personalities which gave shape to both.

Toronto, George J. McLeod, 1935. 467 p. Illus.

25 - “The advice of Dr. C.W. Jefferys, R.C.A., O.S.A., in

connection with the illustrations, has been invaluable.”

245 - “The legend of Gallow’s Hill.” “Gallows Hill was the

Yonge street end of Spadunk.”