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Anemone parviflora (Alpine Anenome)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.24
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.24
- Description
- Two plants with brown roots; large leaves; a white flower with yellow bud.
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- Title
- Anemone parviflora (Alpine Anenome)
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- Two plants with brown roots; large leaves; a white flower with yellow bud.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.24
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- Date
- c. 1887
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- MaM.02.01
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- Title
- Bow River
- Date
- c. 1887
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 67.8 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- river
- Credit
- Purchased from Kennedy Galleries , New York, USA, 1980
- Catalogue Number
- MaM.02.01
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- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.03.01
- Description
- A drawing (copy) of a dog sitting on the floor, back view with head turned to the left; he is sitting in front of a table with various things on top of it; drawn curtains in background, opened a little at the left, iron faceted window panes through which can be seen a tower with a flag. Hand writte…
- Title
- High Life
- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 48.0;61.2 x 36.2;50.7 cm
- Description
- A drawing (copy) of a dog sitting on the floor, back view with head turned to the left; he is sitting in front of a table with various things on top of it; drawn curtains in background, opened a little at the left, iron faceted window panes through which can be seen a tower with a flag. Hand written on the brown paper backing of the framed picture: Crayon Copy Mary Sharples 1880.
- Subject
- still life
- animal, dog
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.03.01
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Lobelia kalmii (Brook Lobelia)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.28
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.28
- Description
- A delicate painting of long green stems and long, thin leaves; with small purple flowers near top.
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- Title
- Lobelia kalmii (Brook Lobelia)
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 12.5 cm
- Description
- A delicate painting of long green stems and long, thin leaves; with small purple flowers near top.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.28
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Lychnis apetala (Nodding Lychnis/Campion)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.27
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.27
- Description
- A plant with a long root that spreads widely, small leaves at lower part of stem; atop each stem is a round, ribbed bulb with purple centres; to the viewer’s left of this is a smaller drawing of the same kind of plant with 2 stems and flowers.
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- Title
- Lychnis apetala (Nodding Lychnis/Campion)
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A plant with a long root that spreads widely, small leaves at lower part of stem; atop each stem is a round, ribbed bulb with purple centres; to the viewer’s left of this is a smaller drawing of the same kind of plant with 2 stems and flowers.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.27
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Moneses uniflora (blue one) Epilobium palustre (pink one)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.25
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.25
- Description
- Two different plants on the page; to the left two mostly green plants, with leaves near the roots; a long stem is topped with a white five-petalled flower with orange stamins; other is a single plant with long leaves and small four-pink flowers.
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- Title
- Moneses uniflora (blue one) Epilobium palustre (pink one)
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Two different plants on the page; to the left two mostly green plants, with leaves near the roots; a long stem is topped with a white five-petalled flower with orange stamins; other is a single plant with long leaves and small four-pink flowers.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.25
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Montia (Claytonia) parvifolia (Small-leaved Springbeauty)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.23
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.23
- Description
- A single plant; brown root with tendrils and 9 stems emanating from it; the stems have small leaves; five have small pink flowers and/or buds.
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- Title
- Montia (Claytonia) parvifolia (Small-leaved Springbeauty)
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A single plant; brown root with tendrils and 9 stems emanating from it; the stems have small leaves; five have small pink flowers and/or buds.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.23
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Mount Lefroy N.W.T.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmam.05.01
- Date
- c. 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MaM.05.01
- Description
- Left foreground evergreen trees on a slope, right foreground from centre left to tr mountain slope with some evergreen trees and burnt out forest. The snow capped mountain is centre right to near top of picture. Mountain range to left. Sky is partly cloudy, streaked with colour. On back in art…
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- Title
- Mount Lefroy N.W.T.
- Date
- c. 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.7 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- Left foreground evergreen trees on a slope, right foreground from centre left to tr mountain slope with some evergreen trees and burnt out forest. The snow capped mountain is centre right to near top of picture. Mountain range to left. Sky is partly cloudy, streaked with colour. On back in artist's hand: Mt. Lefroy N.W.T. Highest Peak on the C.P.R. line near Abbott Pass, more than 11,000 feet high. Also Twice One fifth less than twice
- Subject
- Canadian Rockies
- Mount Lefroy
- CPR
- Credit
- Gift of Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1995
- Catalogue Number
- MaM.05.01
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Police Barracks in Banff
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmcw.05.01
- Date
- 1880 – 1929
- Medium
- watercolour, pen and ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- McW.05.01
- Description
- Watercolour painting with pen and ink detailing. It is a landscape painting with 4 Mountains, blue skies, an evergreen forested area, leafy trees, bushes, a building with a red roof, yellow walls and a wood fence. The sky accounts for half the image surface, some mountain peaks and trees cross the …
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- Title
- Police Barracks in Banff
- Date
- 1880 – 1929
- Medium
- watercolour, pen and ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 19.05 x 30.48 cm
- Description
- Watercolour painting with pen and ink detailing. It is a landscape painting with 4 Mountains, blue skies, an evergreen forested area, leafy trees, bushes, a building with a red roof, yellow walls and a wood fence. The sky accounts for half the image surface, some mountain peaks and trees cross the center line and stretch into the sky. There are four birds, off centered, flying in the back ground. The forested area stretches over the mountain ranges, coming up just behind the building which is placed in the distance to the viewer. The left side of the image is surrounded by bushes and three large trees. There are four figures in the painting, two closer to the viewer with red coats, blue pants. They are placed in the middle at an opening in the gate. Another figure is on the right edge, riding a dark brown horse. the fourth figure is standing next to the building, too far to paint details. There is a white structure to the right of the building, Unidentified.
