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Artist
Unknown
Date
1988
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.21
Description
Twelve sketches of animals, each washed with a single colour watercolour.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Animalia Capillary
Date
1988
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
37.2 x 17.9 cm
Description
Twelve sketches of animals, each washed with a single colour watercolour.
Subject
animals, whimsey
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.21
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Untitled (Nepalese woman)

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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1981
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.08
Description
A woman looking down into the left corner of the image. She wears a purple cap, a shirt with blue sleeves, and a striped, multicoloured skirt or apron. At the upper left corner there is a suggestion of foliage, with various shades of green. The signature “Middleton” is signed in blue at the bottom…
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled (Nepalese woman)
Date
1981
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
57.5 x 26 cm
Description
A woman looking down into the left corner of the image. She wears a purple cap, a shirt with blue sleeves, and a striped, multicoloured skirt or apron. At the upper left corner there is a suggestion of foliage, with various shades of green. The signature “Middleton” is signed in blue at the bottom right corner.
Subject
Nepal
woman
Nepalese woman
Credit
Gift of Janet Holly Middleton, Banff, 2012
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.08
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1978
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.07
Description
A watercolour depicting a mountain landscape, with a lake below (Lake O’Hara), painted in a very loose and free style. The bottom third is a blue lake with grey and white reflections from the banks, mountains, talus slopes, and trees above. The mid two-thirds depicts sparse trees, trail, and slopes…
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Lake O’Hara
Date
1978
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
55.0 x 71.0 cm
Description
A watercolour depicting a mountain landscape, with a lake below (Lake O’Hara), painted in a very loose and free style. The bottom third is a blue lake with grey and white reflections from the banks, mountains, talus slopes, and trees above. The mid two-thirds depicts sparse trees, trail, and slopes to the left, waterfalls (Seven Veils), snow-covered mountain with glacier in the background (Mt. Oesa), mid-to-far right a mountain in varying shades of grey rising to almost the top of the painting (Opabin Mountain). Top portion blue sky with clouds. The extreme bottom and right hand side is left mostly unpainted.Signed, in script, blue watercolour paint bottom right hand corner “Middleton 78”. The lake bleeds into the signature.
Subject
landscape
mountain
lake
Lake O’Hara
Janet Holly Middleton
Credit
Purchased from Willock & Sax, 2013
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.07
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1976
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.02
Description
The tip of Mount Assiniboine is in cloud; the sky is cloudy with pink and light yellow to the right and light blue/green to the left; there is quite a bit of snow but the mountain to the right is green and the mountain on the left is in the purple/green range. A blue/green lake is in the immediate …
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Mount Assiniboine
Date
1976
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
42.2 x 58.1 cm
Description
The tip of Mount Assiniboine is in cloud; the sky is cloudy with pink and light yellow to the right and light blue/green to the left; there is quite a bit of snow but the mountain to the right is green and the mountain on the left is in the purple/green range. A blue/green lake is in the immediate foreground.
Subject
landscape, mountain
landscape, Mount Assiniboine
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.02
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Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1964
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.06
Description
The general colours are green, blue, grey, brown, mauve, purple and white. The painting is divided in half for dominance. The bottom-half is the icy blue/green and white of the frozen lake; on the viewer’s far right there are two small evergreens in the snow. The top-half comprises the mountains an…
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier
Date
1964
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
37.2 x 56.0 cm
Description
The general colours are green, blue, grey, brown, mauve, purple and white. The painting is divided in half for dominance. The bottom-half is the icy blue/green and white of the frozen lake; on the viewer’s far right there are two small evergreens in the snow. The top-half comprises the mountains and glacier; viewer’s right the scree slope and upward sweep of a mountain, moving to the left is the next mountain with its white and blue glacier top and blue sweep down the middle of the mountain. Lower mid-centre is the glacier snow field and to the left is a brown and white mountain. The gloomy sky is grey and white swirling clouds with hints of yellow through the grey and blue sky beyond.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Bow Glacier
Bow Lake
Janet Holly Middleton
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.06
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1960
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.05
Description
Dominant colours are blue, green, yellow, brown, mauve, purple and grey. The painting is dominated by the lake shore foreground: on viewer’s right the tip of a grey, gnarled dead tree with branches; the tree appears to have gouache painted on to give it texture; a yellow and orange-coloured rock mi…
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Kalamalka Lake
Date
1960
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
38.0 x 55.0 cm
Description
Dominant colours are blue, green, yellow, brown, mauve, purple and grey. The painting is dominated by the lake shore foreground: on viewer’s right the tip of a grey, gnarled dead tree with branches; the tree appears to have gouache painted on to give it texture; a yellow and orange-coloured rock mid-centre to the right; on viewer’s left wildflowers, the dead tree trunk and the bush above. Grey and brown pebbles and sand and the top of the tree in the water make up the foreground on the extreme right. The dead tree appears to be resting on the yellow and orange-coloured rock. There are yellow flowers with brown centres (Black Eyed Susans) and green leaves below the tree trunk, viewer’s left, and a bush with big brown and green leaves above that. The blue-green calm lake lies beyond the tree trunk and on the opposite shore are blue, grey and purple hills and a snow-peaked mountain; to the viewer’s extreme right is a green and purple hill. The sky above is barely discernable and is a mixture of blue and mauve.
Subject
landscape
lake
Kalamalka Lake
Janet Holly Middleton
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.05
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.04
Description
Dominant colours are purple, green, blue, brown, grey, yellow, and white. The painting is dominated by Mount Rundle and a cloud-filled blue sky. The foreground is grey rocks, a dead tree with the brown tree trunk and branches reaching right, above that coniferous trees viewer’s right; the middle fo…
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Mount Rundle
Date
1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
50.5 x 70.5 cm
Description
Dominant colours are purple, green, blue, brown, grey, yellow, and white. The painting is dominated by Mount Rundle and a cloud-filled blue sky. The foreground is grey rocks, a dead tree with the brown tree trunk and branches reaching right, above that coniferous trees viewer’s right; the middle foreground is made up of grey pebbles and small rocks with coniferous trees behind, the sun is shining on the mid- foreground and the viewer’s right highlighting the ground and trees. To the viewer’s right there is a pile of grey, brown, and beige rocks with two coniferous trees above and some yellow and brown bushes to the right of that; to the very far right the Bow River is visible and also above the bushes it is snaking its way through the valley toward Canmore. A purple-hued with some blue Tunnel (Buffalo) Mountain is in front of Mount Rundle. Mount Rundle is purple, grey, blue, pink and white with green patches to the right. The ranges on the viewer’s left are purple, grey and white and to the right of Mount Rundle they are blue, grey and white. The sky above which comprises one-third of the painting has more clouds than blue sky. The clouds are white, grey, brown growing into purple, grey and yellowish hues to the viewer’s right.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Rundle Mountain
Janet Holly Middleton
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.04
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Watercolour Painting

