Townscape

This is a piece of marquetry artwork depicting a sailboat in front of Kingston City Hall. It is made of different coloured pieces of wood arranged into a townscape of a sail boat with an arc on the sail. There are three banners that have words in them, that read "Kingston // 1976 Olympic // Sailiing events" in stained wooden letters above city hall. The edges of the artwork are varnished but the middle part isn't. There is a metal plaque attached to the bottom that reads "THIS WOODEN PICTURE WAS DESIGNED AD CRAFTED BY // FRANCIS SZILADI TO COMMEMORATE THE 1976 SAILING OLYMPICS. // IN HIS MEMORY HIS FAMILY DONATED THIS PICTURE TO // MAYOR HELEN COOPER AND THE CITY OF KINGSTON APRIL 27, 1993 // FRANCIS SZILADI (1917-1990) BROUGHT HIS WIFE GIZELLA // SON KAROLY AND DAUGHTER GIZELLA FROM HUNGARY // TO KINGSTON IN 1957. HE ENJOYED A PRODUCTIVE LIFE // RAISING HIS FAMILY AND PURSUING HIS HOBBY OF // CREATING FINE ARTWORKS FROM WOODS AND METALS." The reverse side has the maker's signature in black that reads, "FRANCIS SZILADI // KINGSTON. ONT. // (signature)". There is hanging hardware on the reverse side. Some of the joinery is visible at the reverse side.