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Collection Sherd
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact111.01.0002%20a-g
- Date
- 1700 – 1900
- Material
- clay; glaze
- Catalogue Number
- 111.01.0002 a-g
- Description
- Collection of pottery sherds.a) bright blue/cobalt glaze (7.9 cm x 7.5 cm x 4.5 cm) - remnant from the base and side of a very thick pot; base has trimmed wide foot and shows moulded relief rising from crackled glaze; outside of shard fully glazed with triangular shape showing clay inside where gla…
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- Title
- Collection Sherd
- Date
- 1700 – 1900
- Material
- clay; glaze
- Description
- Collection of pottery sherds.a) bright blue/cobalt glaze (7.9 cm x 7.5 cm x 4.5 cm) - remnant from the base and side of a very thick pot; base has trimmed wide foot and shows moulded relief rising from crackled glaze; outside of shard fully glazed with triangular shape showing clay inside where glaze was not applied; one edge of side is smooth and glazed forming a finished edge; other edges rough where broken. b) bright blue cobalt glaze (6.5 cm x 4.0 cm x 2.0 cm) - almost rectangular thick sherd; slightly curved and unglazed on inside.c) same as b, possible same vessel (5.5 cm x 5.0 cm x 2.0 cm) - one edge glazed (possibly rim) and bleeding slightly to inside.d) bright green (lead?) glaze (4.0 cm x 3.0 cm x 1.5 cm) - rhombus shape; broken obliquely through thickness to be very thick at one end and thin at the other e) bright aqua glaze (3.5 cm x 2.0 cm x 1.5 cm) - small triangular sherd, slightly curved and glazed on inside with outside rough and unglazed. f) dull turquoise glaze (5.0 cm x 2.0 cm x 1.7 cm) - small triangular shape with moulded relief-glaze covered surface on one face, smooth glazed surface on opposite face.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 111.01.0002 a-g
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- Date
- 1818 – 1924
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0125 a,b
- Description
- A pair of round shallow dishes set on tall pedestals. The dishes have a bold coloured border around the rim with a series of raised relief gold dots forming a band . The centre of each plate is decorated with a sheaf of leaves, grasses and flowers. Each pedestal is a column with acanthus leaves …
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- Title
- Compote Set
- Date
- 1818 – 1924
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 26.5 cm
- Description
- A pair of round shallow dishes set on tall pedestals. The dishes have a bold coloured border around the rim with a series of raised relief gold dots forming a band . The centre of each plate is decorated with a sheaf of leaves, grasses and flowers. Each pedestal is a column with acanthus leaves around the top with two sculpted figures playing about the column. The column rests on a large round base, with three feet curving under, and repeats the design of plate border. Both of the plates are marked with Royal Worcester hallmarks.a) A standing cherub holding a cloth scarf is facing outward and looking down at a seated cherub that is holding a cup on the other side of the pedestal.b) A standing cherub is peeking around the pedestal at a crawling cherub.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0125 a,b
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- Date
- 1830 – 1880
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.06.1003
- Description
- Wooden corset stay, Serena Potts’, shaped with rounded ends, .2 thick piece of wood
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- Title
- Corset Stay
- Date
- 1830 – 1880
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 3.3 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- Wooden corset stay, Serena Potts’, shaped with rounded ends, .2 thick piece of wood
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.06.1003
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Coup d'oeil sur la structure geologique et mineralogique du Groupe des Monts Dores
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1554
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1830
- Author
- Lecoq, H
- Publisher
- Paris : Clermont-Gerrand
- Call Number
- QE268 L42 Pam
- Author
- Lecoq, H
- Publisher
- Paris : Clermont-Gerrand
- Published Date
- 1830
- Call Number
- QE268 L42 Pam
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Desultory reminiscences of a tour through Germany, Switzerland, and France
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2940
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1838
- Author
- Wright, Hezekiah Hartley
- Publisher
- Boston : W.D. Ticknor
- Call Number
- D919 W75
- Author
- Wright, Hezekiah Hartley
- Publisher
- Boston : W.D. Ticknor
- Published Date
- 1838
- Call Number
- D919 W75
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Die Hohen der Erde
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1785
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1815
- Author
- Miltenberg, Wilhelm Adolph
- Publisher
- Frankfurt am Main : Bronner
- Call Number
- GB501 M54
- Author
- Miltenberg, Wilhelm Adolph
- Publisher
- Frankfurt am Main : Bronner
- Published Date
- 1815
- Call Number
- GB501 M54
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Date
- 1700 – 1875
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0005
- Description
- Carved wooden peg doll with clothes pin-like very simple head and body. Arms and legs simply carved and hinged at elbows, knees, shoulders and hips, painted facial features, black hair and black shoes. Wearing ornately styled handmade clothes (Queen Anne period ?) of silk brocade, metallic lace and…
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- Title
- Doll
- Date
- 1700 – 1875
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 70.5 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- Carved wooden peg doll with clothes pin-like very simple head and body. Arms and legs simply carved and hinged at elbows, knees, shoulders and hips, painted facial features, black hair and black shoes. Wearing ornately styled handmade clothes (Queen Anne period ?) of silk brocade, metallic lace and heavily embroidered silk which are tacked directly to body.
