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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour; graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.39
Description
In the foreground is a shore area where two people are in a rowboat. Green grass is in the bottom left corner. In the bottom right corner two more row boats lay empty. Water from the river or sea stretches across the image. A wall extends into the water and people are walking on it. Across the…
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Appledore-Devon
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour; graphite on paper
Description
In the foreground is a shore area where two people are in a rowboat. Green grass is in the bottom left corner. In the bottom right corner two more row boats lay empty. Water from the river or sea stretches across the image. A wall extends into the water and people are walking on it. Across the water is a low hill and land with a town on it. Stands of trees are scattered around and a church tower is visible. The sky is blue with white and grey clouds in it.
Subject
landscape
rural
England
Devon
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.39
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Beach Combers, Burrard Inlet, B.C.

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.38
Description
A coastal seascape of Burrard Inlet, BC, shows a floating house or shack in the centre right of the image. It has a railing running around it and a covered porch. A walkway runs from the shore at the bottom of the image to the shack. Part of another shack is cropped at the left of the image. L…
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Beach Combers, Burrard Inlet, B.C.
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A coastal seascape of Burrard Inlet, BC, shows a floating house or shack in the centre right of the image. It has a railing running around it and a covered porch. A walkway runs from the shore at the bottom of the image to the shack. Part of another shack is cropped at the left of the image. Logs are floating around these buildings. Beyond the buildings is Burrard Inlet on which there are two or three boats. A dock runs out the boats in the upper left corner. Beyond, at the top of the image are Coast mountains, some covered in snow.
Subject
landscape
coastal
seascape
Pacific
British Columbia
Burrard Inlet, mountains, Coast
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.38
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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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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1963
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.06
Description
General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake
Date
1963
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
32.3 x 40.1 cm
Description
General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.06
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Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.28
Description
In the foreground on the left is a small group of trees and rocky ground leading down to a waters edge. In the mid-ground on the right is another group of trees and ground that meets the water. Just behind the trees is Bow Lake and in the background are snow capped mountains and Crowfoot Glacier. T…
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
In the foreground on the left is a small group of trees and rocky ground leading down to a waters edge. In the mid-ground on the right is another group of trees and ground that meets the water. Just behind the trees is Bow Lake and in the background are snow capped mountains and Crowfoot Glacier. The sky has many gray clouds with small areas of blue sky showing through.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
lake
Bow lake
glacier
Crowfoot Glacier
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 1997
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.28
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The Crescent Cambridge Rd - Hastings - Sussex

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour; graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.37
Description
This painting depicts a streetscape in Sussex, England. On the left are three or four story buildings. Further down this street but still on the left are two smaller buildings, one with a chimney. The viewer is looking straight down the road. there are buildings at the end of it and another one …
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
The Crescent Cambridge Rd - Hastings - Sussex
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour; graphite on paper
Description
This painting depicts a streetscape in Sussex, England. On the left are three or four story buildings. Further down this street but still on the left are two smaller buildings, one with a chimney. The viewer is looking straight down the road. there are buildings at the end of it and another one on the right. Hills are visible in the distance. People are in the street, children playing, etc.
Subject
architecture
urban
landscape
figure
England
Sussex
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.37
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“Hop Oasts” - Wet Day

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.33
Description
A dark, cloudy sky, and pouring rain extend across the watercolour. In the centre of the image there is a large building which may be a church. A horse and cart in the blc and a number of people are milling around in front of the building. Trees are visible on the right and left of the image.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
“Hop Oasts” - Wet Day
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A dark, cloudy sky, and pouring rain extend across the watercolour. In the centre of the image there is a large building which may be a church. A horse and cart in the blc and a number of people are milling around in front of the building. Trees are visible on the right and left of the image.
Subject
landscape
urban
figure
male
female
animal
horse
architecture
church
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.33
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Indian Village Of Koksilah