- Credit
- Gift of Jack McMahon, Edmonton, 2018
- Catalogue Number
- McW.05.01
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Sedum lanceolatum (Lanceleaf/Spearleaf Stonecrop)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.29
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.29
- Description
- A small painting of a plant; the brown roots have long thin tendrils; a clump of small leaves at the base; thick long stems with yellow flowers.
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- Title
- Sedum lanceolatum (Lanceleaf/Spearleaf Stonecrop)
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 12.5 cm
- Description
- A small painting of a plant; the brown roots have long thin tendrils; a clump of small leaves at the base; thick long stems with yellow flowers.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.29
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W.H. McMahon Joins The Mounties 1885
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmcw.05.02%20a-g
- Date
- 1885 – 1956
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- McW.05.02 a-g
- Description
- Wood frame with white matting. 6 windows in the matting, 5 watercolour paintings and 1 photograph. Four of the watercolour paintings are in the four corners, a larger watercolour is places just about centre and the photograph is shown below. under each window is an inscription refrencing the image …
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- Title
- W.H. McMahon Joins The Mounties 1885
- Date
- 1885 – 1956
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- Wood frame with white matting. 6 windows in the matting, 5 watercolour paintings and 1 photograph. Four of the watercolour paintings are in the four corners, a larger watercolour is places just about centre and the photograph is shown below. under each window is an inscription refrencing the image it is associated with. At the top is a large inscription reading “WHMcMahon Joins The Mounties. 1885.” All the writing is done in an ornate calligraphy.A: Image (top left): “The Raw Recruit” Viewer looks on into a blue room, facing a doorway and hallway. At the end of the hall a faded figure in blue pants and a red coat stand at attention. In the foreground, a soldier in a red coat, blue pants and white helmet stands in full profile view with rifle at his side. He faces the right side of the image. On the Right side a gentlemen (in a fine suit and hat) stands in full profile facing the left side of the image. He carries a suit case and walking stick. B: Image (bottom left): “First Uniform ill fitting” A man in a red coat, blue pants, and orange hat faces the viewer directly. The coat and pants are bumpy with lots of folds. in the back ground there are plain buildings and a dirt ground.C: Image (center top): “Who told you to dismount, Sir?” Blue skies look over a large area of dirt ground where a man sits in a brown shirt and blue pants. His right arm reaches down to his butt. His hat lays beside him on the right edge of the picture. In the center of the image a dark brown horse is painted mid-buck with the reins flying over his head and his ears pinned back. There is no rider on the saddle. Another man, in a red coat, stands in the distance on the left edge with his hand outstretched. In the background there is a large white building with a large British flag flying above. A faded fourth figure stands in the background. F: Image (Center bottom): “N.W.M.P. Barracks, Banff) It is a photograph (Can be found in archives V265/NA-66-37) Nine figures in brown uniforms stand in front of a yellow building with a brown roof. The man furthest to the left holds the reins of a dapple gray horse. A white dog sits between two of the center figures who are laying on the ground. Based off information at the Archives of Alberta the man laying down to the right of the dog is the artist, William Hastings McMahon. Two more horses pull a cart on the right edge. with a tenth figure in the cart. E: Image (top right): “Drill” A man in a red coat faces a line of marching soldiers in brown coats. He is slightly leaning forward and holds a long stick in his hands. Another figure in a red coat stands in the background. The surrounding environment is a mixtures of browns. Three faded buildings. D: Image (bottom right): “McMahon, N.W.M.P” A proud man faces the viewer directly. He is in a red coat, blue pants and black boots. The background is faded. One building is visible in the background and a woman figure in the far left. G: Frame and Calligraphy script on mat board
- Subject
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- R.C.M.P
- landscape
- barrack
- banff
- mounties
- North West Mounted Police
- N.W.M.P
- watercolour
- Credit
- Gift of Jack McMahon, Edmonton, 2018
- Catalogue Number
- McW.05.02 a-g
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