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Artist
Unknown
Date
1937
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.22
Description
A watercolour painting showing two pyramids and pam trees with a reflection in a body of water. The painting is entirely in shades of orange. In the lower left corner is “1937” and in the lower right corner are the initials “W.V.G.”
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Watercolour Painting
Date
1937
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
20.0 x 27.5 cm
Description
A watercolour painting showing two pyramids and pam trees with a reflection in a body of water. The painting is entirely in shades of orange. In the lower left corner is “1937” and in the lower right corner are the initials “W.V.G.”
Subject
pyramids
middle east
desert
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.22
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Watercolour Painting

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Artist
Unknown
Date
1830
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.27
Description
Botanical still life painting of a peach and grapes surrounded by green and orange foliage.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Watercolour Painting
Date
1830
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
24.0 x 26.0 cm
Description
Botanical still life painting of a peach and grapes surrounded by green and orange foliage.
Subject
botanical
still life
food
fruit
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.27
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Untitled [Moon through Branches]

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Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink and colour on silk; paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.09
Description
Colour: black; green; white; two branches of a tree in bloom across the lower left corner in front of a huge full moon.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Untitled [Moon through Branches]
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink and colour on silk; paper
Dimensions
27.0 x 24.0 cm
Description
Colour: black; green; white; two branches of a tree in bloom across the lower left corner in front of a huge full moon.
Subject
landscape
night time
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.09
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Untitled [Two Ducks]

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Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink and colour on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.08
Description
Colour: brown, green, purple on white; two ducks in the lower right corner; the male faces left and has his head up; the female hides behind facing out.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Untitled [Two Ducks]
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink and colour on paper
Dimensions
27.0 x 24.0 cm
Description
Colour: brown, green, purple on white; two ducks in the lower right corner; the male faces left and has his head up; the female hides behind facing out.
Subject
animal, bird
duck
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.08
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Watermill and Waterfall

