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Two Profiles

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1841

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.03

Description: Two silhouette drawings of women. Left drawing signed E.P. 1981 right drawing signed P.N.S. 1841

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Two Profiles

Date: 1841

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 11.0 x 19.0 cm

Description: Two silhouette drawings of women. Left drawing signed E.P. 1981 right drawing signed P.N.S. 1841

Subject: portrait; female

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.03

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Neolithic Age

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1899

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.06

Description: Colour: black on white; a wounded bison with three arrows in his side and blood coming out of his mouth, kneels in the center of the picture;to the left and right are large leafless trees; a huge sun sits halfway on the horizon of rolling hills; in the background to the right, six figures with stic…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Neolithic Age

Date: 1899

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Dimensions: 10.7 x 18.4 cm

Description: Colour: black on white; a wounded bison with three arrows in his side and blood coming out of his mouth, kneels in the center of the picture;to the left and right are large leafless trees; a huge sun sits halfway on the horizon of rolling hills; in the background to the right, six figures with sticks run up from behind a tree; to the left, in the background are two bears.

Subject: animal, buffalo; hunting

Credit: Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1970

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.06

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Alpine Ibex

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1940

Medium: charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.04

Description: A charcoal drawing from the chest up of an alpine ibex. The ibex is facing to his right, long horns curve gracefully back.

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Alpine Ibex

Date: 1940

Medium: charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 20.5 cm

Description: A charcoal drawing from the chest up of an alpine ibex. The ibex is facing to his right, long horns curve gracefully back.

Subject: animal; alpine ibex

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.04

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Head of a Caribou

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.01

Description: Colour: grey on white. A caribou head looking left.

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Head of a Caribou

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.3 x 12.5 cm

Description: Colour: grey on white. A caribou head looking left.

Subject: animal; caribou

Credit: Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1967

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.01

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Caribou

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1944

Medium: charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.03

Description: General colour: white and black on grey. The left profile of a caribou drawn in the centre of the picture.

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Caribou

Date: 1944

Medium: charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 21.5 x 14.0 cm

Description: General colour: white and black on grey. The left profile of a caribou drawn in the centre of the picture.

Subject: animal; caribou

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.03

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Guy Thomas

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Date: 1945

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.04

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Title: Guy Thomas

Date: 1945

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 43 x 30 cm

Subject: portrait; male; Guy Thomas

Credit: Gift of Sonia de Grandmaison, West Vancouver, 1980

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.04

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Mountain Goat

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Date: 1946

Medium: charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.02

Description: General colour: black and white on grey. The head and shoulders of a mountain goat. His two black horns reaching up into the top of the picture and his head turned out.

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Artist: J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)

Title: Mountain Goat

Date: 1946

Medium: charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 45.5 x 28.8 cm

Description: General colour: black and white on grey. The head and shoulders of a mountain goat. His two black horns reaching up into the top of the picture and his head turned out.

Subject: animal; mountain goat

Credit: Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1969

Catalogue Number: ThM.03.02

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P. J. Jennings

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Date: 1946

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.08

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of P.J. Jennings as an older man, head tilted slightly to the right, full face; blue eyes, rosey complexion, blue suit jacket, red and navy tie, white highlights behind left shoulder and head.

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Title: P. J. Jennings

Date: 1946

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 42.0 x 33.0 cm

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of P.J. Jennings as an older man, head tilted slightly to the right, full face; blue eyes, rosey complexion, blue suit jacket, red and navy tie, white highlights behind left shoulder and head.

Subject: portrait, male; portrait, P. J. Jennings

Credit: Gift of Kay Paris, Vancouver, 1991

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.08

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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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John Brewster

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.03

Description: General colour: black, brown. Head and shoulders of a balding man who wears a shirt and tie under the vague outline of a suit and jacket. He looks out at the viewer and has a short mustache.

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Title: John Brewster

Date: n.d.

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 56.8 x 43.9 cm

Description: General colour: black, brown. Head and shoulders of a balding man who wears a shirt and tie under the vague outline of a suit and jacket. He looks out at the viewer and has a short mustache.

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Dell Brewster, Banff, 1967

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.03

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An Awkward Juxtaposition

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Artist: Unknown

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.11

Description: A man wearing a dark jacket, white pants, a hat down over his eyes, a cane and a cigarette in a long holder, stands facing left under a sign which reads Curios.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: An Awkward Juxtaposition

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.8 x 20.2 cm

Description: A man wearing a dark jacket, white pants, a hat down over his eyes, a cane and a cigarette in a long holder, stands facing left under a sign which reads Curios.

Subject: figure, male; cartoon

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.11

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Untitled

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Artist: Unknown

Date: n.d.

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.09

Description: Colour: blue, orange on brown; a boy, seated, wears a blue hat and jacket, an orange scarf and pants with stripes on them; his shadow falls to the right.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled

Date: n.d.

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 50.0 x 30.0 cm

Description: Colour: blue, orange on brown; a boy, seated, wears a blue hat and jacket, an orange scarf and pants with stripes on them; his shadow falls to the right.

Subject: portrait, boy

Credit: Gift of H. (Mrs.) T. Montgomery, Banff, 1965

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.09

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Untitled

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1976

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.12

Description: Colour: black and brown on white. Head and shoulders of a man looking right. His hair is in long braids.

Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled

Date: prior to 1976

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 61.0 x 48.0 cm

Description: Colour: black and brown on white. Head and shoulders of a man looking right. His hair is in long braids.

Subject: portrait; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1976

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.12

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Untitled

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1975

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.08

Description: Colour: black on white. The head and upper torso of a man looking to the right. He wears a large headdress of feathers, a buckskin jacket with a decorative pattern on the sleeve, and a medallion on his chest.

Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled

Date: prior to 1975

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 15.8 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. The head and upper torso of a man looking to the right. He wears a large headdress of feathers, a buckskin jacket with a decorative pattern on the sleeve, and a medallion on his chest.

Subject: portrait, male; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.08

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John Brewster

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Date: c. 1940

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.05

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster as an elderly man. The head is drawn in good detail, full faced, shirt and tie evident, shoulders sketched in lightly. The face is round, hair over ears, otherwise bald, brown eyes, mustache, and amicable look.

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Title: John Brewster

Date: c. 1940

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 35; 50.4 x 34.2; 38 cm

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster as an elderly man. The head is drawn in good detail, full faced, shirt and tie evident, shoulders sketched in lightly. The face is round, hair over ears, otherwise bald, brown eyes, mustache, and amicable look.

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1983

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.05

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Bill Hargrave

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Date: c. 1950

Medium: pastel on sandpaper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.01

Description: A head and shoulder portrait of Bill Hargrave (see de Grandmaison file for information on Mr. Hargrave). He is wearing a tam, green-yellow-red with a pom-pon, a shirt and tie, and a shawl-necked sweater

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Title: Bill Hargrave

Date: c. 1950

Medium: pastel on sandpaper

Dimensions: 61.0 x 50.5 cm

Description: A head and shoulder portrait of Bill Hargrave (see de Grandmaison file for information on Mr. Hargrave). He is wearing a tam, green-yellow-red with a pom-pon, a shirt and tie, and a shawl-necked sweater