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Rock Pools, York River

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Artist: A.J. Casson (1898 – 1992)

Date: 1957

Medium: painting on paper

Catalogue Number: CaA.05.01

Description: A watercolour landscape painting. A large dark green/blue pool in the centre is surrounded by rocks and dominates the painting. Just above and to the left is another small pool. The rocks surrounding the pool are beige and brown with dark blue accents and outlines. There are a couple small patches …

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Artist: A.J. Casson (1898 – 1992)

Title: Rock Pools, York River

Date: 1957

Medium: painting on paper

Dimensions: 27.0 x 34.0 cm

Description: A watercolour landscape painting. A large dark green/blue pool in the centre is surrounded by rocks and dominates the painting. Just above and to the left is another small pool. The rocks surrounding the pool are beige and brown with dark blue accents and outlines. There are a couple small patches of green grass amongst the rocks. Faint pencil marks of letters can be seen scattered on rocks and pencil marks of outline sketch. The artist signature is in the bottom rhc, “A.J.CASSON”. Au verso there are two stickers. The one in the top left corner is brown with black print, “ROBERTS GALLERY LIMITED Dealers in Fine Paintings and Frames since 1842 641 YONGE ST. - - - TORONTO. Title: ROCK POOLS - YORK RIVER - 1957 Artist: A.J. CASSON Price: $175.00 Stock No: 3858b Height: 10 7/8 Width: 13 5/8”. The other sticker is white with green ink and blue pen and is in the top rhc, “ROBERTS GALLERY LIMITED 641 YONGE STREET TORONTO M4Y 1Z9 MUSEUM MAT (has blue pen check mark beside) MUSEUM BACK (check mark beside) WC mounted INSPECTED BY: (illegible signature) BY ARTIST”.

Subject: rock pool; A.J. Casson

Credit: Gift of David McClintock Denovan, Calgary, 2012

Catalogue Number: CaA.05.01

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Seal Thoughts of Man

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Artist: Akesuk Tudlik (1890 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1959

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: TuD.04.01

Description: Black silhouette of a man with arms up, standing on the head of a seal (head and shoulders of the seal); features cut out with red in the eyes and the seal’s nose.

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Artist: Akesuk Tudlik (1890 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Seal Thoughts of Man

Date: 1959

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 61.0 x 20.6 cm

Description: Black silhouette of a man with arms up, standing on the head of a seal (head and shoulders of the seal); features cut out with red in the eyes and the seal’s nose.

Subject: Abstract; Figure; Inuit; Animal; seal

Credit: Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988

Catalogue Number: TuD.04.01

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Airdrie, Alberta

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1957

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.24

Description: General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Airdrie, Alberta

Date: 1957

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 27.8 cm

Description: General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.

Subject: architecture, rural; landscape, prairie

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.24

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Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1957

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.19

Description: General colour: brown, grey. A row of eight trees crosses the picture - the foliage filling the upper left area and across the middle. Two or three figures can be seen in the left area. Back ground image is somewhat vague. The sky is cloudless.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia

Date: 1957

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 27.8 cm

Description: General colour: brown, grey. A row of eight trees crosses the picture - the foliage filling the upper left area and across the middle. Two or three figures can be seen in the left area. Back ground image is somewhat vague. The sky is cloudless.

Subject: seascape, Pacific; trees

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.19

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Cadboro Bay Yacht Club, Victoria, British Columbia

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1957 – 1959

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.20

Description: General colour: grey. Lower edge is sand with birds - posts go out into the water at an angle from the right to left - there is a buoy or marker at the end.The horizon is one third up. Land can be seen out from the right side. The sky is filled with clouds.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Cadboro Bay Yacht Club, Victoria, British Columbia

Date: 1957 – 1959

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 26.6 cm

Description: General colour: grey. Lower edge is sand with birds - posts go out into the water at an angle from the right to left - there is a buoy or marker at the end.The horizon is one third up. Land can be seen out from the right side. The sky is filled with clouds.

Subject: seascape, Pacific; skyline

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.20

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Molar Pass

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1954

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.10

Description: General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Molar Pass

Date: 1954

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26.5 x 38.0 cm

Description: General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.10

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Mount Balfour from Bow Pass

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1954

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.08

Description: General colour: grey, blue. The foreground rocks and boulders go into the picture to the right. A hill comes down on the left. In the background, filling most of the right side are rock pinnacles running off the top of the picture. In the upper left is blue sky.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Mount Balfour from Bow Pass

Date: 1954

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 31.2 cm

Description: General colour: grey, blue. The foreground rocks and boulders go into the picture to the right. A hill comes down on the left. In the background, filling most of the right side are rock pinnacles running off the top of the picture. In the upper left is blue sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.08

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Oak Bay From Boathouse, Victoria, B.C

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1957 – 1959

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.18

Description: General colour: blue, grey. A walkway with a fence runs in a crescent shape from lower center left to a third the way up the right side. A tree fills the left side and several more trees and a large white building fill the middle. Tide is out and figures walk the beach left and on the board walk al…

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Oak Bay From Boathouse, Victoria, B.C

Date: 1957 – 1959

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 24.0 x 31.0 cm

Description: General colour: blue, grey. A walkway with a fence runs in a crescent shape from lower center left to a third the way up the right side. A tree fills the left side and several more trees and a large white building fill the middle. Tide is out and figures walk the beach left and on the board walk also. Sky has clouds.

