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- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 65
- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 59
- Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian) 47
- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 35
- Unknown 24
- James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian) 19
- Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian) 16
- Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian) 13
- Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian) 10
- Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian) 10
- Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian) 8
- Sitting Wind (1925 – 2002, Canadian) 7
- Artist
- Daniel
- Date
- c. 1965
- Catalogue Number
- DaN.06.01
- Description
- Grey stone, rotund, wrinkled, tusked bull walrus. Whisker and face details. Left flipper forward and right flipper at side. Unsupported and carved from flat piece.
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- Artist
- Daniel
- Title
- Bull Walrus
- Date
- c. 1965
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 7.2 x 10.2 cm
- Description
- Grey stone, rotund, wrinkled, tusked bull walrus. Whisker and face details. Left flipper forward and right flipper at side. Unsupported and carved from flat piece.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- DaN.06.01
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- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- WiS.02.05
- Description
- Oil painting of large lake with cliffs at right side and lake with trees and rocks by shore at right side. Low hills in background at far shore of lake. Swirled clouds in sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back: “Indian Name Sitting Wind Stoney Reserve Morley Alberta.”
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- Title
- By The Lake
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- Oil painting of large lake with cliffs at right side and lake with trees and rocks by shore at right side. Low hills in background at far shore of lake. Swirled clouds in sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back: “Indian Name Sitting Wind Stoney Reserve Morley Alberta.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WiS.02.05
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C Level Lake, Bankhead, Cascade Mountain
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- Artist
- Dorothy V. Whyte
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- WhD.02.01
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, purple. Purple bushes run along tthe lower edge. In he center banked on either side by green bushes is blue green water. The upper third is the far shore of trees and mountains in the distance. There is grey sky along the top.
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- Artist
- Dorothy V. Whyte
- Title
- C Level Lake, Bankhead, Cascade Mountain
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 12.7 x 17.7 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, purple. Purple bushes run along tthe lower edge. In he center banked on either side by green bushes is blue green water. The upper third is the far shore of trees and mountains in the distance. There is grey sky along the top.
- Subject
- landscape, lake
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy V. Whyte, West Vancouver, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- WhD.02.01
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Camp Life and Animals
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactkia.04.02
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KiA.04.02
- Description
- Print of various animals and five (5) people, one (1) bird, stylized features but very expressive; the images are shaded grey; embossed circle 2.8 dia. with letters inside in BRC; Bottom reads “24/50 Kiakshuk”Back reads “#35”Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC) embossed chop in br
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- Title
- Camp Life and Animals
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.1 x 30.2 cm
- Description
- Print of various animals and five (5) people, one (1) bird, stylized features but very expressive; the images are shaded grey; embossed circle 2.8 dia. with letters inside in BRC; Bottom reads “24/50 Kiakshuk”Back reads “#35”Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC) embossed chop in br
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- KiA.04.02
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Campanula rotundifolia (Harebells)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.17
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.17
- Description
- Six purple flowers hang from tops of long green stems; buds and small leaves on stems; brown root and a cluster of green leaves at stem end.
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- Title
- Campanula rotundifolia (Harebells)
- Date
- 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- Six purple flowers hang from tops of long green stems; buds and small leaves on stems; brown root and a cluster of green leaves at stem end.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.17
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Canadian Rockies, 1965
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- Date
- 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.67
- Description
- A mountain range runs horizontally across the painting in the upper centre. The mountains are painted in yellows, blues and purples. A snow covered area which looks like a glacier or lake is cropped at the left in the foreground. A few rocky outcrops stick up out of this area. A green slope ris…
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- Title
- Canadian Rockies, 1965
- Date
- 1965
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- A mountain range runs horizontally across the painting in the upper centre. The mountains are painted in yellows, blues and purples. A snow covered area which looks like a glacier or lake is cropped at the left in the foreground. A few rocky outcrops stick up out of this area. A green slope rises up on the right and is cut off.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.67
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Caribou and Wolf
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- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MiA.04.01
- Description
- Black image centered on page; irregular shape; a white space surrounds the image of a galloping caribou and behind that, a wolf; tlc inscribed: “LVC”*; from the left in pencil is writtten the edition number “22/25” with Inuit writing** to right with the date “1962”; Stamped on the back tlc: POVUNGN…
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- Title
- Caribou and Wolf
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.5 x 40.0 cm
- Description
- Black image centered on page; irregular shape; a white space surrounds the image of a galloping caribou and behind that, a wolf; tlc inscribed: “LVC”*; from the left in pencil is writtten the edition number “22/25” with Inuit writing** to right with the date “1962”; Stamped on the back tlc: POVUNGNITUK COOPERATIVE SOCIETY Pr. Quecbec Canada 1962”Text in image reads “ᒥᐱᒐ”, a reverse of the artists name.Bottom text reads “22/25 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒧ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᐊᒪᕈᓗ ᑐᑐᓗ ᐊᓂ ᒥᒃᐱᑲ. ᐳᕕᓂᑐ. ᑯᐃᐱ. ᑲᓇᑕ. 1962Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (CEAC) chop in brc.
