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At Banff

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.540

Description: simple pencil sketch on brown paper. Mountains in background with wooden structure in left foreground. Trees, stream and open field between structure and mountains. Verso: “At Banff” “Pencil sketch by C.J. Collings, Seymour Arm, B.C.

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

Title: At Banff

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 14.0 x 16.6 cm

Description: simple pencil sketch on brown paper. Mountains in background with wooden structure in left foreground. Trees, stream and open field between structure and mountains. Verso: “At Banff” “Pencil sketch by C.J. Collings, Seymour Arm, B.C.

Subject: banff, mountains

Credit: Gift of Joanne Fink, Vancouver, 2021

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.540

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Escape The Teeming World

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Artist: John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.11

Description: Line drawing consisting of two separate drawings separated by a crease and a wavy line. At left, drawing similar to TuJ.03.10 (Lonesome Pine Cabins) with one cabin at centre. Below “LONESOME PINE CABINS RATES UNREASONABLE EVEN IF WE HAVE THEM FREE, IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH” is written in block letters …

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Artist: John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)

Title: Escape The Teeming World

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 31.5 x 57.0 cm

Description: Line drawing consisting of two separate drawings separated by a crease and a wavy line. At left, drawing similar to TuJ.03.10 (Lonesome Pine Cabins) with one cabin at centre. Below “LONESOME PINE CABINS RATES UNREASONABLE EVEN IF WE HAVE THEM FREE, IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH” is written in block letters in pencil. At right is streetscape of an intersection full of people on foot, horseback, and in cars. Building signs include “SKILINE TOURS”, “INDIAN CURIOS,” “MT. ROYAL HOTEL,” “ESSO”, “GARAGE”. Mountains can be seen in the background. Above “ESCAPE THE TEEMING WORLD! COME TO THIS QUIET MOUNTAIN RESORT FOR YOUR HOLIDAYS” is written in block letters in pencil.

Subject: tourism; cabins; banff

Credit: Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.11

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In the Wake of a Liner

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.123

Description: Scene looking back a the backwashed waves as they are dispelled back from the path of the ship.“A wave study from on board an ocean liner, this sketch is particularly significant as it documents a visit to Canada some fifteen years before Collings’ emigration and explains the immaturity of a few sk…

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

Title: In the Wake of a Liner

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 11 x 20 cm

Description: Scene looking back a the backwashed waves as they are dispelled back from the path of the ship.“A wave study from on board an ocean liner, this sketch is particularly significant as it documents a visit to Canada some fifteen years before Collings’ emigration and explains the immaturity of a few sketches with Canadian content. “ -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1985

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.123

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Let’s Go Over To The Dump And See The Tourists

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Artist: John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink; watercolour on board

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.12

Description: Ink drawing of two bears, one standing and one reclining against a tree. Mountains in the background. In pencil below is “LET’S GO OVER TO THE DUMP AND SEE THE TOURISTS”. JD TURNER bottom right corner.

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Artist: John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)

Title: Let’s Go Over To The Dump And See The Tourists

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink; watercolour on board

Dimensions: 25.0 x 31.5 cm

Description: Ink drawing of two bears, one standing and one reclining against a tree. Mountains in the background. In pencil below is “LET’S GO OVER TO THE DUMP AND SEE THE TOURISTS”. JD TURNER bottom right corner.