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Bald Eagles on Watch
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttic.02.09
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.09
- Description
- On the left side of the painting an eagle sits on the top of a dead tree facing the right side of the image. Behind the brown, yellow and white bird there are mountains and trees. The mountains in the far distance have some snow on the peaks but the closer ones are covered with green trees. In the…
- Title
- Bald Eagles on Watch
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 30.6 cm
- Description
- On the left side of the painting an eagle sits on the top of a dead tree facing the right side of the image. Behind the brown, yellow and white bird there are mountains and trees. The mountains in the far distance have some snow on the peaks but the closer ones are covered with green trees. In the foreground a blue body of water is surrounded with a brilliant green weed or grass. From the cl to the cr a line of trees cross the bottom of the image. Some of the trees and grass between the background mountains and the foreground water are a yellow hue.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- animal
- Bald Eagle
- Credit
- Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.09
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Banff Hotel & Peak Mt. 6500ft.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32323
- Date Range
- 1889 Oct. 14
- Reference Code
- V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 1
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V650
- Reference Code
- V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 1
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1889 Oct. 14
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, in album
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Creator
- Unknown
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Banff Hotel & Sulphur Mt. 7420 from top of Tunnel Mt.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32328
- Date Range
- 1889 Oct. 14
- Reference Code
- V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 6
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V650
- Reference Code
- V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 6
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1889 Oct. 14
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, in album
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Creator
- Unknown
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Banff Hotel and Bow River, Banff Alba / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 16-93
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32409
- Scope & Content
- Rocky Mountains
- Date Range
- [ca.1900]
- Reference Code
- V650 / 1883 - PA - 12
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V650
- Reference Code
- V650 / 1883 - PA - 12
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca.1900]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm
- Scope & Content
- Rocky Mountains
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Railways
- Geographic Access
- Alberta
- Creator
- Unknown
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Banff Springs Famous Painting Copies and Train Poster
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions54193
- 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 Battle of Cressy
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.04.03
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1792
- Medium
- engraving on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.04.03
- Description
- A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back…
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- The Battle of Cressy
- Date
- 1792
- Medium
- engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 28.5 cm
- Description
- A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back paper reads “Johnson Art Galleries Limited Pictures Fine Framing. Montreal 634 St. Catherine West.”
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.04.03
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- later than 1900
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.04
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a walking grizzly bear. His head is turned slightly to the left. Open mouth shows white teeth and a pink tongue.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bear
- Date
- later than 1900
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 8.0 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a walking grizzly bear. His head is turned slightly to the left. Open mouth shows white teeth and a pink tongue.
- Subject
- amimal, bear
- grizzly bear
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.04
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Bear Spirit Totem
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.31
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.31
- Description
- Grey stone, flat one side with heads of bears stacked upon each other, largest bear on one end has features both sides, sharing the mouth, all have different expressions
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bear Spirit Totem
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 7.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- Grey stone, flat one side with heads of bears stacked upon each other, largest bear on one end has features both sides, sharing the mouth, all have different expressions
- Subject
- mythological
- animal
- bear
- totem
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.31
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Beaver Gates and Canon, Beavermouth B.C. / On Line of Canadian Pacific Railway. 18-140
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32402
- Scope & Content
- Beaver Canyon, Selkirk Mountains
- Date Range
- [ca.1900]
- Reference Code
- V650 / 1883 - PA - 4
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V650
- Reference Code
- V650 / 1883 - PA - 4
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca.1900]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, 19 x 24 cm
- Scope & Content
- Beaver Canyon, Selkirk Mountains
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Environment and Nature
- Railways
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Creator
- Unknown
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Big Horn Sheep
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.40
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1910
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.40
- Description
- A large wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Big Horn Sheep
- Date
- 1910
- Dimensions
- 24.5 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- A large wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
- Subject
- animal
- mountain sheep
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.40
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Bighorn Rams - Life Sketches
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttic.01.01
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.01.01
- Description
- This oil sketch is a composition of several different full and half sketches of Bighorn Sheep. The top left corner has a full painted ram resting on the ground. As you move to the right of the image the rams become more like sketches or line drawings with the exception of one that is fully painted …
- Title
- Bighorn Rams - Life Sketches
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 40.7 x 51.0 cm
- Description
- This oil sketch is a composition of several different full and half sketches of Bighorn Sheep. The top left corner has a full painted ram resting on the ground. As you move to the right of the image the rams become more like sketches or line drawings with the exception of one that is fully painted in the upper right corner. The bottom half of the image space has many partial and unfinished drawings of the Bighorn Sheep.
