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Trestles at the Loop
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbes.05.04
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.04
- Description
- Kicking Horse Pass. Train trestle bridges wind around bases of mountains in valley.Ross Peak in background.
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- Title
- Trestles at the Loop
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 31.0 x 47.7 cm
- Description
- Kicking Horse Pass. Train trestle bridges wind around bases of mountains in valley.Ross Peak in background.
- Credit
- Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 2004
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.04
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A Little Ditty Bird
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.023
- Date
- c. 1895
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.023
- Description
- Drawing of a designed goblet standing fully in the center of the page. The area surrounding the goblet has been completely shaded in. The drawing au verso is a nose, ear, and hand study.“The dark background with the still darker goblet allowed Collings to achieve bright metallic-like highlights on …
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- Title
- A Little Ditty Bird
- Date
- c. 1895
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 19 x 12.5 cm
- Description
- Drawing of a designed goblet standing fully in the center of the page. The area surrounding the goblet has been completely shaded in. The drawing au verso is a nose, ear, and hand study.“The dark background with the still darker goblet allowed Collings to achieve bright metallic-like highlights on the embossed goblet. Barely visible, a tiny, whimsical “Ditty” bird peaks over the lip of the cup.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.023
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Untitled (Mount Temple)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmrt.05.03
- Date
- c. 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MrT.05.03
- Description
- A horizontal picture.The painting features a large mountain which is located in the centre and right side of picture in the background. This mountain takes up 2/3 of the picture. The mountain is lightly covered with snow, and light brown rock shows underneath. The sky is filled with grey clouds…
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- Title
- Untitled (Mount Temple)
- Date
- c. 1903
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- A horizontal picture.The painting features a large mountain which is located in the centre and right side of picture in the background. This mountain takes up 2/3 of the picture. The mountain is lightly covered with snow, and light brown rock shows underneath. The sky is filled with grey clouds and near the mountain portions of blue sky show through these clouds. On the left side of the work, still in the background, a smaller mountain stretches to the right and turns into a valley with a small pool of water at its base near the centre of the painting. The forground contains the rocks and sparse trees of a mountain, and looks into the base of the valley.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountains
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 1999
- Catalogue Number
- MrT.05.03
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.10
- Description
- Colourful flowers encircle a small rural scene. In this scene, farm buildings are to the left of a road. A small child sits against a fence lining the road. A man stands on the road in front of the child. A large, leafy tree extends up and out of the scene.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 32.4 cm
- Description
- Colourful flowers encircle a small rural scene. In this scene, farm buildings are to the left of a road. A small child sits against a fence lining the road. A man stands on the road in front of the child. A large, leafy tree extends up and out of the scene.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.10
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.11
- Description
- A still life of flowers.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 32.4 cm
- Description
- A still life of flowers.
- Subject
- still life
- botanical
- flowers
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.11
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Approach of Night
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.05.11
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper board
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.11
- Description
- Landscape watercolour scene with horizontal coloured washes from the bottom up a green to blue to red to a blue/green yellow.
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- Title
- Approach of Night
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper board
- Dimensions
- 11 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- Landscape watercolour scene with horizontal coloured washes from the bottom up a green to blue to red to a blue/green yellow.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.11
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- metal; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0161
- Description
- A brown suede purse which hangs by two straps from a fabric belt. There is a small money holder with a metal frame that fits inside a pocket. The money holder fastens with two snaps. The lining of the purse is stamped with a patent note.
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- metal; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 1.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- A brown suede purse which hangs by two straps from a fabric belt. There is a small money holder with a metal frame that fits inside a pocket. The money holder fastens with two snaps. The lining of the purse is stamped with a patent note.
- Subject
- tourism
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0161
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Land’s End Study
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.306
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on board
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.306
- Description
- A large rock is the central focus and the sea is beyond to the left.On back: writing dictating a detailed colour scheme
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- Title
- Land’s End Study
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on board
- Dimensions
- 25 x 23 cm
- Description
- A large rock is the central focus and the sea is beyond to the left.On back: writing dictating a detailed colour scheme
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.306
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- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on board
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.307
- Description
- A rocky landscape with water to the right.Front has a few colours written along top On back: writing dictating a detailed colour scheme
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- Title
- Torbay
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on board
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 38 cm
- Description
- A rocky landscape with water to the right.Front has a few colours written along top On back: writing dictating a detailed colour scheme
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.307
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Coastal Village (sailboats in anchor on back)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.312
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.312
- Description
- Front: a smattering of houses are along the curving cliff that runs from the brc out to middle of work. The cliff and sea is to the left.Back: a simple scene of four boats out in the water. Top third of image is sky.Some colours in writing dictating a colour scheme
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- Title
- Coastal Village (sailboats in anchor on back)
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- Front: a smattering of houses are along the curving cliff that runs from the brc out to middle of work. The cliff and sea is to the left.Back: a simple scene of four boats out in the water. Top third of image is sky.Some colours in writing dictating a colour scheme
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.312
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Grassy beach by the sea (beach scene on back)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.313
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.313
- Description
- Front: a grassy beach fills the foreground with the sea and some rocks in the background.Back: a sandy beach fills the foreground and runs into the surf. Water starts 1/3 of the way down from top.
