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Banff Springs Famous Painting Copies and Train Poster

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 colour poster prints, paper, depicting copies of famous art pieces (previously framed and used as decorations in the Banff Springs Hotel), and one b&w poster of a steam train. Content pertains to paintings 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Vermeer and 'La Divina Commedia di Dante' b…

Date Range: [ca. 1945 - ca. 1965]; 1975

Reference Code: V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 67 to 69 O.S.

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Poster

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: V500

Sub-Series: V500 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 67 to 69 O.S.

GMD: Poster

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1945 - ca. 1965]; 1975

Physical Description: 3 Posters: colour, b&w

Scope & Content: File consists of 2 colour poster prints, paper, depicting copies of famous art pieces (previously framed and used as decorations in the Banff Springs Hotel), and one b&w poster of a steam train. Content pertains to paintings 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Vermeer and 'La Divina Commedia di Dante' by Domenico di Michelino; also train image with faded print effect by Midwestern Rail Association.

Notes: Painting reprint posters were stored together in a cardboard poster tube with the following text labels on the outside: "NICHOLAS MORANT BOX 1288 BANFF, ALBERTA CANADA" "OLD BSH PRINTS. BSH HOTEL - II Bldg." "O.H.M.S. FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CANADIAN NATIONAL PARKS BRANCH OTTAWA, CANADA" 'J.C. Campbell, Esq., c/o Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta." (Handwritten): "These prints were originally exquisitely framed for use in rooms, suites and public rooms at the B.S.H." "OLD B.S.H. PRINTS includes PIX of 'II' Hotel" Train poster stored in poster tube labelled "DRAWINGS more to come (1, 2, 3)" with shipping address label: "Reed-Grove Ltd. 2111 East Avenue Rochester, New York 14610" "To Mr. + Mrs. Nichlas (sic) Morant Box 1288, Banff Alberta Canada". Customs label: "PARCEL POST CUSTOMS DECLARATION - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA QTY: 1 DETAILED LIST OF CONTENTS: DRAWINGS VALUE (US $): 10 FIRST CLASS"

Name Access: di Michelino, Domenico; Vermeer

Subject Access: Midwestern Rail Association; Trains; Banff Springs Hotel; Arts; Painting

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Access Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Reproduction Restrictions: Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.

Language: Latin

Conservation: Items must be stored flat within acid-free casing to prevent surface damage.

Creator: Unknown

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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The Bird Tree

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1880 – 1900

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.06

Description: ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: The Bird Tree

Date: 1880 – 1900

Dimensions: 20.8 x 4.7 x 10.0 cm

Description: ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.

Subject: figure, male; animal; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.06

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Copper Tree

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1970

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.15

Description: Metal tree. Gift to Catharine Robb Whyte from Brad White, Christmas, c.1975.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Copper Tree

Date: 1970

Dimensions: 19.0 cm

Description: Metal tree. Gift to Catharine Robb Whyte from Brad White, Christmas, c.1975.

Subject: abstract, non-representational

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.15

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The Diving Board

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.27

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: The Diving Board

Date: 1931

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 14.2 cm

Subject: figure; child; girl; activity; swimming

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.27

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Engineer's House and South Wall (Lower Fort Garry)

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: wood engraving on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.42

Description: Two houses in landscape or farm setting. Signed W.J. Phillips brc. Was mailed in white Christmas Greeting card from the Phillips and is glued at its top edge to inside of card. Xmas greeting in 1931 and again in 1951, this copy is from later date. This print is #179 in R. Boulet Catalogue.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Engineer's House and South Wall (Lower Fort Garry)

Date: 1931

Medium: wood engraving on paper

Dimensions: 9.6 x 13.4 cm

Description: Two houses in landscape or farm setting. Signed W.J. Phillips brc. Was mailed in white Christmas Greeting card from the Phillips and is glued at its top edge to inside of card. Xmas greeting in 1931 and again in 1951, this copy is from later date. This print is #179 in R. Boulet Catalogue.

Subject: landscape; rural; Christmas

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

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.42

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Fall, Assiniboine River

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.22

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Fall, Assiniboine River

Date: 1931

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 17.4 x 25.5 cm

Subject: landscape; river

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.22

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Fishing Boats, Gimli Dock

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: wood cut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.32

Description: Docked boat, man standing on dock, dog in foreground on shoreline;

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Fishing Boats, Gimli Dock

Date: 1937

Medium: wood cut on paper

Dimensions: 12.3 x 18.3 cm

Description: Docked boat, man standing on dock, dog in foreground on shoreline;

Subject: landscape; lake; figure, male; animal, dog; boat

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

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.32

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Grain Elevator at LaSalle, Manitoba

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.21

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Grain Elevator at LaSalle, Manitoba

Date: 1931

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 19.8 x 31.1 cm

Subject: landscape; prairie; architecture; rural

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.21

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"Hotel Closed" Sign

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Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Scope & Content: Printed paper sign, reads "POSITIVELY NO ADMITTANCE HOTEL CLOSED" (no date, no author). Part of a collection of items previously mounted or hung up in Nicholas and Ivy "Willie" Morant's Banff home.

Date Range: [ca. 1950 - ca. 1980] (?)

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 62 (O.S.)

Description Level: 6 / Item

GMD: Poster; Textual record

Part Of: Nicholas Morant fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Fonds Number: M300 / S20 / V500

Sous-Fonds: M300

Sub-Series: M300 / II / D : Personal and Family Materials : Collected Material

Accession Number: 7784

Reference Code: M300 / III / D / 62 (O.S.)

GMD: Poster; Textual record

Responsibility: Nicholas Morant

Date Range: [ca. 1950 - ca. 1980] (?)

Physical Description: 1 Poster/sign, printed construction paper

Scope & Content: Printed paper sign, reads "POSITIVELY NO ADMITTANCE HOTEL CLOSED" (no date, no author). Part of a collection of items previously mounted or hung up in Nicholas and Ivy "Willie" Morant's Banff home.

Name Access: Morant, Ivy; Morant, Nicholas

Subject Access: Hotel; Sign

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Banff

Language: English

Creator: Unknown

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Howe Sound, British Columbia

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1935

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.20

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Howe Sound, British Columbia

Date: 1935

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 26.2 x 31.5 cm

Subject: seascape; Pacific; mountain

Credit: Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.20

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In the Rockies

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.10

Description: The painting is on heavy, brownish paper. The foreground is green, lower right are rocks and a rocky side of a mountain. Blue mountains are evident in background. The top two thirds of the painting is sky, slight washes indicate soft white clouds. Signed brc.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: In the Rockies

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 23.5 x 26.0 cm

Description: The painting is on heavy, brownish paper. The foreground is green, lower right are rocks and a rocky side of a mountain. Blue mountains are evident in background. The top two thirds of the painting is sky, slight washes indicate soft white clouds. Signed brc.