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Date
1790
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
103.05.1114 a-e
Description
(a) Long sleeved, off-shoulder, long dress. Fitted bodice has fine cotton pleated at shoulder and caught at centre bust. Sleeves are full with silk embroidery above elbow. Long full skirt is finely tucked at waist. Silk embroidery around skirt, same as on sleeves. Flowers with connected tendri…
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Title
Wedding Ensemble
Date
1790
Material
fibre
Description
(a) Long sleeved, off-shoulder, long dress. Fitted bodice has fine cotton pleated at shoulder and caught at centre bust. Sleeves are full with silk embroidery above elbow. Long full skirt is finely tucked at waist. Silk embroidery around skirt, same as on sleeves. Flowers with connected tendrils. Black hooks and eyes for closure at back. (b) Very fine square veil. All edges embroidered. (c) Embroidered belt. (d,e) very small satin shoes with long thin fabric laces. Sole is fine leather.
Subject
households
clothing
Emma Leehman Schaffer
Mary Schaffer Warren
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
103.05.1114 a-e
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The Battle of Cressy

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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…
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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.”
Subject
activity
war
figure
group
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.04.03
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Date
1792
Material
paper; wood; glass
Catalogue Number
105.02.0003
Description
A rectangular document on white paper beginning: “Know all men by these Presents ...” followed by handwriting stating the particulars of the sale, dated in Middlesex on December 29th, 1792 and signed by the Justice of the Peace. The contents state the agreement of a bill-of-sale between Asa Nurse …
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Title
Bill-Of-Sale
Date
1792
Material
paper; wood; glass
Dimensions
16.0; 25.2 (frame) x 20.0; 30.3 (frame) cm
Description
A rectangular document on white paper beginning: “Know all men by these Presents ...” followed by handwriting stating the particulars of the sale, dated in Middlesex on December 29th, 1792 and signed by the Justice of the Peace. The contents state the agreement of a bill-of-sale between Asa Nurse and Thomas Buckminster. The bill is framed in a wide plain mahogany veneer frame with mitred corners.
Subject
households
Asa Nurse
Thomas Buchminster
real estate
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
105.02.0003
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Date
1792
Material
wood; grass; metal
Catalogue Number
102.03.0091
Description
Sturdy chest, dovetailed corners, deep, fitted with hand-wrought hinges. Interior has small drawer and lidded shelf at one end top. Fitted with rope handles for carrying. Previously painted blue, remnants of stain on inside of lid and beside hardware. “Robert Procter . . . 1792” written in ink on …
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Title
Blanket Chest
Date
1792
Material
wood; grass; metal
Dimensions
48.3 x 48.5 x 124.3 cm
Description
Sturdy chest, dovetailed corners, deep, fitted with hand-wrought hinges. Interior has small drawer and lidded shelf at one end top. Fitted with rope handles for carrying. Previously painted blue, remnants of stain on inside of lid and beside hardware. “Robert Procter . . . 1792” written in ink on inside of lid.
Subject
households
furniture
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.03.0091
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Date
1796 – 1796
Material
fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
Catalogue Number
107.02.0009
Description
A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on a loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow double-stitched border with a floral band at the top followed by rows of letters of the alphabet separated by horizontal bars. Most of the letters are worked twice together through…
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Title
Sampler
Date
1796 – 1796
Material
fibre, flax; wood; paper; metal
Dimensions
15.0; 18.0 (frame) x 20.0; 22.5 (frame) cm
Description
A needlepoint sampler, in many colours, done in cross-stitch on a loosely woven ecru linen. The sampler has a narrow double-stitched border with a floral band at the top followed by rows of letters of the alphabet separated by horizontal bars. Most of the letters are worked twice together through the alphabet repeating from A to D at the end, followed by another floral band as at the top, and then “Susanah Lehman November the 3 1796.” The sampler was originally framed in a simple brown wood frame with parallel line texture (wood grain?) and has a framer’s sticker on the back “The Royal Art Gallery” (Calgary, Alberta).
