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The Indian Alps and how we crossed them, being a narrative of two years' residence

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1876

Author: Mazuchelli, Nina Elizabeth

Publisher: London : Longmans, Green

Call Number: DS485 H6 M39

Author: Mazuchelli, Nina Elizabeth

Publisher: London : Longmans, Green

Published Date: 1876

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DS485 H6 M39

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Italian Alps : sketches in the mountains of Ticino, Lombardy, the Trentino

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1875

Author: Freshfield, Douglas William

Publisher: London : Longmans Green

Call Number: DQ828 F74

Author: Freshfield, Douglas William

Publisher: London : Longmans Green

Published Date: 1875

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DQ828 F74

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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John Brewster

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1870 – 1875

Medium: charcoal; graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.01

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: John Brewster

Date: 1870 – 1875

Medium: charcoal; graphite on paper

Dimensions: 47.0 x 39.0 cm

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster.

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.01

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Journal of a tour in Morocco and the Great Atlas

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1878

Author: Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton

Publisher: London : Macmillan

Call Number: DT309 H6

Author: Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton

Publisher: London : Macmillan

Published Date: 1878

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Ball, John

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: DT309 H6

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Kabuki Theatre Poster

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Artist: Toyohara Kunichika

Date: 1879 – 1879

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: KoT.04.02 a-c

Description: This triptych is a Kabuki Theater Poster. The first panel features two actors dressed as women. Both are holding fans and standing in front of a red background. The actor on the left is taunting the actor in the second panel who has blue hair and is wearing a white Kimono while holding a string of…

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Artist: Toyohara Kunichika

Title: Kabuki Theatre Poster

Date: 1879 – 1879

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 36.0 x 73.5 cm

Description: This triptych is a Kabuki Theater Poster. The first panel features two actors dressed as women. Both are holding fans and standing in front of a red background. The actor on the left is taunting the actor in the second panel who has blue hair and is wearing a white Kimono while holding a string of beads. The background in the second panel is a deep blue with a magnolia tree and flowers and a parrot in the trc. The third panel features a third actor in a green kimono. He is facing the actor in the second panel and appears to be angry. He is holding a rope with both hands and has 2 swords in his belt. He is standing in front of a red background and a portion of the background from the second panel.

Subject: figures; male; Kabuki; activity; acting

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

Catalogue Number: KoT.04.02 a-c

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Kabuki Theatre Poster

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Artist: Toyohara Kunichika

Date: 1879 – 1879

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: KoT.04.03 a-c

Description: This Kabuki Theater Poster features 3 actors: Two playing women, and one a man. The man is in the second panel holding an elaborate sword that exits the print at the bottom of the page. He is coyly looking into the third panel where his gaze finds a coyly looking woman: Her body faces right (away…

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Artist: Toyohara Kunichika

Title: Kabuki Theatre Poster

Date: 1879 – 1879

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 35.5 x 72.0 cm

Description: This Kabuki Theater Poster features 3 actors: Two playing women, and one a man. The man is in the second panel holding an elaborate sword that exits the print at the bottom of the page. He is coyly looking into the third panel where his gaze finds a coyly looking woman: Her body faces right (away from the man) but her head subtly turns to the left. A third actor is in the first panel. This woman looks into the second panel at the man she is dressed much more simply than the other two. The background is a dark solid blue, and the entire print is framed by a black and gold border.

Subject: Activity; Acting; Kabuki Theater; Figures; Women; Man

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

Catalogue Number: KoT.04.03 a-c

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Kabuki Theatre Poster, Three Ninja

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Artist: Toyohara Kunichika

Date: 1878

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: KoT.04.01 a-c

Description: (a)actor with sword in his mouth, holding a banner (b) 37.6 x 25.4/35.9 x 24.4 actor holding a scroll, the head of a green dragon in front of him (c) 37.5 x25.5/36.0 x 24.5 actor with clasped hands

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Artist: Toyohara Kunichika

Title: Kabuki Theatre Poster, Three Ninja

Date: 1878

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 37.5 x 25.4 cm

Description: (a)actor with sword in his mouth, holding a banner (b) 37.6 x 25.4/35.9 x 24.4 actor holding a scroll, the head of a green dragon in front of him (c) 37.5 x25.5/36.0 x 24.5 actor with clasped hands

Subject: figure; activity; male

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

Catalogue Number: KoT.04.01 a-c

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Lake and mountain scenery from the Swiss Alps

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1874

Author: Bonney, Thomas George

Publisher: London : Bruckmann

Call Number: DQ823 B65 1874 Oversize F

Author: Bonney, Thomas George

Responsibility: woodcuts by G. Roux

Publisher: London : Bruckmann

Published Date: 1874

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Call Number: DQ823 B65 1874 Oversize F

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Life and letters of James David Forbes...late principal of the United College in the University of St. Andrews

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1873

Author: Shairp, John Campbell

Publisher: London : Macmillan

Call Number: G512 F6 S5

Author: Shairp, John Campbell

Publisher: London : Macmillan

Published Date: 1873

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Notes: Edward C. Porter Mountaineering Library

Call Number: G512 F6 S5

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Maple Creek, Border of Alberta

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1875

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.43

Description: Scene of grassy field leading to the distance with the red roof of some houses seen.“This very yellow landscape appears to have been an early experiment, lacking Collings’ finesse and resulting in ‘rubbed’ paper in the left portion of the sky.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Rai…

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Maple Creek, Border of Alberta

Date: c. 1875

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 13.5 x 19 cm

Description: Scene of grassy field leading to the distance with the red roof of some houses seen.“This very yellow landscape appears to have been an early experiment, lacking Collings’ finesse and resulting in ‘rubbed’ paper in the left portion of the sky.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath