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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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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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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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Sketch Club Member

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.05

Description: Standing woman dressed in yellow blouse, green skirt, white hat, sunglasses, and brown shoes with white socks. Carrying a backpack on her back, a rectangular box in left hand, and paper/canvas under right arm. “SKETCH CLUB MEMBER” written below.

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

Title: Sketch Club Member

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 15.0 cm

Description: Standing woman dressed in yellow blouse, green skirt, white hat, sunglasses, and brown shoes with white socks. Carrying a backpack on her back, a rectangular box in left hand, and paper/canvas under right arm. “SKETCH CLUB MEMBER” written below.

Subject: artist; sketching; woman

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

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.05

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Wild Animal Ropeing Contest

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink; watercolour on board

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.06

Description: Black and white drawing of man dressed in cowboy outfit (cowboy hat, boots with spurs; furry chaps) twirling a lasso above his head. In front of him is a small squirrel on the ground. Squirrel is lightly coloured brown with green grass beneath. “WILD ANIMAL ROPEING [sic] CONTEST” is written in pen…

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

Title: Wild Animal Ropeing Contest

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink; watercolour on board

Dimensions: 27.5 x 21.5 cm

Description: Black and white drawing of man dressed in cowboy outfit (cowboy hat, boots with spurs; furry chaps) twirling a lasso above his head. In front of him is a small squirrel on the ground. Squirrel is lightly coloured brown with green grass beneath. “WILD ANIMAL ROPEING [sic] CONTEST” is written in pencil below.

Subject: cowboy; animals; western

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

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.06

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Cultural Development

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.07

Description: lightly shaded line drawing of woman seated at easel painting mountains that are in the background. Open paint box on the ground to her right. “CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT” written in pencil bottom left. Signed “JD Turner” bottom right.

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

Title: Cultural Development

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 26.5 cm

Description: lightly shaded line drawing of woman seated at easel painting mountains that are in the background. Open paint box on the ground to her right. “CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT” written in pencil bottom left. Signed “JD Turner” bottom right.

Subject: painting; artist; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.07

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Self Portrait

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink; watercolour on board

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.09

Description: Painted line drawing of a man (the artist) wearing a long blue coat over a beige collared shirt and plaid pants. He is holding a paint palette in his left hand, a paintbrush in his right, and has a pipe in his mouth. The paint brush is dripping orange paint and there is paint on his coat. beside an…

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

Title: Self Portrait

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink; watercolour on board

Dimensions: 33.5 x 23.0 cm

Description: Painted line drawing of a man (the artist) wearing a long blue coat over a beige collared shirt and plaid pants. He is holding a paint palette in his left hand, a paintbrush in his right, and has a pipe in his mouth. The paint brush is dripping orange paint and there is paint on his coat. beside and slightly behind is an easel and canvas on which is painted a landscape featuring a river, trees, mountains, and an ungulate. “SELF-PORTRAIT” is written in pencil at bottom centre.

Subject: J.D. Turner; artist; painting

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

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.09

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Untitled [Lonesome Pine Cabins]

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.10

Description: Line drawing of a landscape with a brown log cabin in the centre. A barren tree with a sign that reads “LONESOME PINE CABINS APPROVED ACCOMMODATION” on it stands in front of the cabin. A raven sits on one branch. Another cabin is in the distance at left. At right is a well and an outhouse Grey-blu…

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

Title: Untitled [Lonesome Pine Cabins]

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 19.0 x 27.5 cm

Description: Line drawing of a landscape with a brown log cabin in the centre. A barren tree with a sign that reads “LONESOME PINE CABINS APPROVED ACCOMMODATION” on it stands in front of the cabin. A raven sits on one branch. Another cabin is in the distance at left. At right is a well and an outhouse Grey-blue mountains in background under a stormy sky.

Subject: cabin; landscape; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.10

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Untitled [Bears in Campsite]

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.13

Description: Tent in centre with two brown bears at right. One bear has his head inside the tent through a flap. At left, a man in yellow pajamas and a woman in a nightgown are leaping out of the tent. Trees and dark sky behind.

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

Title: Untitled [Bears in Campsite]

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 50.0 x 64.0 cm

Description: Tent in centre with two brown bears at right. One bear has his head inside the tent through a flap. At left, a man in yellow pajamas and a woman in a nightgown are leaping out of the tent. Trees and dark sky behind.

Subject: camping; tourism; bears

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

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.13

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Scenic Grandeur

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: TuJ.03.14

Description: A line of 8 people standing with their backs to the viewer against a rail. A sign that says “VIEW POINT” is at left pointing towards the centre of the painting. In the foreground the ground is littered with trash. Mountains in the background. “SCENIC GRANDEUR” is written in block letters below and …

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

Title: Scenic Grandeur

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 50.0 x 64.0 cm

Description: A line of 8 people standing with their backs to the viewer against a rail. A sign that says “VIEW POINT” is at left pointing towards the centre of the painting. In the foreground the ground is littered with trash. Mountains in the background. “SCENIC GRANDEUR” is written in block letters below and again in pen at bottom edge. JD Turner signed at bottom right.