Subject
households
decorative
children
crafts
needlework
Susanah Lehman
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
107.02.0009
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Date
1799
Material
fibre; wood
Catalogue Number
107.02.1007 a-c
Description
Traditional sampler, 4.0 wide border is a line of stitching in pyramid shapes with flower baskets. At the top of inside border is the upper case alphabet, one line of small letters, other in bigger letters and two lines. In the centre is a picture of a white house to the left, a green picket f…
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Title
Embroidery Sampler
Date
1799
Material
fibre; wood
Dimensions
42.0 x 42.0 cm
Description
Traditional sampler, 4.0 wide border is a line of stitching in pyramid shapes with flower baskets. At the top of inside border is the upper case alphabet, one line of small letters, other in bigger letters and two lines. In the centre is a picture of a white house to the left, a green picket fence, two trees and to the right a two storey brown house. Below that is six lines of writing beginning "One Weeks Extremity May Teach Us ....." "Susan Lehman her work done In the ninth year Of Her Age (__ ?) 1799" * Someone numbered the labels as (a) and (b) and the sampler as (c). It is too fragile to change
Subject
households
furnishings
Susan Lehmann
Mary Schaffer Warren
hobbies
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
107.02.1007 a-c
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1800
Medium
engraving on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.04.04
Description
A reproducing drawing of Napoleon. In a brown frame with a gold crown at the top and “N” at the bottom.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Napoleon Premier
Date
1800
Medium
engraving on paper
Dimensions
46.7 x 38.0 cm
Description
A reproducing drawing of Napoleon. In a brown frame with a gold crown at the top and “N” at the bottom.
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.04.04
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Date
1800 – 1800
Material
porcelain
Catalogue Number
104.20.1234
Description
Miniature plain white serving dish, with red and cream sticker on bottom that reads: “year 1800”.
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Title
Serving Dish
Date
1800 – 1800
Material
porcelain
Dimensions
1.2 cm
Description
Miniature plain white serving dish, with red and cream sticker on bottom that reads: “year 1800”.
Subject
whyte home, miniature, small
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.1234
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1800
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.12
Description
a miniature sculpture in the shape of a crab, made of brown metal.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Miniature Sculpture
Date
1800
Dimensions
1.2 x 3.0 cm
Description
a miniature sculpture in the shape of a crab, made of brown metal.
Subject
animal, crab
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.12
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Date
1809 (attributed)
Material
fibre, cotton
Catalogue Number
107.02.1005
Description
Traditional sampler, full frame of different styles of lettering and numbering. Top begins with four lines followed by double alphabet and numbers 1 to 7, four more alphabets with numbers are separated by different styles of decorative lines. Final alphabet is followed by A.M. Each alphabet h…
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Title
Embroidery Sampler
Date
1809 (attributed)
Material
fibre, cotton
Dimensions
33.5 x 29.0 cm
Description
Traditional sampler, full frame of different styles of lettering and numbering. Top begins with four lines followed by double alphabet and numbers 1 to 7, four more alphabets with numbers are separated by different styles of decorative lines. Final alphabet is followed by A.M. Each alphabet has letter Z followed by ampersand and a small c. Below final alphabet is "Susan Lehman Her Work Done in the Ninth Year" At bottom of embroidery is a line with various animals and birds with a tree in the centre.
Subject
households
furnishings
Susan Lehman
Mary Schaffer Warren
needlework
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
107.02.1005
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Date
1990
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
103.05.1074
Description
Black with "sinclair ART STUDIO 1990", short sleeved by Fruit of the Loom, silkscreened on front "Sinclair" at top with a "chop" motif in red, 8.5 x 17.5 box with fingerprint design, "ART STUDIO" and "1990" below, writing is in white.