- Subject
- Animal
- caribou
- arctic wolf
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- MiA.04.01
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Caribou, Bear and Fox
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- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- stonecut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KuA.04.01
- Description
- Brown and black image, irregular shape, encompasses positive forms of a caribou, bear, fox, and a human face, Inuit writing incised into centre bottom of image. Stamped on the back tlc: Povungnituk Cooperative Society Pr. Quebec 1962Text in image reads “ᑯᐊᓇᓇ”, the artist’s signature.Bottom text re…
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- Title
- Caribou, Bear and Fox
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- stonecut on paper
- Dimensions
- 40.0 x 41.7 cm
- Description
- Brown and black image, irregular shape, encompasses positive forms of a caribou, bear, fox, and a human face, Inuit writing incised into centre bottom of image. Stamped on the back tlc: Povungnituk Cooperative Society Pr. Quebec 1962Text in image reads “ᑯᐊᓇᓇ”, the artist’s signature.Bottom text reads “11/30 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒧ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᑐᑐᓗ ᓇᓄᓗ ᑎᕆᕋᓂᐊᓗ ᑯᐊᓇᓇ ᐳᕕᓂᑐ ᑯᐃᐱ ᑲᓇᑕ 1962”
- Subject
- animal, caribou, bear, fox
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- KuA.04.01
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Cascade Mountain 1908
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- Date
- 1908
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- CuJ.02.01
- Description
- General colour: green. Across the bottom is grass and then a lake with two boats on it; one in the center and one to the left in the distance. The far shore is one third up and gives way to a mountain. The peak is in the middle near the top. Sky is on both sides.
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- Title
- Cascade Mountain 1908
- Date
- 1908
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35.3 x 43.2 cm
- Description
- General colour: green. Across the bottom is grass and then a lake with two boats on it; one in the center and one to the left in the distance. The far shore is one third up and gives way to a mountain. The peak is in the middle near the top. Sky is on both sides.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
- Catalogue Number
- CuJ.02.01
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Cathedral Mountain
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- Date
- 1968 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.073
- Description
- Lake O’Hara in foreground, Cathedral Mountain beyond.
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- Title
- Cathedral Mountain
- Date
- 1968 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Lake O’Hara in foreground, Cathedral Mountain beyond.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.073
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Cathedral Mountain
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- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.159
- Description
- Cathedral Mountain shouded in clouds, across Lake O’Hara.
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- Title
- Cathedral Mountain
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- Cathedral Mountain shouded in clouds, across Lake O’Hara.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.159
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Cathedral Mountain in Wapta Muck
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- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.231
- Description
- Cathedral rises through the whisps of circling cloud covering. The green blue, splashes of paint at the base of the mountain gives the impression of a thick forest. Beige strokes of paint stretch up to the purplish mass of rock beyond the treeline. Catharine is encompassed by a grey sky.
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- Title
- Cathedral Mountain in Wapta Muck
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Cathedral rises through the whisps of circling cloud covering. The green blue, splashes of paint at the base of the mountain gives the impression of a thick forest. Beige strokes of paint stretch up to the purplish mass of rock beyond the treeline. Catharine is encompassed by a grey sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.231
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- Date
- c. 1913
- Catalogue Number
- CaE.06.01
- Description
- A primitive, low fired clay bowl, reddish clay. Center of bowl has a dark coloured circle around which a simplified fish is curled. It has been of a light colour, most of which is now worn off.
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- Title
- ceramic bowl
- Date
- c. 1913
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- A primitive, low fired clay bowl, reddish clay. Center of bowl has a dark coloured circle around which a simplified fish is curled. It has been of a light colour, most of which is now worn off.
- Subject
- abstract
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy Oldrich, Banff, 1967
- Catalogue Number
- CaE.06.01
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Ceremonial Dancer
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- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- watercolour, ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- TaG.05.01
- Description
- Colour: brown, black, turquoise, orange on white. A single figure in ceremonial dress whirls two turquoise blue hoops round his wrists. The black and white feathers of his headdress and tail are tipped with orange.
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- Title
- Ceremonial Dancer
- Date
- 1967
- Medium
- watercolour, ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.6 x 22.8 cm
- Description
- Colour: brown, black, turquoise, orange on white. A single figure in ceremonial dress whirls two turquoise blue hoops round his wrists. The black and white feathers of his headdress and tail are tipped with orange.
- Subject
- figure, male
- activity, dancing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- TaG.05.01
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Chilcotin Road
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- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- graphite; coloured graphite on curfew paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.03.03
- Description
- Small sketch of a road with foothills rolling off on either side of the road. The road leads to a mountain range; blue coloured pencil is used to accent the mountain peaks as well as blue spot rain/snow drops centre under image. Artist signature: centre under image Sinclair ‘69.
