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Needlework Pattern

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Date: 1812 – 1898

Medium: gouache on paper; card

Catalogue Number: PoS.07.15

Description: Hand-painted needlework pattern on gridded card depicting a geometric design in brown, light yellow, emerald green and deep blue. In the top right corner of the grid, the number “8737” is written - most likely the pattern’s number. In the top center of the grid, there are initials “?A”. The bottom …

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Title: Needlework Pattern

Date: 1812 – 1898

Medium: gouache on paper; card

Dimensions: 21.5 x 28.0 cm

Description: Hand-painted needlework pattern on gridded card depicting a geometric design in brown, light yellow, emerald green and deep blue. In the top right corner of the grid, the number “8737” is written - most likely the pattern’s number. In the top center of the grid, there are initials “?A”. The bottom of the grid has an inscription that reads “P. Fritz in Berlin”. On the reverse, there is writing in the top right corner that reads “Cu G/C” (?)

Subject: geometric; border; tile; decorative; needlework

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: PoS.07.15

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Needlework Pattern Fragments

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Date: 1812 – 1898

Medium: gouache on paper; card

Catalogue Number: PoS.07.11a-d

Description: Four hand-painted needlework pattern fragments. a) a multi-coloured butterfly with curled antennae.b) two floral designs, one with a purple flower, the other blue, white and red.c) a white flower with brown stem and three green leaves.d) black rectangle with yellow and red floral pattern. Red flowe…

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Title: Needlework Pattern Fragments

Date: 1812 – 1898

Medium: gouache on paper; card

Description: Four hand-painted needlework pattern fragments. a) a multi-coloured butterfly with curled antennae.b) two floral designs, one with a purple flower, the other blue, white and red.c) a white flower with brown stem and three green leaves.d) black rectangle with yellow and red floral pattern. Red flowers have bright green leaves.All appear to be cut from a gridded pattern card.

Subject: insect; butterfly; floral; pattern; needlework; decorative;

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: PoS.07.11a-d

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Needlework Sampler

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Date: 1812 – 1898

Medium: wool; yarn; fibre; card on cloth; fibre

Catalogue Number: PoS.08.01a-d

Description: Four needlepoint sampler fragments with geometric designsa) orange, blue and black design in two lines, unfinished. Yellow whip stitch on one edge.b) brown and red hexagon design with black edges. Dark red whip stitch around all edgesc) green and red elongated hexagon design with black edges. Dark …

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Title: Needlework Sampler

Date: 1812 – 1898

Medium: wool; yarn; fibre; card on cloth; fibre

Description: Four needlepoint sampler fragments with geometric designsa) orange, blue and black design in two lines, unfinished. Yellow whip stitch on one edge.b) brown and red hexagon design with black edges. Dark red whip stitch around all edgesc) green and red elongated hexagon design with black edges. Dark red whip stitch around all edges except one.d) miniature green and red design on perforated card, similar to (a)Three (a,b,c) are made on large open weave cloth. (d) is made on a perforated paper or card material. (b,c) are made on cloth that has blue guidelines built into the weave. All designs are using “cross-stitch” technique, where a tent stitch is made in one direction first, then created in the opposite direction overtop to form an “x” shape.

Subject: geometric; needlework

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: PoS.08.01a-d

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Needlework; Slipper Pattern

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Date: 1812 – 1898

Medium: gouache on paper; card

Catalogue Number: PoS.07.16

Description: Hand-painted needlework pattern on gridded card depicting a floral pattern on a V shaped black background. At the top of the design there are small pink and white roses, which move down towards a five-petaled red flower with a yellow center, green leaves and brown brand. Beneath this, there is one …

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Title: Needlework; Slipper Pattern

Date: 1812 – 1898

Medium: gouache on paper; card

Dimensions: 31.0 x 24.0 cm

Description: Hand-painted needlework pattern on gridded card depicting a floral pattern on a V shaped black background. At the top of the design there are small pink and white roses, which move down towards a five-petaled red flower with a yellow center, green leaves and brown brand. Beneath this, there is one large ivy or maple leaf. The design finishes with a half circle of small pink and red roses, beneath which are a large red rose, a large white rose, and a purple and yellow pansy at the tip.At the top corner of the grid, the number “4741” is written. This is most likely the pattern’s number. At the bottom of the grid, there is an inscription that reads “Berlin bei Carl F. W. Wicht” which translates from German as “Berlin by Carl F. W. Wicht”. There is a large, bold “3” in the bottom left corner of the grid. The pattern is used to create a slipper.

Subject: slipper; floral; flower; foliage; decorative; needlework

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: PoS.07.16

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Needlework; Slipper Pattern

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Date: 1812 – 1898

Medium: gouache on paper; card

Catalogue Number: PoS.07.17

Description: Hand-painted needlework pattern on gridded card depicting a floral pattern on a V shaped black background. The pattern features large, red, heart-shaped leaves that span across the entire space. There are six small bundles of blue forget-me-not flowers that are evenly placed throughout the design. …

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Title: Needlework; Slipper Pattern

Date: 1812 – 1898

Medium: gouache on paper; card

Dimensions: 30.0 x 22.5 cm

Description: Hand-painted needlework pattern on gridded card depicting a floral pattern on a V shaped black background. The pattern features large, red, heart-shaped leaves that span across the entire space. There are six small bundles of blue forget-me-not flowers that are evenly placed throughout the design. Three pink roses appear near the bottom of the design with green foliage. There is a white circle in the center.At the top corner of the grid, the number “4149” is written. This is most likely the pattern’s number. At the bottom of the grid, there is an inscription that reads “Berlin bei Carl F. W. Wicht” which translates from German as “Berlin by Carl F. W. Wicht”. There is a large, bold “3” in the bottom left corner of the grid. The pattern is used to create a slipper.

Subject: slipper; floral; flower; foliage; decorative; needlework

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: PoS.07.17

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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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Survey and discovery of Oregon Territory|Survey of Athabaska Lake, Slave River|Route of Sir. A. Mackenzie in 1792|Survey of Fraser River by J. Stewart|Survey of North West Company by D. Thompson

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Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Published Date: 1814

Call Number: C12-1.2

Published Date: 1814

Medium: Library - Maps and blueprints (unannotated; published); Map

Subjects: Western Canada

Notes: Photostatic copy from Public Archives; eight sections

Accession Number: 675

Call Number: C12-1.2

Collection: Archives Library

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Tableware Set

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Date: 1818 – 1924

Material: ceramic, bone china

Catalogue Number: 104.20.0119 a-k

Description: A set of eleven dessert plates with a bold coloured border around the rim and a series of raised relief dots forming a band. Each plate has a decoration of a sheaf of leaves, grasses and flowers at the centre. The plates are each marked with a Dresden (?) hallmark.

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Title: Tableware Set

Date: 1818 – 1924

Material: ceramic, bone china

Description: A set of eleven dessert plates with a bold coloured border around the rim and a series of raised relief dots forming a band. Each plate has a decoration of a sheaf of leaves, grasses and flowers at the centre. The plates are each marked with a Dresden (?) hallmark.

Subject: households; decorative; social customs; plants; flowers

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: 104.20.0119 a-k

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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 .