- Subject
- households
- toys
- children
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 108.05.0005
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- Date
- 1835
- Medium
- pencil; ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PoS.09.01
- Description
- A paper album containing artworks done in ink, pencil and watercolour (?). The album is primarly made up of a brown marbled pattern, with red leather (?) or tape (?) on the spine and corners. Inside the front cover on the center of the page, there is an inscription that reads “Serena M. Potts / 183…
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- Title
- Drawing Album
- Date
- 1835
- Medium
- pencil; ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.5 x 34.5 cm
- Description
- A paper album containing artworks done in ink, pencil and watercolour (?). The album is primarly made up of a brown marbled pattern, with red leather (?) or tape (?) on the spine and corners. Inside the front cover on the center of the page, there is an inscription that reads “Serena M. Potts / 1835”. Pages contain artworks of flora and fauna, including birds, butterflies, flowers, plants and landscape scenes, both in colour and in black and white. Some of the drawings share a page with another, while others are one drawing/painting per page.
- Subject
- flora
- fauna
- bird
- butterfly
- plant
- flower
- landscape
- botanical drawings
- black and white
- ink
- graphite
- drawing
- painting
- sketchbook
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- PoS.09.01
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Ejiri, View of Miho, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthiu.04.01
- Date
- 1834
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HiU.04.01
- Description
- Harbour scene, houses in foreground, boats and sailboats in harbour, some out at sea, mountains to the left center. The sky at the horizon is pink, a orange stripe runs along top of picture.
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- Title
- Ejiri, View of Miho, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
- Date
- 1834
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.9 x 36.4 cm
- Description
- Harbour scene, houses in foreground, boats and sailboats in harbour, some out at sea, mountains to the left center. The sky at the horizon is pink, a orange stripe runs along top of picture.
- Subject
- landscape
- lake
- mountains
- view of Miho
- boats
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- HiU.04.01
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- Date
- 1830 – 1850
- Material
- fibre; metal; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1102
- Description
- A small dainty crocheted purse. It is attached to a beautifully made metal clasp with scroll work on each end, "S. M. Potts engraved". The lining is leather, writing "S. M. Potts" and something else illegible.
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- Title
- Evening Purse
- Date
- 1830 – 1850
- Material
- fibre; metal; skin
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 12.0 cm
- Description
- A small dainty crocheted purse. It is attached to a beautifully made metal clasp with scroll work on each end, "S. M. Potts engraved". The lining is leather, writing "S. M. Potts" and something else illegible.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.1102
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Excursion in India : including a walk over the Himalaya Mountains, to the sources of the Jumna and the Ganges
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2405
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1832
- Author
- Skinner, Thomas
- Publisher
- London : Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley
- Call Number
- DS407 S5 I
- Author
- Skinner, Thomas
- Publisher
- London : Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley
- Published Date
- 1832
- Physical Description
- 312 pages
- Series
- Volume 1 of 2
- Call Number
- DS407 S5 I
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Excursion in India : including a walk over the Himalaya Mountains, to the sources of the Jumna and the Ganges
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14970
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1832
- Author
- Skinner, Thomas
- Publisher
- London : Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley
- Call Number
- DS407 S5 II
- Author
- Skinner, Thomas
- Publisher
- London : Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley
- Published Date
- 1832
- Physical Description
- 330 pages
- Series
- Volume 2 of 2
- Call Number
- DS407 S5 II
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Extracts from the journals of an alpine traveller
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue413
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1836
- Author
- Blackwoods Magazine
- Publisher
- [England] : Blackwoods
- Call Number
- DQ23 B53
- Author
- Blackwoods Magazine
- Publisher
- [England] : Blackwoods
- Published Date
- 1836
- Call Number
- DQ23 B53
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Date
- 1700 – 1900
- Material
- clay
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.0009
- Description
- A small, white clay representation of a conical turret roof, broken off about 2.0 cm below eave, texture of roof contains four rows of vertical, pointed tiles.