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Title
T-Shirt
Date
1990
Material
fibre
Dimensions
51.0 x 81.0 cm
Description
Black with "sinclair ART STUDIO 1990", short sleeved by Fruit of the Loom, silkscreened on front "Sinclair" at top with a "chop" motif in red, 8.5 x 17.5 box with fingerprint design, "ART STUDIO" and "1990" below, writing is in white.
Subject
households
clothing
Robert Sinclair
artists
Credit
Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 1990
Catalogue Number
103.05.1074
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Date
1990
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
103.05.1076
Description
White, “Bill Peyto, Banff, 1897”, short-sleeved ordinary white cotton t-shirt by Hanes, picture on front shows photograph in black frame of Bill Peyto wearing yellow bandana, underneath are the words "Bill Peyto--Banff--1897" in red, original photograph is by Walter D. Wilcox and appears in "Campfi…
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Title
T-Shirt
Date
1990
Material
fibre
Dimensions
55.0 x 73.0 cm
Description
White, “Bill Peyto, Banff, 1897”, short-sleeved ordinary white cotton t-shirt by Hanes, picture on front shows photograph in black frame of Bill Peyto wearing yellow bandana, underneath are the words "Bill Peyto--Banff--1897" in red, original photograph is by Walter D. Wilcox and appears in "Campfires in the Canadian Rockies".
Subject
households
clothing
Bill Peyto
artists
Alex Emond
Credit
Gift of Alex Emond, Banff, 1990
Catalogue Number
103.05.1076
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Date
1990
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
103.05.1098
Description
White, 15th annual "Banff Festival of Mountain Films", ordinary white cotton long sleeve t-shirt, logo 32.0 x 23.0 painted in blue, green, brown and black showing climbers depicted as dragons climbing and being hauled up 2 pinnacles, the climbers are carrying ice picks and wearing alpine hats, one …
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Title
T-Shirt
Date
1990
Material
fibre
Dimensions
52.0 x 75.0 cm
Description
White, 15th annual "Banff Festival of Mountain Films", ordinary white cotton long sleeve t-shirt, logo 32.0 x 23.0 painted in blue, green, brown and black showing climbers depicted as dragons climbing and being hauled up 2 pinnacles, the climbers are carrying ice picks and wearing alpine hats, one climber has lost his hat, outside the logo on the left is printed in grey: "THE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL", on inside top of logo "BANFF FESIVAL" in black lettering, on right side "OF" in black letters "MOUNTAIN" in green and FILMS in black and 1990 in grey, inside right side of logo in blackletters is "Heinrich Klety 1990".
Subject
souvenirs
Banff Festival of Mountain Films
Banff Centre
Alex Emond
Credit
Purchased from Rundle Memorial United Church, Banff, 1990
Catalogue Number
103.05.1098
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Date
1990
Material
metal ; fibre
Catalogue Number
105.06.1029
Description
Official Cross pen used at incorporation ceremonies, Town of Banff, Town Office, January 1, 1990 and Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies January 27, 1990. Engraved on the side"Town of Banff Jan 1, 1990". Clam shell case. Underneath velvety presentation piece is a small set of instructions tucked…
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Title
Ceremonial Pen
Date
1990
Material
metal ; fibre
Dimensions
13.4 cm
Description
Official Cross pen used at incorporation ceremonies, Town of Banff, Town Office, January 1, 1990 and Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies January 27, 1990. Engraved on the side"Town of Banff Jan 1, 1990". Clam shell case. Underneath velvety presentation piece is a small set of instructions tucked into a layer of beige paper.
Subject
incorporation
town
Town of Banff
Credit
Gift of Town of Banff, Banff, 1990
Catalogue Number
105.06.1029
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Artist
Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)
Date
1990
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
PeC.05.02
Description
landscape painting from the foothills, the foothills in the foreground, mountains in the background middle, and the top half of the painting is clouds.
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Artist
Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian)
Title
Hot Afternoon
Date
1990
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
55.9 x 76.2 cm
Description
landscape painting from the foothills, the foothills in the foreground, mountains in the background middle, and the top half of the painting is clouds.
