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- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 36
- Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian) 2
- Thomas Mower Martin, R. C. A. (1838 – 1934, Canadian) 2
- C. Zollern 1
- Charles Jones Way (1835 – 1919, British) 1
- Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian) 1
- George Horne Russell, RCA (1861 – 1933, Canadian) 1
- Y. Scheurenberg 1
- Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese) 1
Rockies in Moonlight
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactrug.02.01
- Date
- 1898
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- RuG.02.01
- Description
- Moonlit scene of the Canadian Rockies. The snowy peaks of a mountain are lit up by a crescent shaped moon in the top right corner. A wall of blue and grey mountain makes up most of the painting. The impression of trees is visible at the base of the mountain. The sky is a dark blue.
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- Title
- Rockies in Moonlight
- Date
- 1898
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Description
- Moonlit scene of the Canadian Rockies. The snowy peaks of a mountain are lit up by a crescent shaped moon in the top right corner. A wall of blue and grey mountain makes up most of the painting. The impression of trees is visible at the base of the mountain. The sky is a dark blue.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- night
- moonlight
- Credit
- Purchased from The Collector’s Gallery, Calgary, 2004
- Catalogue Number
- RuG.02.01
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Castle Mountain Siding
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactzoc.13.01
- Artist
- C. Zollern
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- watercolour; photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ZoC.13.01
- Description
- Colour: green, yellow. Three frames inside one. Top picture is a painting of a group of wooden buildings left of center with a flag pole (flag is flying) and antlers on the roof. In front are railway tracks with a team of four workers going along on a cart. Behind is a river with a man fishing in i…
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- Artist
- C. Zollern
- Title
- Castle Mountain Siding
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- watercolour; photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 34.8 x 47.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, yellow. Three frames inside one. Top picture is a painting of a group of wooden buildings left of center with a flag pole (flag is flying) and antlers on the roof. In front are railway tracks with a team of four workers going along on a cart. Behind is a river with a man fishing in it on the right. On both sides of the river are trees and in the distance are mountains. Sky fills the top. The lower two pictures are photographs. The left is of the first Banff Springs Hotel and Rundle Mountain. The right is looking down the main street of Banff in 1895.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
- Catalogue Number
- ZoC.13.01
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Evening Mt. Fuji During the Upward Wind
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactchy.04.08%20a-c
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.08 a-c
- Description
- This triptych features four women spread across three panels with Mt. Fuji softly in the background. A stretch of bushes separated the women from the background and is mostly grey. The lone Mt. Fuji is the only background with paper tone behind it. In the first panel Mt. Fuji starts and two wome…
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- Title
- Evening Mt. Fuji During the Upward Wind
- Date
- 1895
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 37 x 72 cm
- Description
- This triptych features four women spread across three panels with Mt. Fuji softly in the background. A stretch of bushes separated the women from the background and is mostly grey. The lone Mt. Fuji is the only background with paper tone behind it. In the first panel Mt. Fuji starts and two women stand with their bodies facing eachother. The smaller woman is pointing at Mt. Fuji. In the second panel a woman stands in the rc, her body facing right and her head turned back to the left. She has her back to the mountain which is mostly featured in the second panel. In the third panel a woman sits on a bench facing left with her hand by her chest. A lamp is to the left of her bench. The ground the woman are on is mostly paper tone with a light wash.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.08 a-c
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- Date
- 1895
- Material
- skin, buffalo; glass; fabric
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0003
- Description
- An entirely beaded boy's vest with fringe along both of the sides and the bottom. The vest has blanket trim and a v-neck. The vest is decorated with nine diamond motifs of red and blue beads forming a square on the back, and six diamonds centred on the front and two on the front shoulders. The en…
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- Title
- Beaded Vest
- Date
- 1895
- Material
- skin, buffalo; glass; fabric
- Dimensions
- 42.0 x 55.0 (includes 9.0 cm fringe) cm
- Description
- An entirely beaded boy's vest with fringe along both of the sides and the bottom. The vest has blanket trim and a v-neck. The vest is decorated with nine diamond motifs of red and blue beads forming a square on the back, and six diamonds centred on the front and two on the front shoulders. The entire vest is beaded with a light blue background.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.05.0003
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- Date
- 1893
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.02.03
- Description
- Scene in a forest with a stream. Overall green value of the painting, - there is a herring standing in the steam just below center at the narrowest part where the stream seems to drop to a lower level. - dark green shadows across the top of the trees where they appear to canopy the scene. - dark br…
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- Title
- His Haunt
- Date
- 1893
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 45.5 x 30.5 cm
- Description
- Scene in a forest with a stream. Overall green value of the painting, - there is a herring standing in the steam just below center at the narrowest part where the stream seems to drop to a lower level. - dark green shadows across the top of the trees where they appear to canopy the scene. - dark brown bank to the left of the steam, and a dark green/yellow to the right of the stream.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- heron
- stream
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.02.03
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Maria begegneteinem Hertenknaben
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscy.04.01
- Artist
- Y. Scheurenberg
- Date
- 1892
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScY.04.01
- Description
- Black and white reproduction of a sketch showing a woman in a long robe holding a naked baby [likely Mary and Jesus] out towards a young shepherd boy who is handing a dandelion to the baby. There are sheep behind the boy and a background of meadows and trees.