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1935
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.04
Description
General colour: brown ink on white. A pencil grid of three quarter inch squares has been laid over a birds eye view of an indian village. Left of center is a church. A road goes up and right from it. There are buildings here and there. Tree branches in the lower left corner and trees spaced across …
Title
Indian Village Of Koksilah
Date
1935
Dimensions
26.6 x 28.5 cm
Description
General colour: brown ink on white. A pencil grid of three quarter inch squares has been laid over a birds eye view of an indian village. Left of center is a church. A road goes up and right from it. There are buildings here and there. Tree branches in the lower left corner and trees spaced across the upper area.
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.04
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1929
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.01
Description
General colour: blue. The lake at the bottom is banked on the right by trees and on the left in the distance by a mountain face rising out of the water. Glacier is center with five peaks visible: The central one being left of center at the very top. Sky is yellow grey and mostly in the upper right …
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Title
Moraine Lake
Date
1929
Dimensions
40.3 x 51.9 cm
Description
General colour: blue. The lake at the bottom is banked on the right by trees and on the left in the distance by a mountain face rising out of the water. Glacier is center with five peaks visible: The central one being left of center at the very top. Sky is yellow grey and mostly in the upper right corner.
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.01
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.09
Description
The mountains dominate the picture, of blue/purple tones. Left foreground is a small lake with reflections of the mountains, immediate right foreground has yellow/brown tones, treed shoreline. Little sky showing, cloudy. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition publica…
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Moraine Lake
Date
1927
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
42.2 x 57.0 cm
Description
The mountains dominate the picture, of blue/purple tones. Left foreground is a small lake with reflections of the mountains, immediate right foreground has yellow/brown tones, treed shoreline. Little sky showing, cloudy. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0334 A; 20687.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.09
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.01
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Trees in the lower right corner. A mountain slope in the lower left corner. Behind rises a mountain with snow on the brown cliffs becoming blue cliffs in the background. Blue sky with a few clouds in each corner fills the upper area.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Mount Babel
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
40.2 x 45.3 cm
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Trees in the lower right corner. A mountain slope in the lower left corner. Behind rises a mountain with snow on the brown cliffs becoming blue cliffs in the background. Blue sky with a few clouds in each corner fills the upper area.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of W. (Mrs.) B. Milne, Nanaimo, 1969
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.01
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.04
Description
Mountain scene with large prominent peak [Mt. Edith] at right centre. brown rocky slopes with sparse trees on either side, forming a large canyon. a river is in the foreground at the bottom of the canyon. blue sky with pink showing underneath sparsely applied paint. signed “A.C. Leighton bottom” ri…
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Mount Edith
Date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
60.0 x 76.0 cm
Description
Mountain scene with large prominent peak [Mt. Edith] at right centre. brown rocky slopes with sparse trees on either side, forming a large canyon. a river is in the foreground at the bottom of the canyon. blue sky with pink showing underneath sparsely applied paint. signed “A.C. Leighton bottom” right corner. plaque on back of frame reads “Mount Edith, 1928 by A. C. Leighton” and a paper label adds “Banff” to the above.
Subject
mount edith
mountains
banff
landscape
Credit
Gift of Robert Fulton, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.04
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Old Banff Springs Hotel

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Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on wood
Catalogue Number
UnK.02.11
Description
A painting on a solid piece of wood of the early Banff Springs Hotel, probably 1888 circa. The Bow River runs in the left foreground of picture. It is a realistic painting of the mountains, Sulphur, Goat and the back of Rundle. The colours are darkish greens, blue river, the sky is yellowish (the …
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Old Banff Springs Hotel
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
37.3 x 115.2 cm
Description
A painting on a solid piece of wood of the early Banff Springs Hotel, probably 1888 circa. The Bow River runs in the left foreground of picture. It is a realistic painting of the mountains, Sulphur, Goat and the back of Rundle. The colours are darkish greens, blue river, the sky is yellowish (the sky looks unfinished).
Subject
landscape
Banff Springs Hotel
Canadian Rockies
architecture
river
Credit
Purchased from Thomas N. Lackey, Halifax, 1983
Catalogue Number
UnK.02.11
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On the Beach - Seaton, Devon

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.31
Description
A grey, white and blue cloudy sky takes up the top half of the image. A seawall in the brc has people on it. A beach extends out from the wall and has a number of people on it in beach chairs or on the sand. The water beyond the beach is green and blue. Three white sail boats are on the water.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
On the Beach - Seaton, Devon
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A grey, white and blue cloudy sky takes up the top half of the image. A seawall in the brc has people on it. A beach extends out from the wall and has a number of people on it in beach chairs or on the sand. The water beyond the beach is green and blue. Three white sail boats are on the water.
Subject
landscape
seaside
England
Devon
Seaton
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.31
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River at Cahair - Limerick - Tipperery Road S. Ireland