Subject
foothills
mountains
clouds
Credit
Gift of Catherine Perehudoff Fowler, Saskatoon, 2017
Catalogue Number
PeC.05.02
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Artist
Douglas Clark (1952 – 1999, Canadian)
Date
1990
Medium
photograph
Catalogue Number
ClD.18.01
Description
a colour landscape photograph taken at the top of c-level cirque hike
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Artist
Douglas Clark (1952 – 1999, Canadian)
Title
Cascade Basin
Date
1990
Medium
photograph
Dimensions
50.8 x 60.96 cm
Description
a colour landscape photograph taken at the top of c-level cirque hike
Subject
Banff
c-level cirque
Cascade
Mountain
basin
hike
Credit
Gift of Douglas Clark (Estate), Toronto, 2016
Catalogue Number
ClD.18.01
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Artist
Jean Pilch (1947 – , Canadian)
Date
1990
Medium
graphite; polychrome on paper
Catalogue Number
PiJ.03.01
Description
A blossoming glacier lily is centered in the drawing, three yellow blossoms with green foliage, more green foliage is detailed poking through the snow.
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Artist
Jean Pilch (1947 – , Canadian)
Title
Glacier Lilies
Date
1990
Medium
graphite; polychrome on paper
Dimensions
23.0 x 15.2 cm
Description
A blossoming glacier lily is centered in the drawing, three yellow blossoms with green foliage, more green foliage is detailed poking through the snow.
Subject
botanical
lily
Credit
Gift of Sunshine Village, Banff, 1990
Catalogue Number
PiJ.03.01
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Reflection, Vermilion Lake, Banff

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactslj.02.01
Artist
Jeffrey Spalding (1951 – , Canadian)
Date
1990
Medium
oil on wood
Catalogue Number
SlJ.02.01
Description
A nocturnal setting of quasi-realistic rendering of Mount Rundle as seen from the Vermilion Lakes; the bottom half foreground is various shades of blue indicating the lake; a line of mountains runs from edge to edge with focus on Mount Rundle to the right; shades of light purple highlight the mo…
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Artist
Jeffrey Spalding (1951 – , Canadian)
Title
Reflection, Vermilion Lake, Banff
Date
1990
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
81.2 x 203.0 cm
Description
A nocturnal setting of quasi-realistic rendering of Mount Rundle as seen from the Vermilion Lakes; the bottom half foreground is various shades of blue indicating the lake; a line of mountains runs from edge to edge with focus on Mount Rundle to the right; shades of light purple highlight the mountains; Tunnel Mountain and to the left is very dark; top third is sky, light blue behind Mount Rundle with red/orange streaked cloud over it.
Subject
landscape, mountains
landscape, Mount Rundle;
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
SlJ.02.01
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Artist
Barbara Milne (1956 – , Canadian)
Date
1990
Medium
oil; acrylic on canvas
Catalogue Number
MiB.02.01
Description
A large red mass dominates the painting, from the foreground blue, green, yellow tube-shapes spiral upwards, top left corner is blue
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Artist
Barbara Milne (1956 – , Canadian)
Title
Thunder
Date
1990
Medium
oil; acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
167.6 x 160.0 cm
Description
A large red mass dominates the painting, from the foreground blue, green, yellow tube-shapes spiral upwards, top left corner is blue
Subject
abstract
expressionist
Credit
Gift of Barbara Milne, Calgary, 1992
Catalogue Number
MiB.02.01
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Date
1990
Material
metal; wood; plastic
Catalogue Number
103.09.1122
Description
One plaque awarded by the Town of Banff to the Whyte Museum for putting best float into Celebration ‘90 parade.
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Title
Plaque
Date
1990
Material
metal; wood; plastic
Description
One plaque awarded by the Town of Banff to the Whyte Museum for putting best float into Celebration ‘90 parade.
Subject
Town of Banff
Banff Winter Festival
awards
Credit
Gift of Town of Banff, Banff, 1991
Catalogue Number
103.09.1122
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