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Artist
Unknown
Date
c. 1930
Medium
ink and colour on silk; card
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.03
Description
A watermill is in top right of picture, a stone basement, wooden building with a large waterwheel, a waterfall comes tumbling down from wheel; a grassy slope is in the foreground, lake in foreground; a waterfall tumbles down from left top of picture; the paper is gold trimmed; the foldover paper pr…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Watermill and Waterfall
Date
c. 1930
Medium
ink and colour on silk; card
Dimensions
27.2 x 24.1 cm
Description
A watermill is in top right of picture, a stone basement, wooden building with a large waterwheel, a waterfall comes tumbling down from wheel; a grassy slope is in the foreground, lake in foreground; a waterfall tumbles down from left top of picture; the paper is gold trimmed; the foldover paper presentation cover has Japanese writing: Square Paper for Drawing/painting (translation by Maskao Tani, 8/86). A business card was enclosed in the case: printed: Tsunejiro Miyaoka; handwritten: To Mr. Jack White with kind remembrances, Banff.July 24th 1935.
Subject
landscape
waterfall
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.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.
Subject
still life
botanical
flowers
architecture
rural
figures
male, child
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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Watercolour Painting

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Artist
Unknown
Date
c. 1830
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.28
Description
Botanical still life painting depicting an insect, likely a butterfly or moth, flying next to a white and yellow flower. The flower’s bloms are long and skinny with a bell shape at the end. The foliage is a rich green colour. The insect has blue and white wings with a black and yellow body. The bac…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Watercolour Painting
Date
c. 1830
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
9.0 x 13.0 cm
Description
Botanical still life painting depicting an insect, likely a butterfly or moth, flying next to a white and yellow flower. The flower’s bloms are long and skinny with a bell shape at the end. The foliage is a rich green colour. The insect has blue and white wings with a black and yellow body. The back has multiple inscriptions. Due to the hand, it is a bit difficult to read. “M. G. Le???d??”“February 4th, 1852”“M. G. L??????” “To E. Anderson”
Subject
botanical
still life
flower
insect
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.28
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Watercolour Painting

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Artist
Unknown
Date
c. 1830
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.29
Description
Botanical still life on a beige toned card with rounded corners. The flowers are central, showing blooms of red, yellow, pink and blue with bright green foliage. There are two colurs of paint marks in the top left corner.The back has multiple inscriptions. Due to the hand, it is a bit difficult to …
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Watercolour Painting
Date
c. 1830
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
9.0 x 13.0 cm
Description
Botanical still life on a beige toned card with rounded corners. The flowers are central, showing blooms of red, yellow, pink and blue with bright green foliage. There are two colurs of paint marks in the top left corner.The back has multiple inscriptions. Due to the hand, it is a bit difficult to read. “From Mary G L????de?”“To Lizzy Anderson”In blue ink or paint:“TO MARY”Listed in pencil:“Pilgrimage”“Matrimony”“Courtship”?“Novice”
Subject
botanical
still life
flower
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.29
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Untitled (People reading)

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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.09
Description
Two people reading in front of a fireplace in the Swiss Guides Room at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Black and white watercolour with grey card glued to represent the top section of the fireplace.
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled (People reading)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 35.5 cm
Description
Two people reading in front of a fireplace in the Swiss Guides Room at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Black and white watercolour with grey card glued to represent the top section of the fireplace.
Subject
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
building
reading
fireplace
Swiss Guides Room
Credit
Gift of Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1984
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.09
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Untitled (Whyte Museum Office)

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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on rice paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.10
Description
A desk sits on the left side of the image, with a textured rock column behind it, and a lamp and a antler or log on the desk. A window at the centre looks out on trees. The watercolour is rendered in black and white on a thin rice paper.
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled (Whyte Museum Office)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on rice paper
Dimensions
23 x 30 cm
Description
A desk sits on the left side of the image, with a textured rock column behind it, and a lamp and a antler or log on the desk. A window at the centre looks out on trees. The watercolour is rendered in black and white on a thin rice paper.
Subject
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
building
desk
office
Credit
Gift of Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1984
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.10
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Untitled (Whyte Museum Exterior)

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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.11
Description
The exterior of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, seen from the left, from Bear Street. Trees surround the left side and back, with a mountain rising behind the building. Several figures stand on the walkway up to the previous entrance to the building.
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled (Whyte Museum Exterior)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
21 x 29 cm
Description
The exterior of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, seen from the left, from Bear Street. Trees surround the left side and back, with a mountain rising behind the building. Several figures stand on the walkway up to the previous entrance to the building.
Subject
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
building
exterior
Credit
Gift of Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1984
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.11
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Untitled [Whyte Museum Exterior]

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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on rice paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.12
Description
A black and white watercolour of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies exterior, seen from the right, from Bear Street. The parking lot is visible on the left side, with trees surrounding the front of the building on the right.
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Whyte Museum Exterior]
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on rice paper
Dimensions
21 x 27 cm
Description
A black and white watercolour of the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies exterior, seen from the right, from Bear Street. The parking lot is visible on the left side, with trees surrounding the front of the building on the right.
Subject
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
building
exterior
Credit
Gift of Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1984
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.12
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