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Date
1918 – 1919
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.1012
Description
Siberian box, hand-carved for Ulysse LaCasse,lid carved in relief of flower branches, "Vladivostok/Siberia 1918-1919./U. LaCasse" against textured background, rectangular box with flat ends and rounded sides like a flattened cylinder, carved of solid piece of wood, lid hinged with small metal pins …
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1918 – 1919
Material
wood
Dimensions
3.0 x 8.4 x 12.3 cm
Description
Siberian box, hand-carved for Ulysse LaCasse,lid carved in relief of flower branches, "Vladivostok/Siberia 1918-1919./U. LaCasse" against textured background, rectangular box with flat ends and rounded sides like a flattened cylinder, carved of solid piece of wood, lid hinged with small metal pins each side, interior of lid carved with curling hunting horn and "260" carved below it.
Subject
souvenirs
Russia
Ulysse LaCasse
Credit
Gift of Ulysse LaCasse, Banff, 1970
Catalogue Number
102.04.1012
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Date
1940 – 1960
Material
metal, brass; enamel
Catalogue Number
102.04.0084
Description
A lidded, cylindrical brass container. The box is decorated with a raised floral design with an enameled background. “Made in India” is stamped on the base.
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1940 – 1960
Material
metal, brass; enamel
Dimensions
9.0 x 6.0 x 6.0 cm
Description
A lidded, cylindrical brass container. The box is decorated with a raised floral design with an enameled background. “Made in India” is stamped on the base.
Subject
households
decorative
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0084
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Date
1910 – 1940
Material
wood; metal, brass
Catalogue Number
102.04.0131
Description
A rectangular, possibly mahogany, wooden box with a hinged lid. There is fancy brass inlay on the lid, and the bottom corners on the box are also finished with brass. The outside wood surface is cracking.
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1910 – 1940
Material
wood; metal, brass
Dimensions
5.0 x 10.7 x 18.0 cm
Description
A rectangular, possibly mahogany, wooden box with a hinged lid. There is fancy brass inlay on the lid, and the bottom corners on the box are also finished with brass. The outside wood surface is cracking.
Subject
households
decorative
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0131
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Date
1940 – 1950
Material
bark, birch
Catalogue Number
102.04.0149
Description
A round birch bark basket made from the brown underbark of the birch sewn together with dyed strips of bark through pre-punched holes. The lid has a circle of light birchbark with notched edges sewn to the top with large X-stitching.
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1940 – 1950
Material
bark, birch
Dimensions
12.0 cm
Description
A round birch bark basket made from the brown underbark of the birch sewn together with dyed strips of bark through pre-punched holes. The lid has a circle of light birchbark with notched edges sewn to the top with large X-stitching.
Subject
households
decorative
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0149
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Date
1910 – 1915
Material
paper
Catalogue Number
110.01.0046
Description
Tall round cardboard box with box-type lid; delicately painted with watercolours over textured paper covering box and lid; four panels around sides contain painted flower sprays separated from alternating, wider panels painted with polka dots of lights blue; lid contains similar sprays of flowers a…
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1910 – 1915
Material
paper
Dimensions
6.5 x 9.0 cm
Description
Tall round cardboard box with box-type lid; delicately painted with watercolours over textured paper covering box and lid; four panels around sides contain painted flower sprays separated from alternating, wider panels painted with polka dots of lights blue; lid contains similar sprays of flowers around side separated by light blue festoons of ribbons, and light blue polka dots on top, edges and lines separating panels painted with gold.
Subject
Whyte home
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
110.01.0046
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Date
1940 – 1957
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.0314
Description
Unvarnished, hand carved box, lid inset inside box rim, unhinged. Box is flat based with sides sitting on base edge, exterior roughly carved, inside straight sided. Lid French Canadian rural scene with man in horse drawn sleigh. Torn sticker that was removed indicated Canadian manufacture. Dark sta…
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1940 – 1957
Material
wood
Dimensions
5.2 x 11.0 x 24.3 cm
Description
Unvarnished, hand carved box, lid inset inside box rim, unhinged. Box is flat based with sides sitting on base edge, exterior roughly carved, inside straight sided. Lid French Canadian rural scene with man in horse drawn sleigh. Torn sticker that was removed indicated Canadian manufacture. Dark stain at horse's head. Carved on lid is "Ardin"(?)
Subject
households
decorative
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0314
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Date
1940 – 1960
Material
fibre; metal
Catalogue Number
102.04.0186
Description
Woven lattice basketry in brown, black, and natural (beige). Hinged by wire at two points, for the lid.