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- Title
- Finial
- Date
- 1700 – 1900
- Material
- clay
- Dimensions
- 5.5 cm
- Description
- A small, white clay representation of a conical turret roof, broken off about 2.0 cm below eave, texture of roof contains four rows of vertical, pointed tiles.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.0009
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Gebirgsaulslicht gezeichnet vom Gipfel des Titlis der 15 Aug 1832
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue46
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1833
- Publisher
- Zurich : Heinrich Keller
- Call Number
- DQ827 G42
- Responsibility
- von H. Zeller
- Publisher
- Zurich : Heinrich Keller
- Published Date
- 1833
- Subjects
- Views
- Call Number
- DQ827 G42
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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The Hansons of Osmanthorp
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions55620
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one bound volume of genealogical research pertaining to the family of John Hanson in Osmanthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England. Content includes records from 1640 onwards, including general timelines, birth and death records, and transcriptions of earlier written accounts.
- Date Range
- [ca.1829-1846]
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C6 / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Luxton family fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- LUX
- Series
- LUX / II / C : Personal
- Sous-Fonds
- LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
- Sub-Series
- LUX / II / C6 : Southern Alberta research project
- Accession Number
- LUX
- Reference Code
- LUX / II / C6 / 1
- GMD
- Textual record
- Responsibility
- Compiled by John Hanson
- Date Range
- [ca.1829-1846]
- Physical Description
- 2.5 cm of textual records (1 volume : 193 pages ; 21 x 27.5 cm)
- Scope & Content
- File consists of one bound volume of genealogical research pertaining to the family of John Hanson in Osmanthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England. Content includes records from 1640 onwards, including general timelines, birth and death records, and transcriptions of earlier written accounts.
- Notes
- Original date of volume creation listed as 1829; however, includes information added as late as 1846.
- Material Details
- Includes coloured illustration of building (annotated) between pages 74 and 75
- Geographic Access
- England
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Original title used
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Helveticus sive Itinera Alpina Tria
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue2287
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1708
- Author
- Scheuchzer, Jean Jacob
- Publisher
- London : Henry Clements
- Call Number
- DQ22 S34
- Author
- Scheuchzer, Jean Jacob
- Publisher
- London : Henry Clements
- Published Date
- 1708
- Notes
- Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library
- Call Number
- DQ22 S34
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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- Date
- 1810 – 1815
- Material
- glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0038
- Description
- Ink set contained in a round top, trunk shaped container which sits on four, corner ball feet. Rounded top has round knob and is hinged for opening. Either end of container has relief lion's head with rotating ring through jaw. Bottom of box scratched "#251 MT ac", also stamped lion profile hallmar…
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- Title
- Inkstand
- Date
- 1810 – 1815
- Material
- glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 8.3 x 5.9 x 14.9 cm
- Description
- Ink set contained in a round top, trunk shaped container which sits on four, corner ball feet. Rounded top has round knob and is hinged for opening. Either end of container has relief lion's head with rotating ring through jaw. Bottom of box scratched "#251 MT ac", also stamped lion profile hallmark and "7". Interior of box is two chambers divided by flat sterling bar. In either chamber sits a bevelled, square sided glass. Each container has circular, ridged top with 1.0 cm. hole in centre. One of sterling tops is anchored permanently to glass well and has white powder residue inside it, other top is removable and is presumably for holding ink. Card inside box says "Old Sheffield Ink Box made in London. Circa 1810-1815."
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.06.0038
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Journal of a tour in Iceland in the summer of 1809
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue1346
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1813
- Author
- Hooker, Sir William Jackson
- Publisher
- London : Longman [et al.]
- Edition
- 2d ed...with additions
- Call Number
- DL312 H6 I
- Author
- Hooker, Sir William Jackson
- Edition
- 2d ed...with additions
- Publisher
- London : Longman [et al.]
- Published Date
- 1813
- Physical Description
- 369 pages
- Series
- Volume 1 of 2
- Call Number
- DL312 H6 I
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Journal of a tour in Iceland in the summer of 1809
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue14948
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1813
- Author
- Hooker, Sir William Jackson
- Publisher
- London : Longman [et al.]
- Edition
- 2d ed...with additions
- Call Number
- DL312 H6 II
- Author
- Hooker, Sir William Jackson
- Edition
- 2d ed...with additions
- Publisher
- London : Longman [et al.]
- Published Date
- 1813
- Physical Description
- 391 pages
- Series
- Volume 2 of 2
- Call Number
- DL312 H6 II
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
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