Artist included in the 1967 book
A History of Peel County: To Mark Its Centennary*

It was John Wycliffe Forster, O.S.A., who had the distinction of being the only artist allowed into the chapel at Windsor Castle in order that he could paint the Thanksgiving service attended by Queen Victoria on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee.

This eminent portrait painter was born in Norval in 1850 and lived for a number of years in Brampton, where he received his education. He studied portraiture in Toronto, Paris and London and his paintings hang in many of the well known galleries in Canada, the United States, and England.

[He was deceased before 1967.]

NOTE: Any words in square brackets [like these] are editors notes, to update old information.

* This article was used with permission from "A History of Peel County: To Mark Its Centennary", published in 1967, by what is now the Region of Peel. The segment in the book entitled "Renowned for Artists and Art" was written by Paddy Thomas. Thanks to the Peel Archives at the Peel Heritage Complex for the reprinting permission. All information was factually correct as of publication 1967, but may be inaccurate presently.