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Bighorn Sheep

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Artist: Unknown

Date: c. 1910

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.36

Description: A wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Bighorn Sheep

Date: c. 1910

Dimensions: 14.5 x 16.0 cm

Description: A wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.

Subject: animal; Bighorn Sheep

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.36

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Bird

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Artist: Isapik (?)

Date: later than 1900

Catalogue Number: IsA.06.01

Description: Green stone, stylized bird, with head outstretched, may be swimming.

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Artist: Isapik (?)

Title: Bird

Date: later than 1900

Dimensions: 6.0 x 5.7 x 14.5 cm

Description: Green stone, stylized bird, with head outstretched, may be swimming.

Subject: animal, bird

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

Catalogue Number: IsA.06.01

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Bow Glacier

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1900 – 1965

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.03

Description: General colour: white, blue, orange, green on brown. A mountain with purple, blue and orange slopes on the left. A bank of green on the right and snow and rock face above and center. Vague blue and cream shadings in the sky.

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Bow Glacier

Date: 1900 – 1965

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 24.0 x 30.4 cm

Description: General colour: white, blue, orange, green on brown. A mountain with purple, blue and orange slopes on the left. A bank of green on the right and snow and rock face above and center. Vague blue and cream shadings in the sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.03

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Buddhist Icon

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1900 – 1925

Medium: watercolour; gouache on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.04

Description: Blue god or demon surrounded in flames, over nude figure; flames and border rust coloured; 5/ on back. CRW purchased it in Katmandu, Nepal in Autumn of 1970, approx. a month long trip which included Langtang Valley trek.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Buddhist Icon

Date: 1900 – 1925

Medium: watercolour; gouache on paper

Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.6 cm

Description: Blue god or demon surrounded in flames, over nude figure; flames and border rust coloured; 5/ on back. CRW purchased it in Katmandu, Nepal in Autumn of 1970, approx. a month long trip which included Langtang Valley trek.

Subject: figure, male; mythological

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.04

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Campanula rotundifolia (Harebells)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

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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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

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.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.17

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Cascade Mountain 1908

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Artist: John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)

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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Artist: John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)

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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ceramic bowl

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Artist: Emily Carr (1871 – 1945, Canadian)

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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Artist: Emily Carr (1871 – 1945, Canadian)

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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Churchyard, Sandwich Kent

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

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

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.