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- Artist
- Y. Scheurenberg
- Title
- Maria begegneteinem Hertenknaben
- Date
- 1892
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 11.5 cm
- Description
- Black and white reproduction of a sketch showing a woman in a long robe holding a naked baby [likely Mary and Jesus] out towards a young shepherd boy who is handing a dandelion to the baby. There are sheep behind the boy and a background of meadows and trees.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ScY.04.01
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- Date
- 1892 – 1892
- Material
- metal, silver
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0122
- Description
- A small silver bowl with a rounded bottom that is decorated with a swirled design. There is a gadroon band around the neck which flares slightly at the lip. The bottom of the bowl has an inset British coin and is marked “old Sterling Silver London H.M. 1892”.
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1892 – 1892
- Material
- metal, silver
- Description
- A small silver bowl with a rounded bottom that is decorated with a swirled design. There is a gadroon band around the neck which flares slightly at the lip. The bottom of the bowl has an inset British coin and is marked “old Sterling Silver London H.M. 1892”.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0122
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Lake Minnewanka and Mount Inglismaldie
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbes.02.01
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.02.01
- Description
- Colour: blue, green. The lower half is a lake with two people in a canoe right of center. A piece of land with evergreens comes out at the right side. The upper half is a mountain range. At the left side in the distance is another range. Above is clear blue sky.This painting was lent to the Winnipe…
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- Title
- Lake Minnewanka and Mount Inglismaldie
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 34.0 x 57.0 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, green. The lower half is a lake with two people in a canoe right of center. A piece of land with evergreens comes out at the right side. The upper half is a mountain range. At the left side in the distance is another range. Above is clear blue sky.This painting was lent to the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1975 to be included in the exhibition The Railway: A Patron of the Arts in Canada. The exhibition was circulated accross the country for two years.
- Credit
- Purchased from Red River Books, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.02.01
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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0014
- Date
- 1890
- Material
- fibre; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0014
- Description
- A thick necklace formed by wrapping a strand of small glass beads around a length of cloth with one large brass metal bead at each end. The small beads are black, blue, and green, attached in colour-block sections along the length of the necklace. The two ends of the length of cloth are beaded tog…
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1890
- Material
- fibre; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 57.0 cm
- Description
- A thick necklace formed by wrapping a strand of small glass beads around a length of cloth with one large brass metal bead at each end. The small beads are black, blue, and green, attached in colour-block sections along the length of the necklace. The two ends of the length of cloth are beaded together so the necklace forms a loop.
