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PINHEY, Mary-Anne
- Born
- Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, 1821
- Died
- Gatineau Region, Quebec, 1896
- Biography synopsis
- Mary-Anne Pinhey was the daughter of landowner and politician Hamnett Kirkes Pinhey who emigrated from England to Canada in 1820 where he developed a farming estate named Horaceville on the Ottawa River. Little is known about Mary-Anne Pinhey; however, it is possible she was taught by Robert A. Sproule. She has been recognized for the sketch of Horaceville she produced as a young girl which her father sent to England to be lithographed sometime between 1837-1840. This work is valuable for the detailed information it provides for history. Two copies of the lithograph are owned by Library and Archives Canada; one of these is in the Coverdale Collection of Canadiana. In 1844 Mary-Anne Pinhey was married to Dr. Hamnett Hill who was a member of the Ottawa Art Association. Her nephew was well-known portrait painter John Charles Pinhey (1860-1912).
- Media used
- Drawing
- File & Archive locations
- Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, ON
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Elliott, Bruce S.. "Mary-Anne Pinhey's Lithograph of Horaceville c. 1837-1840." Horaceville Herald 20 Dec. 2012 59 :26-29
- McKenzie, Ruth. "Fanny Amelia Bayfield (Wright)." Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Ottawa: Libraries and Archives Canada, 2008
http://www.biographi.ca/en/ - Pinhey's Point Foundation. Horaceville Dunrobin, Ontario: Pinhey's Point Foundation, 2011
http://www.pinheyspoint.ca/horaceville.html - Slater Heydon, Naomi. Looking Back: Pioneers of Bytown and March, Nicholas Sparks and Hamnett Kirkes Pinhey, Their Antecedents and Their Descendants Ottawa: Nemo Publications, 1980