- Subject
- animal
- Bighorn Sheep
- Credit
- Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.01.01
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Bighorn Rams Feeding
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacttic.02.10
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.10
- Description
- In a patch of yellow and brown trees and grass in the foreground are two bighorn sheep eating, they are located on the left side of the painting. Behind the yellow trees is a mid section of green trees and behind that a small area of trees in the distance that are a blue colour. Behind all the tree…
- Title
- Bighorn Rams Feeding
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 25.4 x 35.6 cm
- Description
- In a patch of yellow and brown trees and grass in the foreground are two bighorn sheep eating, they are located on the left side of the painting. Behind the yellow trees is a mid section of green trees and behind that a small area of trees in the distance that are a blue colour. Behind all the trees is a mountain blue in colour with some snow on its peaks. The sky above is blue with white clouds.
- Credit
- Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
- Catalogue Number
- TiC.02.10
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1910
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.36
- Description
- A wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
1 image
- 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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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.58
- Description
- Small bird perched on rock; detailed wing feathers and eyes; pointed tail; symbols resembling 1308 on bottom; bill chipped; stickers Canadian Eskimo Art and 5.95 removed from base. Poss. bought by CRW at Povungnituk in 1968.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bird
- Date
- n.d.
- Dimensions
- 6.2 x 2.8 x 4.5 cm
- Description
- Small bird perched on rock; detailed wing feathers and eyes; pointed tail; symbols resembling 1308 on bottom; bill chipped; stickers Canadian Eskimo Art and 5.95 removed from base. Poss. bought by CRW at Povungnituk in 1968.
- Subject
- animal, bird
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.58
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.53
- Description
- Scratched H512 or H612 on base; discarded label reads 22...5.25; simple design bird with long neck and slightly turned head; only detailed incised eyes and bill. Prob. purchased on CRW Povungnituk trip of 1968.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bird
- Date
- n.d.
- Dimensions
- 6.3 x 2.7 x 11.5 cm
- Description
- Scratched H512 or H612 on base; discarded label reads 22...5.25; simple design bird with long neck and slightly turned head; only detailed incised eyes and bill. Prob. purchased on CRW Povungnituk trip of 1968.
- Subject
- animal, bird
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.53
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1930
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.43
- Description
- grey stone sculpture of a sitting bird. Tail feathers and facial features inscribed.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bird
- Date
- c. 1930
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 3.5 cm
- Description
- grey stone sculpture of a sitting bird. Tail feathers and facial features inscribed.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.43
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Bird Group in Caribou Antler
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.76 a-f
- Description
- Five birds fly off with wings outstretched, three birds on the ground. The ground is a part of a caribou antler. (a) Scooping portion of caribou antler 8.5x17.5, five small holes drilled into top. (b) Sitting bird, 2.5x4.6x1.4 (c) sitting bird 2.0x4.5x1.2 (d) sitting bird 1.7x4.4x1.2 (e) 20.6 l…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bird Group in Caribou Antler
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Description
- Five birds fly off with wings outstretched, three birds on the ground. The ground is a part of a caribou antler. (a) Scooping portion of caribou antler 8.5x17.5, five small holes drilled into top. (b) Sitting bird, 2.5x4.6x1.4 (c) sitting bird 2.0x4.5x1.2 (d) sitting bird 1.7x4.4x1.2 (e) 20.6 long, curved pole out of bone with 2 flying birds. Top bird has a wing span of 7.2, bottom bird 6.7 (f) 24.0 long, curbed pole out of bone with 3 flying birds. Top bird wing span 4.1, middle bird 6.7 wing span, bottom bird 3.7 wing span.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.76 a-f
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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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Bird's eye view of North Bend
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/descriptions32362
- Date Range
- 1889 Oct. 1889
- Reference Code
- V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 40
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- V650
- Reference Code
- V650 / 2581 - PD 1 - 40
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1889 Oct. 1889
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : print, in album
- Subject Access
- Discovery and Exploration
- Geographic Access
- British Columbia
- Creator
- Unknown
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.48
- Description
- Bear standing on all four legs. The stone it is carved out of is a black colour. The toes,ears and mouth are carved with detail. The eyes and nose are carved and then coloured with a brown colour and the mouth is carved out with teeth glued in made out of wood or ivory.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Black Bear
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone
- Dimensions
- 7.8 x 6.4 x 16.3 cm
- Description
- Bear standing on all four legs. The stone it is carved out of is a black colour. The toes,ears and mouth are carved with detail. The eyes and nose are carved and then coloured with a brown colour and the mouth is carved out with teeth glued in made out of wood or ivory.
- Subject
- bear
- black bear
- teeth
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.48
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