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- Title
- Chilcotin Road
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- graphite; coloured graphite on curfew paper
- Dimensions
- 26.5 x 31.6 cm
- Description
- Small sketch of a road with foothills rolling off on either side of the road. The road leads to a mountain range; blue coloured pencil is used to accent the mountain peaks as well as blue spot rain/snow drops centre under image. Artist signature: centre under image Sinclair ‘69.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.03.03
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Children frightened by birds and dog
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- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ArS.04.02
- Description
- black and white images; main image has a black base with Inuit writing and a dog silhouetted in white; on this base are four igloos, on proper right of image has 3 children inside , proper left has one larger child that apperas frightened; above the ingloos is another scene of an igloo with 2 peopl…
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- Title
- Children frightened by birds and dog
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 61.0 x 74.5 cm
- Description
- black and white images; main image has a black base with Inuit writing and a dog silhouetted in white; on this base are four igloos, on proper right of image has 3 children inside , proper left has one larger child that apperas frightened; above the ingloos is another scene of an igloo with 2 people and a dog. above 3 birds are flying. 2 birds are white with black necks and heads. the other is black with white spots. Text in image reads as follows:Line 1: ᑕᑯᐊ ᐅᐱᐊᓗᒥ ᐅᐸᑐ(ᐳ?) ᑭᕋᕕ ᒪᕈ. ᑕᐃᒪ ᐅᐸᑐ(ᐳ?)ᓂ ᑕᑯᐊ ᑕᑯᕋᒥ ᐊᐃᑕ(ᐸ?)ᒐ ᑭᒥᒥ ᐱᒍᓂᔪ.Line 2: ᐊᒪᓗ ᑕᑯᐊ ᑲᑕᒥᑐ ᑭᒥᒥ ᐃᔪᔪ (circled: ᓴᔪᐃᓕ ᐊᐅᐳ) ᐊᓄᐃᓗ ᓂᕕᒐᔪ Line 3:ᐊᒪᓗ ᑕᓇ ᐃᓗᒥᑐ ᑕᑯᕋᒥ ᑭᕋᕕᓂ ᐅᒥᑐᐃᔪᕕᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᑕᑐ ᑕᐃᒪᑕᕋBottom text reads “21/30 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒪ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ . ᐃᓄᐃ ᐊᓂᕋᒥᓂᑐ. ᐅᑭᐅᒥ ᑕᒐ. ᓴᔪᐃᓕ ᐊᐅᐸ ᐳᕕᓂᑐ. ᑯᐃᐱᒃ 1962”
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- ArS.04.02
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Chopping Through Cornice on Mount Brewster
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- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- silver gelatin on paper
- Catalogue Number
- EnB.18.05
- Description
- A black and white photographic positive, a figure of a man is central in the picture, only his one boot is clearly defined, he is chopping through a cornice of snow, the mountain is from bottom left to upper right, most of it snow, flying snow backlit from the sun dominates the centre of the picture
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- Title
- Chopping Through Cornice on Mount Brewster
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- silver gelatin on paper
- Dimensions
- 49.0 x 39.5 cm
- Description
- A black and white photographic positive, a figure of a man is central in the picture, only his one boot is clearly defined, he is chopping through a cornice of snow, the mountain is from bottom left to upper right, most of it snow, flying snow backlit from the sun dominates the centre of the picture
- Credit
- Purchased from Bruno Engler, Harvie Heights, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- EnB.18.05
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Christmas on the Ranch
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- Date
- 1961
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MiJ.04.20
- Description
- Four horses next to corral in winter. Falling snow on blue background.
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- Title
- Christmas on the Ranch
- Date
- 1961
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.3 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- Four horses next to corral in winter. Falling snow on blue background.
- Credit
- Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2004
- Catalogue Number
- MiJ.04.20
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Churchyard, Sandwich Kent
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- Date
- c. 1909
- Medium
- graphite on paper board
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.083
- Description
- Scene with a stone wall to the left and some trees to the right and a church in the middle background.“This sketch probably dates from 1909 when the Collings family lived in Sandwich in the year prior to their emigration to Canada.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda …
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- Title
- Churchyard, Sandwich Kent
- Date
- c. 1909
- Medium
- graphite on paper board
- Dimensions
- 28.5 x 38 cm
- Description
- Scene with a stone wall to the left and some trees to the right and a church in the middle background.“This sketch probably dates from 1909 when the Collings family lived in Sandwich in the year prior to their emigration to Canada.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda HeathOn the back is a sketch of the port side of a ship with a life boat of pulleys.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.083
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Climbers on the South Peak of Mount Victoria
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- Date
- 1961
- Medium
- silver gelatin on paper
- Catalogue Number
- EnB.18.01
- Description
- A black and white photographic positive, the top fifth of the picture is sky with a few clouds, the rest of the picture is of mountain peaks with snow and glaciers, from bottom left is a field of snow which terminates centre top, on this field can be seen 2 mountain climbers, the mountain is Mount …
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- Title
- Climbers on the South Peak of Mount Victoria
- Date
- 1961
- Medium
- silver gelatin on paper
- Dimensions
- 39.5 x 49.0 cm
- Description
- A black and white photographic positive, the top fifth of the picture is sky with a few clouds, the rest of the picture is of mountain peaks with snow and glaciers, from bottom left is a field of snow which terminates centre top, on this field can be seen 2 mountain climbers, the mountain is Mount Victoria, Banff National Park
- Subject
- landscape, mountain
- Credit
- Purchased from Bruno Engler, Harvie Heights, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- EnB.18.01
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