- Subject
- decorative
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0014
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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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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0001
- Date
- 1890
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0001
- Description
- A necklace made of two thick strands wrapped with dark blue and red beads. Hanging from the centre of the necklace there are two thick ropes of wrapped beads which split into two pieces at each end. Cotton ribbons secure the necklace at the neck.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1890
- Material
- glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 150.0 cm
- Description
- A necklace made of two thick strands wrapped with dark blue and red beads. Hanging from the centre of the necklace there are two thick ropes of wrapped beads which split into two pieces at each end. Cotton ribbons secure the necklace at the neck.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- decorative
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0001
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- Date
- 1899 – 1919
- Medium
- ink and graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.09.01
- Description
- A small black book with various drawings and sketches of landscapes and people. On the flyleaf “Ernest C. W. Lamarque with Uncle Frank’s Love 20th Feb 1899”.Inside are annotations on most drawings of peoples names, places the drawing depict or the year.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1899 – 1919
- Medium
- ink and graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.4 x 12.7 cm
- Description
- A small black book with various drawings and sketches of landscapes and people. On the flyleaf “Ernest C. W. Lamarque with Uncle Frank’s Love 20th Feb 1899”.Inside are annotations on most drawings of peoples names, places the drawing depict or the year.
- Subject
- landscape
- people
- Ernest Lamarque
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.09.01
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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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The Fraser River at Yale BC
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- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WaC.05.01
- Description
- River winding through rocky mountains. River is calm in foreground and rougher in background. 4 figures on beach with two canoes at center right. Another figure with white pack horse on rocky outcrop above. Mountains primarily brown and grey with one snowcapped peak in distance. Trees and other shr…
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- Title
- The Fraser River at Yale BC
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 52.0 x 75.5 cm
- Description
- River winding through rocky mountains. River is calm in foreground and rougher in background. 4 figures on beach with two canoes at center right. Another figure with white pack horse on rocky outcrop above. Mountains primarily brown and grey with one snowcapped peak in distance. Trees and other shrubbery on rocky outcrop at right and on slopes at left and center distance. “CJ (overlapping) Way YALE BC” in red at lower right. In ornately carved gold painted wood frame with glass. White tag from Masters Gallery Ltd. on back.
- Credit
- Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- WaC.05.01
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The Sawback Mountains near Banff
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmrt.02.02
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- MrT.02.02
- Description
- Purple-grey mountain range in background, green meadow with scattered conifers in foreground. Yellow-pink sky above. “TM. MARTIN RCA” in red along bottom edge. In silver painted wooden frame with carved floral pattern along edge. White linen mat. Glass at back of frame to show artist’s writing. Whi…
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- Title
- The Sawback Mountains near Banff
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 15.5 x 33.5 cm
- Description
- Purple-grey mountain range in background, green meadow with scattered conifers in foreground. Yellow-pink sky above. “TM. MARTIN RCA” in red along bottom edge. In silver painted wooden frame with carved floral pattern along edge. White linen mat. Glass at back of frame to show artist’s writing. White label from Masters Gallery Ltd. below.
- Subject
- Mountains
- nature
- landscape
- Banff National Park
- Credit
- Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- MrT.02.02
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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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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0012
- Date
- 1850 – 1880
- Material
- glass; shell
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0012
- Description
- A necklace made by alternating sets of two dentalium shells with various coloured beads. A triangular shaped abalone shell hanging from centre as a pendant.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1850 – 1880
- Material
- glass; shell
- Dimensions
- 38.0 cm
- Description
- A necklace made by alternating sets of two dentalium shells with various coloured beads. A triangular shaped abalone shell hanging from centre as a pendant.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0012
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Beaded Necklace
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact103.01.0015
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0015
- Description
- A necklace of eleven strands of beads strung between fringed animal hide. The strands get longer as they proceed down the mecklace. The centre of each strand is made up of darker beads.
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- Title
- Beaded Necklace
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- fibre; glass; skin
- Dimensions
- 86.0 x 71.0 cm
- Description
- A necklace of eleven strands of beads strung between fringed animal hide. The strands get longer as they proceed down the mecklace. The centre of each strand is made up of darker beads.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- decorative
- ceremonial
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0015
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- Date
- 1890 – 1900
- Material
- metal, copper
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0017
- Description
- A set of six bracelets made of twisted copper wire.
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- Title
- Bracelets
- Date
- 1890 – 1900
- Material
- metal, copper
- Description
- A set of six bracelets made of twisted copper wire.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- trading
- hunting
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.01.0017
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