Subject: seascape, Pacific; architecture, urban

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.18

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Old Wreck near Sidney, B.C.

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1958 – 1959

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.21

Description: General colour: grey, blue. The beach runs along the bottom and up the left side a third. The wrecked timbers of a boat lie on the beach left of center. Posts go out into the water from the right side. The sky is filled with clouds. The sea is calm.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Old Wreck near Sidney, B.C.

Date: 1958 – 1959

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 27.9 cm

Description: General colour: grey, blue. The beach runs along the bottom and up the left side a third. The wrecked timbers of a boat lie on the beach left of center. Posts go out into the water from the right side. The sky is filled with clouds. The sea is calm.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.21

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River at Cahair - Limerick - Tipperery Road S. Ireland

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1953

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.30

Description: A stone bridge runs across a river. The river runs from the centre of the painting on the left and extends into the distance. It curves to the left around the river bank. A train crosses the bridge. Smoke is being expelled from the train. On the right of the painting are four or five leafless …

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: River at Cahair - Limerick - Tipperery Road S. Ireland

Date: 1953

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: A stone bridge runs across a river. The river runs from the centre of the painting on the left and extends into the distance. It curves to the left around the river bank. A train crosses the bridge. Smoke is being expelled from the train. On the right of the painting are four or five leafless trees. Along the close side of the river bank is a walkway with moorings or black pylons. Hazy trees are visible in the upper portion of the painting.

Subject: landscape; river; transportation; train; Ireland; Limerick

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.30

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Untitled

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Artist: Angiayuk

Date: later than 1955

Catalogue Number: AnG.06.01

Description: Stone carving of a loon with spots on it’s back, long neck and beak Curved c-shaped fish in it’s mouth, pointing downward.

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Artist: Angiayuk

Title: Untitled

Date: later than 1955

Dimensions: 11.7 x 9.0 x 30.5 cm

Description: Stone carving of a loon with spots on it’s back, long neck and beak Curved c-shaped fish in it’s mouth, pointing downward.

Subject: animal, loon

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: AnG.06.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Bess Harris (1891 – 1969, Canadian)

Date: 1954

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: HrB.03.01

Description: An abstract pastel drawing of what looks to be the skull of a cow or bison. The skull is surrounded by loosely concentric rings.

Artist: Bess Harris (1891 – 1969, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1954

Medium: pastel on paper

Description: An abstract pastel drawing of what looks to be the skull of a cow or bison. The skull is surrounded by loosely concentric rings.

Subject: abstract; animal; bovine; skull

Credit: Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979

Catalogue Number: HrB.03.01

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Abbot Pass from Upper Victoria Glacier

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Artist: Bruno Engler (1915 – 2001, Canadian)

Date: 1956

Medium: silver gelatin on paper

Catalogue Number: EnB.18.04

Description: A black and white photographic positive, a mountain pass , snow and ice covered, meanders from the bottom left of the picture to centre top, the mountains rise steeply from both sides of the pass and fill the picture almost to the top, a hut is at the top of the pass, the sky is cloudy

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Artist: Bruno Engler (1915 – 2001, Canadian)

Title: Abbot Pass from Upper Victoria Glacier

Date: 1956

Medium: silver gelatin on paper

Dimensions: 49.5 x 39.1 cm

Description: A black and white photographic positive, a mountain pass , snow and ice covered, meanders from the bottom left of the picture to centre top, the mountains rise steeply from both sides of the pass and fill the picture almost to the top, a hut is at the top of the pass, the sky is cloudy

Subject: landscape; mountain; Abbot Pass

Credit: Purchased from Bruno Engler, Harvie Heights, 1985

Catalogue Number: EnB.18.04

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Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887

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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.

Subject: mountains; Banff; Bow River; Alberta; Banff Springs Hotel

Credit: Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021

Catalogue Number: FiC.05.01

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Bow River NWT, 1887

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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.

Subject: mountains; Banff; Bow River; Alberta

Credit: Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021

Catalogue Number: FiC.05.02

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Silver City and Castle Mountain, B.C., 1887

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Artist: C. Firth

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: FiC.05.03

Description: Collection of low log buildings in an open field with A large mountain [Castle Mountain] rising up in the distance. Mountain appears hazy, almost unfinished.

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Artist: C. Firth

Title: Silver City and Castle Mountain, B.C., 1887

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 12.0 x 16.0 cm

Description: Collection of low log buildings in an open field with A large mountain [Castle Mountain] rising up in the distance. Mountain appears hazy, almost unfinished.

Subject: mountains; castle mountain; log cabins; town

Credit: Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021

Catalogue Number: FiC.05.03

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Battling Moose

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: prior to 1905

Medium: photoengraving on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.11.01

Description: Colour: greys as in a black and white photograph. At the waters edge in the center are two bull moose fighting. To the right, half way up in the background is a female moose looking on. Dead logs and grass fill the lower part of the picture.

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Battling Moose

Date: prior to 1905

Medium: photoengraving on paper

Dimensions: 30.1 x 50.4 cm

Description: Colour: greys as in a black and white photograph. At the waters edge in the center are two bull moose fighting. To the right, half way up in the background is a female moose looking on. Dead logs and grass fill the lower part of the picture.

Subject: landscape; animal, moose

Credit: Gift of W. J. Wright, