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Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

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Artist: William E. Marshall

Date: 1750 – 1850

Medium: engraving on paper

Catalogue Number: MaW.04.01

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln. He is facing to his left, wearing a dark suit, white shirt and bow tie. An oval mat frames the portrait.

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Artist: William E. Marshall

Title: Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Date: 1750 – 1850

Medium: engraving on paper

Dimensions: 41.0 x 53.0 cm

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln. He is facing to his left, wearing a dark suit, white shirt and bow tie. An oval mat frames the portrait.

Subject: portrait, male

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: MaW.04.01

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Printed Card

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Artist: Mary Anne Barkhouse (1961 – , Canadian)

Date: 2023

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: BkM.04.01

Description: A cyanotype printed on white card paper with raw edges. Image shoes a hand, bee, and flower. On reverse is: “Whyte Crew Thanks for your helping Hands” and signed by the four artists involved in the Redesigning Paradise Exhibition in January 2023.

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Artist: Mary Anne Barkhouse (1961 – , Canadian)

Title: Printed Card

Date: 2023

Medium: print on paper

Dimensions: 13.2 x 10.5 cm

Description: A cyanotype printed on white card paper with raw edges. Image shoes a hand, bee, and flower. On reverse is: “Whyte Crew Thanks for your helping Hands” and signed by the four artists involved in the Redesigning Paradise Exhibition in January 2023.

Subject: card; thank you card

Credit: Purchased from Mary Anne Barkhouse, Minden, 2023

Catalogue Number: BkM.04.01

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Summit

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Artist: Mary Anne Barkhouse (1961 – , Canadian)

Date: 2023

Medium: cotton

Catalogue Number: BkM.08.01

Description: A large woven tapestry featuring a central image of figures in ornate european 17th century clothing on a dias facing a large Bison. Around the Bison are other animals: a mule deer, a raven and crow, a magpie, and a squirrel. 4 other black birds are on the bison’s shoulders and another bird is on i…

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Artist: Mary Anne Barkhouse (1961 – , Canadian)

Title: Summit

Date: 2023

Medium: cotton

Dimensions: 152.0 x 210.0 cm

Description: A large woven tapestry featuring a central image of figures in ornate european 17th century clothing on a dias facing a large Bison. Around the Bison are other animals: a mule deer, a raven and crow, a magpie, and a squirrel. 4 other black birds are on the bison’s shoulders and another bird is on it’s rump. The ground is a geometric tiled floor and Cascade mountain rises up in the background. In the sky a small helicopter can be seen long lining. This scene is edged in gold thread with a thick blue border full of flora and fauna of the rockies. The bottom two corners have scrollwork, framing “SUMMIT” over a row of pink flowers in bottom centre.

Subject: Bison; animals; Banff National Park; history

Credit: Purchased from Mary Anne Barkhouse, Minden, 2023

Catalogue Number: BkM.08.01

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Teacup

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Date: 1750 – 1820

Material: ceramic

Catalogue Number: 104.20.0318

Description: Trimmed and single notched foot. Glaze has created salmon pink colours distinct to Kiyomizu, Kyoto ceramics from Kyoto province, Japan. Signature stamp on exterior near base. Two triangular glaze voids near base, possibly another form of identification as Kiyomiz were, such as the nick is Kiyomizi …

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Title: Teacup

Date: 1750 – 1820

Material: ceramic

Dimensions: 4.8 x 6.9 cm

Description: Trimmed and single notched foot. Glaze has created salmon pink colours distinct to Kiyomizu, Kyoto ceramics from Kyoto province, Japan. Signature stamp on exterior near base. Two triangular glaze voids near base, possibly another form of identification as Kiyomiz were, such as the nick is Kiyomizi identification .

Subject: households; Edith Morse Robb; Edward S. Morse; Rokubei

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 104.20.0318

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Under the Mountain’s Shadow

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Artist: Elise Findlay (1987 – , Canadian)

Date: 2021

Medium: mixed media; acrylic paint; garbage

Catalogue Number: FiE.13.01 a-c

Description: A triptych all measured at the same size that form into one landscape collage of mountains, showing Cascade mountain at left, Sleeping Buffalo mountain in centre right, and the edge of Rundle at right. The town of Banff lays beneath them. The mountain formations are composed of strips of paper, and…

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Artist: Elise Findlay (1987 – , Canadian)

Title: Under the Mountain’s Shadow

Date: 2021

Medium: mixed media; acrylic paint; garbage

Dimensions: 61.0 x 51.0 cm

Description: A triptych all measured at the same size that form into one landscape collage of mountains, showing Cascade mountain at left, Sleeping Buffalo mountain in centre right, and the edge of Rundle at right. The town of Banff lays beneath them. The mountain formations are composed of strips of paper, and garbage with varying colours of blue, pink, black, and orange. Some of the strips of paper have text on it about lived experiences in Banff.