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- Date
- 1885 – 1925
- Material
- fibre; glass; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0360
- Description
- A purse of blue grey silk with ivory battens at drawstring closure, and embroidered beaded figures of man and woman dancing. Purse is essentially a square with a panel along the sides and bottom for width, with a stiff panel inserted at the bottom between lining and purse. Top draws closed with a s…
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1885 – 1925
- Material
- fibre; glass; ivory
- Dimensions
- 22.2 x 5.4 x 21.8 cm
- Description
- A purse of blue grey silk with ivory battens at drawstring closure, and embroidered beaded figures of man and woman dancing. Purse is essentially a square with a panel along the sides and bottom for width, with a stiff panel inserted at the bottom between lining and purse. Top draws closed with a silver metallic cord through a short ivory batten on the front and back causing the bag to form two pleats on either side. Ends of cord have red and grey beaded loop tassels. Bag lined front, back and bottom with pink silk. Figures beaded on front of purse depict woman in yellow dress and man in green trousers and pink jacket holding top hat while they are dancing.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- embroidery
- figure
- male
- female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0360
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Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactfic.05.01
- Artist
- C. Firth
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.01
- Description
- Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
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- Artist
- C. Firth
- Title
- Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.01
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Bow River NWT, 1887
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactfic.05.02
- Artist
- C. Firth
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.02
- Description
- Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
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- Artist
- C. Firth
- Title
- Bow River NWT, 1887
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.02
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Cattle Roundup near Village
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.05.57
- Date
- c. 1897
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.57
- Description
- A figure on a horse moves from the left side of the image. A town sits in the centre background. The foreground is a grassy field and the upper half of the image is a cloudy sky.
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- Title
- Cattle Roundup near Village
- Date
- c. 1897
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.5 x 27 cm
- Description
- A figure on a horse moves from the left side of the image. A town sits in the centre background. The foreground is a grassy field and the upper half of the image is a cloudy sky.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.57
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Couple By Seashore
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.05.59
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.59
- Description
- Two figures walk closely together on a path which leads to the ocean in the upper right side of the image. On both sides the couple is centred by grass and hill landscape.
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- Title
- Couple By Seashore
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- Two figures walk closely together on a path which leads to the ocean in the upper right side of the image. On both sides the couple is centred by grass and hill landscape.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.59
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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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Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbes.05.07
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.07
- Description
- Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corne…
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- Title
- Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.8 x 48.0 cm
- Description
- Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corner. “F.M. Bell-Smith 1887” at bottom right.
- Credit
- Gift of Mark Cullen, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.07
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- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BrH.05.01
- Description
- General colour: red, yellow, blue. The left profile and torso of a boy dressed in a uniform. Blue pants with a yellow stripe and a red jacket and a blue hat. He holds a trumpet and faces left.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26 x 19 cm
- Description
- General colour: red, yellow, blue. The left profile and torso of a boy dressed in a uniform. Blue pants with a yellow stripe and a red jacket and a blue hat. He holds a trumpet and faces left.
- Credit
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- BrH.05.01
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View of Pinedale From the Sanitarium
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- Artist
- Hinas
- Date
- 1889
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HiN.05.01
- Description
- landscape watercolour scene depicting Tunnel Mountain, Mt. Peechee, Mt. Rundle and the Bow River. A small brown-roofed house is slightly off-center left, below Mt. Peechee and above the Bow River. There are touches of blue and pink in the lightly clouded sky
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- Artist
- Hinas
- Title
- View of Pinedale From the Sanitarium
- Date
- 1889
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 22.5 cm
- Description
- landscape watercolour scene depicting Tunnel Mountain, Mt. Peechee, Mt. Rundle and the Bow River. A small brown-roofed house is slightly off-center left, below Mt. Peechee and above the Bow River. There are touches of blue and pink in the lightly clouded sky
- Credit
- Gift of Rod Green, Calgary, 2016
- Catalogue Number
- HiN.05.01
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Landscape (Rocky Mountains)
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- Date
- 1886
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- FsJ.05.01
- Description
- Flat body of water in foreground surrounded by plants. Large rounded snow-covered peak in background with smaller peaks behind.
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- Title
- Landscape (Rocky Mountains)
- Date
- 1886
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.5 x 33.7 cm
- Description
- Flat body of water in foreground surrounded by plants. Large rounded snow-covered peak in background with smaller peaks behind.
- Subject
- mountains
- Mount Baker?
- Credit
- Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2023
- Catalogue Number
- FsJ.05.01
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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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