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1940 – 1960
Material
fibre; metal
Dimensions
5.5 x 13.0 x 21.0 cm
Description
Woven lattice basketry in brown, black, and natural (beige). Hinged by wire at two points, for the lid.
Subject
households
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0186
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Date
1850 – 1900
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.0200
Description
A lathe-turned round-dish, flat-bottomed box with a domed, lapping lid which fits flushly over a flange on the box body. Box and lid are painted a boxcar red and decorated with designs of circles and flowers, varnish over paint has oxidized. Interior of box has been painted a dark green.
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1850 – 1900
Material
wood
Dimensions
6.3 x 13.0 cm
Description
A lathe-turned round-dish, flat-bottomed box with a domed, lapping lid which fits flushly over a flange on the box body. Box and lid are painted a boxcar red and decorated with designs of circles and flowers, varnish over paint has oxidized. Interior of box has been painted a dark green.
Subject
households
decorative
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0200
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Date
1945 – 1945
Material
stone
Catalogue Number
102.04.0201
Description
A hand-carved, well-made, lidded box carved from soft Rocky Mountain marble. The box has a front and a back. The front has bevelled corners, whereas the back has square corners. The box interior has rounded corners and the lid fits smoothly and flushly into the cutout. Base is felted with green fel…
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1945 – 1945
Material
stone
Dimensions
4.3 x 5.7 x 9.2 cm
Description
A hand-carved, well-made, lidded box carved from soft Rocky Mountain marble. The box has a front and a back. The front has bevelled corners, whereas the back has square corners. The box interior has rounded corners and the lid fits smoothly and flushly into the cutout. Base is felted with green felt. The marble is black, streaked with white.
Subject
households
decorative
miniatures
Pete Neish
crafts
carving
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0201
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Date
1910 – 1935
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
102.04.0222
Description
Lidded red wooden box with black interiors. Relief carved scene of two robed men, one of whom (at right) is pointing out something to the left. Sides of lid and box covered with shallow relief carved geometric diamond pattern. “China” stamped on base.
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1910 – 1935
Material
wood
Dimensions
4.0 x 7.0 x 13.0 cm
Description
Lidded red wooden box with black interiors. Relief carved scene of two robed men, one of whom (at right) is pointing out something to the left. Sides of lid and box covered with shallow relief carved geometric diamond pattern. “China” stamped on base.
Subject
households
decorative
miniatures
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0222
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Date
1910 – 1925
Material
bark; quill; grass
Catalogue Number
102.04.0266
Description
A flat-based, straight-sided birchbark box with smooth, flush, overfitting lid. Walls decorated with pink and white porcupine quills, and walls of lid similarly decorated. The top of the lid is decorated with an overlapped pattern of brown and white quills in a floral motif, with "stamens" of green…
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Title
Trinket Box
Date
1910 – 1925
Material
bark; quill; grass
Dimensions
6.2 x 7.5 cm
Description
A flat-based, straight-sided birchbark box with smooth, flush, overfitting lid. Walls decorated with pink and white porcupine quills, and walls of lid similarly decorated. The top of the lid is decorated with an overlapped pattern of brown and white quills in a floral motif, with "stamens" of green quills bursting from the centre. About 5% of the quills are loose at one end, some quills lost. Thread which binds grass to rim of lid has frayed severely. Box contains six quartz crystals.
Subject
households
Indigenous
decorative
quillwork
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0266
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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Date
c. 1950
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
HbA.02.02
Description
Red and white label removed from the frame backing reads:#30Title: Winter SunlightArtist: A. t. HibbardRockport, Mass
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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Title
Winter Sunlight
Date
c. 1950
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
44.6 x 59.7 cm
Description
Red and white label removed from the frame backing reads:#30Title: Winter SunlightArtist: A. t. HibbardRockport, Mass
Subject
landscape
mountains
river
winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HbA.02.02
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Winter Scene in Rockport

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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Date
c. 1950
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
HbA.02.03
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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Title
Winter Scene in Rockport
Date
c. 1950
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
29.6 x 37.3 cm
Subject
architecture, urban
winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HbA.02.03
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Artist
Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
1947
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
JaA.02.01
Description
General colour: green greys, blue. Cluster of buildings across the lower third. Mountains sweeps up behind to a clouded blue sky.
