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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Date
1944
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
ThM.03.01
Description
Colour: grey on white. A caribou head looking left.
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Title
Head of a Caribou
Date
1944
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20.3 x 12.5 cm
Description
Colour: grey on white. A caribou head looking left.
Subject
animal
caribou
Credit
Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1967
Catalogue Number
ThM.03.01
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Mount Thorington 1968

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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
ThM.02.01
Description
Colour: blue, purple. Rocks come out of the snow in the lower right and across the bottom. Snow leads up to a rock peak at upper center. Distant range is off to the right. Sky fills in the upper area.
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Title
Mount Thorington 1968
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
44.1 x 59.7 cm
Description
Colour: blue, purple. Rocks come out of the snow in the lower right and across the bottom. Snow leads up to a rock peak at upper center. Distant range is off to the right. Sky fills in the upper area.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1969
Catalogue Number
ThM.02.01
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Date
1946
Medium
charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
ThM.03.02
Description
General colour: black and white on grey. The head and shoulders of a mountain goat. His two black horns reaching up into the top of the picture and his head turned out.
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Title
Mountain Goat
Date
1946
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
45.5 x 28.8 cm
Description
General colour: black and white on grey. The head and shoulders of a mountain goat. His two black horns reaching up into the top of the picture and his head turned out.
Subject
animal
mountain goat
Credit
Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1969
Catalogue Number
ThM.03.02
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Date
1944
Medium
charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
ThM.03.03
Description
General colour: white and black on grey. The left profile of a caribou drawn in the centre of the picture.
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Title
Caribou
Date
1944
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
21.5 x 14.0 cm
Description
General colour: white and black on grey. The left profile of a caribou drawn in the centre of the picture.
Subject
animal
caribou
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ThM.03.03
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
ThM.02.02
Description
General colour: green, yellow, brown, blue. An antelope stands at the left side facing right. There is grass and shurbs in the foreground which become part of a slope which fills the lower three quarters. At the horizion mountains can be seen. Sky above is blue.
Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Title
Antelope
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
30.5 x 40.7 cm
Description
General colour: green, yellow, brown, blue. An antelope stands at the left side facing right. There is grass and shurbs in the foreground which become part of a slope which fills the lower three quarters. At the horizion mountains can be seen. Sky above is blue.
Subject
landscape, prairie
animal, antelope
Credit
Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1970
Catalogue Number
ThM.02.02
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Date
1940
Medium
charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
ThM.03.04
Description
A charcoal drawing from the chest up of an alpine ibex. The ibex is facing to his right, long horns curve gracefully back.
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Title
Alpine Ibex
Date
1940
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
25.0 x 20.5 cm
Description
A charcoal drawing from the chest up of an alpine ibex. The ibex is facing to his right, long horns curve gracefully back.
Subject
animal
alpine ibex
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ThM.03.04
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Date
prior to 1970
Medium
charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
ThM.03.05
Description
A left profile drawing of a Rocky Mountain Goat.
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Title
Rocky Mountain Goat
Date
prior to 1970
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
38.0 x 23.0 cm
Description
A left profile drawing of a Rocky Mountain Goat.
Subject
animal, mountain goat
Credit
Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1969
Catalogue Number
ThM.03.05
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Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on wood
Catalogue Number
UnK.02.01
Description
Colour: blue; brown; railroad goes from lower center up the left side across the middle and disappears into the bush at center; in the distance up left are trees and a building; in the upper right is a mountain; clouded blue sky fills the top quarter.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
25.4 x 27.9 cm
Description
Colour: blue; brown; railroad goes from lower center up the left side across the middle and disappears into the bush at center; in the distance up left are trees and a building; in the upper right is a mountain; clouded blue sky fills the top quarter.
Subject
landscape, mountain
railroad
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1968
Catalogue Number
UnK.02.01
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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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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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Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on glass
Catalogue Number
UnK.01.01
Description
Colour: green, brown, blue; two colts stand facing left on a green ground; behind and above is a blue lake shape and a grey mountain shape with a white peak.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on glass
Dimensions
14.0 x 24.5 cm
Description
Colour: green, brown, blue; two colts stand facing left on a green ground; behind and above is a blue lake shape and a grey mountain shape with a white peak.
Subject
animal, horse
Credit
Gift of Peter Whyte, 1966
Catalogue Number
UnK.01.01
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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1976
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.12
Description
Colour: black and brown on white. Head and shoulders of a man looking right. His hair is in long braids.
Artist
Unknown
Title
Untitled
Date
prior to 1976
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
61.0 x 48.0 cm
Description
Colour: black and brown on white. Head and shoulders of a man looking right. His hair is in long braids.
Subject
portrait
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1976
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.12
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Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
UnK.02.04
Description
Colour: cobalt blue, brown. Upper two thirds is sky; pink and yellow near the horizon which is blue and brown hills sloping down to a streak of blue water across the bottom.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
12.7 x 14.3 cm
Description
Colour: cobalt blue, brown. Upper two thirds is sky; pink and yellow near the horizon which is blue and brown hills sloping down to a streak of blue water across the bottom.
Subject
landscape, mountain
Credit
Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
Catalogue Number
UnK.02.04
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Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
UnK.02.12
Description
Colour: brown greys, blue, green. The upper two thirds is sky and hills. Lower third is blue water with a green shore in the foreground.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
14.0 x 15.2 cm
Description
Colour: brown greys, blue, green. The upper two thirds is sky and hills. Lower third is blue water with a green shore in the foreground.
Subject
landscape, mountain
lake
Credit
Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
Catalogue Number
UnK.02.12
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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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Artist
Unknown
Date
prior to 1975
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.08
Description
Colour: black on white. The head and upper torso of a man looking to the right. He wears a large headdress of feathers, a buckskin jacket with a decorative pattern on the sleeve, and a medallion on his chest.
Artist
Unknown
Title
Untitled
Date
prior to 1975
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25.0 x 15.8 cm
Description
Colour: black on white. The head and upper torso of a man looking to the right. He wears a large headdress of feathers, a buckskin jacket with a decorative pattern on the sleeve, and a medallion on his chest.
Subject
portrait, male
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.08
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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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Artist
Unknown
Date
c. 1945
Medium
oil on canvas paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.02.15
Artist
Unknown
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1945
Medium
oil on canvas paper
Dimensions
40.0 x 30.0 cm
Subject
Landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Unknown, 1999
Catalogue Number
UnK.02.15
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Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Catalogue Number
UnK.16.04
Description
Purple irises with green sagittal leaves, blue water all painted onto relief, contoured, carved surface which is a silhouette contained by unpainted, rectangular frame; both faces of relief are carved and painted. Ex collection Edith Morse Robb; probably acquired originally by CRW's grandfather, E.…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Iris Relief
Date
n.d.
Dimensions
53.0 x 4.3 x 136.0 cm
Description
Purple irises with green sagittal leaves, blue water all painted onto relief, contoured, carved surface which is a silhouette contained by unpainted, rectangular frame; both faces of relief are carved and painted. Ex collection Edith Morse Robb; probably acquired originally by CRW's grandfather, E.S. Morse.
Subject
botanical, iris
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.16.04
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1800 – 1900
Catalogue Number
UnK.16.03
Description
Female profile.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Profile Relief
Date
1800 – 1900
Dimensions
17.5 x 17.5 cm
Description
Female profile.
Subject
portrait, female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.16.03
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