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Sketchbook

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Artist: Charles L Gibbs

Date: 1903

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GiC.09.01

Description: Hard cover sketchbook Hudson & Kearns bookmakers, London. Each page has a graphite sketch of architectural details, buildings, statues, landscapes, most dated. First page has -Chas-L-Gibbs-1903-. Sketches are dated from May 31, 1903 to August 30, 1903, and contain sights from Italy, France, Swit…

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Artist: Charles L Gibbs

Title: Sketchbook

Date: 1903

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 16.8 x 24.1 cm

Description: Hard cover sketchbook Hudson & Kearns bookmakers, London. Each page has a graphite sketch of architectural details, buildings, statues, landscapes, most dated. First page has -Chas-L-Gibbs-1903-. Sketches are dated from May 31, 1903 to August 30, 1903, and contain sights from Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg. Front interior cover contains an inscription, which reads: Service held every year by British colny(?) at Brussels / Mr Brown gives ? ? every ? of June “ Back interior binding has “JL” written in pencil.

Subject: architecture; urban; rural; landscape; Europe; Germany; Italy; France; Switzerland; Belgium; Luxembourg

Credit: Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976

Catalogue Number: GiC.09.01

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Thatched Cottage

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Artist: Penny Honey Church

Date: c. 1977

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: ChP.03.01

Description: A two peaked thatched cottage dominates the picture centre right; thick foliage behind and beside; a thin branched tree is top right; bottom left is a gnarled, thick trunked tree with foliage on top; top left of picture is clear sky.

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Artist: Penny Honey Church

Title: Thatched Cottage

Date: c. 1977

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 25.6 x 32.7 cm

Description: A two peaked thatched cottage dominates the picture centre right; thick foliage behind and beside; a thin branched tree is top right; bottom left is a gnarled, thick trunked tree with foliage on top; top left of picture is clear sky.

Subject: architecture; West Indies

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

Catalogue Number: ChP.03.01

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Untitled [Chess Set]

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Artist: Robin Sturdy (1946 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: c. 1975

Medium: ceramic

Catalogue Number: StR.06.01

Description: This piece is a fantastical ceramic chess set made up of a village. Surrounding the actual chess board is a village of turreted, peaked and snow-covered buildings. White ghost-like figures stretch out of windows and are crowded on the balconies and terraces of the buildings in an attempt to see t…

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Artist: Robin Sturdy (1946 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [Chess Set]

Date: c. 1975

Medium: ceramic

Dimensions: chess set: 45.72; table: 45.72 x chess set: 71.12; table: 76.2 x chess set: 91.44; table: 101.6 cm

Description: This piece is a fantastical ceramic chess set made up of a village. Surrounding the actual chess board is a village of turreted, peaked and snow-covered buildings. White ghost-like figures stretch out of windows and are crowded on the balconies and terraces of the buildings in an attempt to see the chess match. The chess pieces resemble turtle-like animals standing upright and wearing armor. The chess board is textured and the height of it is varied in different places. The chess set is primarily brown, white and tan.