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Artist
Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
Canmore, Alberta
Date
1947
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
52.8 x 43.8 cm
Description
General colour: green greys, blue. Cluster of buildings across the lower third. Mountains sweeps up behind to a clouded blue sky.
Subject
landscape, mountains
architecture, urban
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
Catalogue Number
JaA.02.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.01
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Trees in the lower right corner. A mountain slope in the lower left corner. Behind rises a mountain with snow on the brown cliffs becoming blue cliffs in the background. Blue sky with a few clouds in each corner fills the upper area.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Mount Babel
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
40.2 x 45.3 cm
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Trees in the lower right corner. A mountain slope in the lower left corner. Behind rises a mountain with snow on the brown cliffs becoming blue cliffs in the background. Blue sky with a few clouds in each corner fills the upper area.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of W. (Mrs.) B. Milne, Nanaimo, 1969
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.01
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
LaC.01.01
Description
General colour: pink. Vague outlines of hills and mountains. some purple shading at center. (unfinished work)
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
prior to 1965
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
50.0 x 65.4 cm
Description
General colour: pink. Vague outlines of hills and mountains. some purple shading at center. (unfinished work)
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.01.01
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Artist
Andreas Roth
Date
1942
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
RtA.02.03
Description
Oil painting showing a red brick building (Deer Lodge) surrounded by trees. Lake Louise, the Victoria Glacier, and Mounts Lefroy and Victoria can be seen in the background.
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Artist
Andreas Roth
Title
Deer Lodge
Date
1942
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
66.0 x 80.0 cm
Description
Oil painting showing a red brick building (Deer Lodge) surrounded by trees. Lake Louise, the Victoria Glacier, and Mounts Lefroy and Victoria can be seen in the background.
Subject
Deer Lodge
Lake Louise
Credit
Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
RtA.02.03
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Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefields

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Artist
Andreas Roth
Date
1941
Medium
oil paint on board
Catalogue Number
RtA.02.01
Description
Mountain landscape with mountains topped with glaciers in background. Glacial tongue with river leading away from it in the centre of the painting. Wildflowers and trees in foreground. Bottom left corner is “Andreas Roth. 1941”
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Artist
Andreas Roth
Title
Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Icefields
Date
1941
Medium
oil paint on board
Dimensions
43.5 x 62.0 cm
Description
Mountain landscape with mountains topped with glaciers in background. Glacial tongue with river leading away from it in the centre of the painting. Wildflowers and trees in foreground. Bottom left corner is “Andreas Roth. 1941”
Subject
mountains
columbia icefield
athabasca
Banff National Park
Credit
Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
RtA.02.01
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Artist
Andreas Roth
Date
1943
Medium
oil paint on canvas
Catalogue Number
RtA.02.02
Description
Mountain landscape with large prominent mountain (Mt. Victoria) with glacier (Victoria glacier) in the background with a large turquoise lake (Lake Louise) stretching to the foreground. Green slopes on either side of the lake. “Andreas Roth 1943” in lower left corner. Written on the back of the can…
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Artist
Andreas Roth
Title
Lake Louise, Canada
Date
1943
Medium
oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
57.0 x 73.0 cm
Description
Mountain landscape with large prominent mountain (Mt. Victoria) with glacier (Victoria glacier) in the background with a large turquoise lake (Lake Louise) stretching to the foreground. Green slopes on either side of the lake. “Andreas Roth 1943” in lower left corner. Written on the back of the canvas is “Lake Louise Canada Presented to Mr. Fred Crosby Deer Lodge by Andreas Roth 1943”
Subject
Lake Louise
Banff
mountains
glaciers
Credit
Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
RtA.02.02
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Mountain Goats and Mount Assiniboine

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Artist
Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)
Date
1941
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
BwB.02.06
Description
General colour: blue, green, grey. Two mountain goats look over a cliff at right into misty valley below. A hawk flys in the cloud lower left. In the upper left is a mountain. The peak is up center and is slightly behind a cloud. The sky is bright yellow.
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Artist
Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)
Title
Mountain Goats and Mount Assiniboine
Date
1941
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
45.0 x 59.0 cm
Description
General colour: blue, green, grey. Two mountain goats look over a cliff at right into misty valley below. A hawk flys in the cloud lower left. In the upper left is a mountain. The peak is up center and is slightly behind a cloud. The sky is bright yellow.
Subject
landscape
Rocky Mountains
mountain
Mount Assiniboine
animal
mountain goat
Credit
Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1973
Catalogue Number
BwB.02.06
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