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1953
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.30
Description
A stone bridge runs across a river. The river runs from the centre of the painting on the left and extends into the distance. It curves to the left around the river bank. A train crosses the bridge. Smoke is being expelled from the train. On the right of the painting are four or five leafless …
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
River at Cahair - Limerick - Tipperery Road S. Ireland
Date
1953
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A stone bridge runs across a river. The river runs from the centre of the painting on the left and extends into the distance. It curves to the left around the river bank. A train crosses the bridge. Smoke is being expelled from the train. On the right of the painting are four or five leafless trees. Along the close side of the river bank is a walkway with moorings or black pylons. Hazy trees are visible in the upper portion of the painting.
Subject
landscape
river
transportation
train
Ireland
Limerick
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.30
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Rock Anore - Hastings

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.32
Description
A coastal scene in which the ocean sweeps up onto the shore along the bottom portion of the image. Sand is visible in the centre left of the painting. A rocky outcrop juts out into the water in the centre of the image. A large cliff is in the tlc and the ocean extends into the distance in the tr…
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Rock Anore - Hastings
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A coastal scene in which the ocean sweeps up onto the shore along the bottom portion of the image. Sand is visible in the centre left of the painting. A rocky outcrop juts out into the water in the centre of the image. A large cliff is in the tlc and the ocean extends into the distance in the trc.
Subject
landscape
seascape
England
Hastings
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.32
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Santa Ana Mtns. - California

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.29
Description
Mountains extend from the left of the painting and then descend down and across to the right of the image. The mountains are a pink-orange colour at the top which gradually changes to deep blue at their bases. In the upper right corner, a break in the mountains affords a view of the sea. More mo…
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Santa Ana Mtns. - California
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
Mountains extend from the left of the painting and then descend down and across to the right of the image. The mountains are a pink-orange colour at the top which gradually changes to deep blue at their bases. In the upper right corner, a break in the mountains affords a view of the sea. More mountains are visible across this water. In the lower left corner there is a rocky outcrop. Palm trees grow amongst the rocks.
Subject
landscape
California
Santa Ana mountains
ocean
Pacific
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.29
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Small lake in Mountains

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Artist
Unknown
Date
1978
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.13
Description
A pencil drawing of a small lake in the foreground, the immediate foreground is marshy and some trees, this surrounds the lake; mountains in background; a few clouds indicated. A small brass plaque with the drawing reads: To Lillian Gest In Appreciation The Lake O'Hara Trails Club 1979.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Small lake in Mountains
Date
1978
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
22.5; 26.7 x 26.7; 32.1 cm
Description
A pencil drawing of a small lake in the foreground, the immediate foreground is marshy and some trees, this surrounds the lake; mountains in background; a few clouds indicated. A small brass plaque with the drawing reads: To Lillian Gest In Appreciation The Lake O'Hara Trails Club 1979.
Subject
landscape
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.13
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Storm In the Foothills

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1963
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.02
Description
General colour: purple, green. The lower half of the picture is green hills in front with bushes. One clump noticably right of center. Purple hills behind with mist in the hollows. The upper half is snow capped mauve mountains, green, pink and purple arched sky, above which on the left side is rain…
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Storm In the Foothills
Date
1963
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
59.6 x 74.9 cm
Description
General colour: purple, green. The lower half of the picture is green hills in front with bushes. One clump noticably right of center. Purple hills behind with mist in the hollows. The upper half is snow capped mauve mountains, green, pink and purple arched sky, above which on the left side is raining on the hills below.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.02
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“The Shannon” Limerick - Ireland

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.34
Description
A wide river extends across the centre of the image. A castle is seen in the centre of the image. Big clouds are visible across the sky. In the foreground there is a pier in the blc. A second pier extends out from the bottom of the image into the brc.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
“The Shannon” Limerick - Ireland
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A wide river extends across the centre of the image. A castle is seen in the centre of the image. Big clouds are visible across the sky. In the foreground there is a pier in the blc. A second pier extends out from the bottom of the image into the brc.
Subject
landscape
Ireland
river
Shannon
architecture
castle
Limerick
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.34
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