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- Title
- Grassy beach by the sea (beach scene on back)
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- Front: a grassy beach fills the foreground with the sea and some rocks in the background.Back: a sandy beach fills the foreground and runs into the surf. Water starts 1/3 of the way down from top.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.313
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Large Tree (Village Tower on back)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.314
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.314
- Description
- Front: a large leafless tree dominates the scene, with smaller trees to the right and houses and buildings along horizon line. In the front right, a stream flows towards some sheep that are grazing.Back: a rather dark rendition of a large tower (of a castle? another building?) to the left of the p…
1 image
- Title
- Large Tree (Village Tower on back)
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- Front: a large leafless tree dominates the scene, with smaller trees to the right and houses and buildings along horizon line. In the front right, a stream flows towards some sheep that are grazing.Back: a rather dark rendition of a large tower (of a castle? another building?) to the left of the page.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.314
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House and Marsh (Field scene on back)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.315
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on board
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.315
- Description
- Front: a very dark image of a marsh with grasses to the left and right. A farmhouse sits along the horizon on the left.Back: a very rough rendition of a fence with some houses and trees in the background. The foreground appears to be mostly grass.
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- Title
- House and Marsh (Field scene on back)
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on board
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- Front: a very dark image of a marsh with grasses to the left and right. A farmhouse sits along the horizon on the left.Back: a very rough rendition of a fence with some houses and trees in the background. The foreground appears to be mostly grass.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.315
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Two Groups of Men
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.316
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.316
- Description
- Front: the page has been divided in two. Top image is a group of people gathered. Bottom image is head and shoulders only of various men with hats.Back: a village scene with houses on the left, and a road disappearing into the village. A stand of trees on the right follows the road. There is i…
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- Title
- Two Groups of Men
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- Front: the page has been divided in two. Top image is a group of people gathered. Bottom image is head and shoulders only of various men with hats.Back: a village scene with houses on the left, and a road disappearing into the village. A stand of trees on the right follows the road. There is indecipherable writing in the lower right corner. “--- Cove on right”
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.316
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Brimsley [Brinsley?] Rough (Tree scene on back)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.317
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.317
- Description
- Front: a rather dark image of trees on the left and buildings on the left. Water runs between the two. brc: Brimsley [Brinsley?] RoughBack: a small dark drawing of a forest with a water or a path running through it.There is some indecipherable writing.
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- Title
- Brimsley [Brinsley?] Rough (Tree scene on back)
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 17.0 cm
- Description
- Front: a rather dark image of trees on the left and buildings on the left. Water runs between the two. brc: Brimsley [Brinsley?] RoughBack: a small dark drawing of a forest with a water or a path running through it.There is some indecipherable writing.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.317
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Field, gate and shed (Rough sketch of buildings on back)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.318
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.318
- Description
- Front: a dilapidated building stand on the right, and a fence runs off into the distance. Most of the left of the image is field. There are buildings and trees on the horizon. Some writing details a colour scheme.Back: a very rough sketch of some cottages and buildings.
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- Title
- Field, gate and shed (Rough sketch of buildings on back)
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 25.0 cm
- Description
- Front: a dilapidated building stand on the right, and a fence runs off into the distance. Most of the left of the image is field. There are buildings and trees on the horizon. Some writing details a colour scheme.Back: a very rough sketch of some cottages and buildings.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.318
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Sheep (Man in Jacket and Plus Fours on back)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.319
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.319
- Description
- Front: a group of sheep appear to be laying in the grass.Back: a man (farmer?) stands with his back to the viewer in a coat and hat.
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- Title
- Sheep (Man in Jacket and Plus Fours on back)
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- Front: a group of sheep appear to be laying in the grass.Back: a man (farmer?) stands with his back to the viewer in a coat and hat.
- Subject
- landscape
- animal, sheep
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.319
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Sharpening Stone on pedestal (Grassy cliff on back)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.320
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.320
- Description
- Front: a large grinding or sharpening stone stands on a pedestal. There is indecipherable writing in the bottom left corner.Back: a grassy foreground seems to break off near the top of the image, with the rest of the land in the far distance over the water.
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- Title
- Sharpening Stone on pedestal (Grassy cliff on back)
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- Front: a large grinding or sharpening stone stands on a pedestal. There is indecipherable writing in the bottom left corner.Back: a grassy foreground seems to break off near the top of the image, with the rest of the land in the far distance over the water.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.320
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Rocks at Land’s End [Land's End Study]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.321
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on board
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.321
- Description
- Front: a large mass of rocks stand to the right and the left.There are multiple notes denoting time of day, colours, etcBack: unidentifiable sketches. tlc: “Lands End. Study - Surf Decorations Effect“
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- Title
- Rocks at Land’s End [Land's End Study]
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on board
- Dimensions
- 31.5 x 25.0 cm
- Description
- Front: a large mass of rocks stand to the right and the left.There are multiple notes denoting time of day, colours, etcBack: unidentifiable sketches. tlc: “Lands End. Study - Surf Decorations Effect“
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.321
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Man in uniform
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.331
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.331
- Description
- Front: image is of a man standing in uniform on the far right. Other sketches are all over the page.Back: a man stands in uniform with his head bent. There are three other disembodied heads above this.
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- Title
- Man in uniform
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- Front: image is of a man standing in uniform on the far right. Other sketches are all over the page.Back: a man stands in uniform with his head bent. There are three other disembodied heads above this.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.331
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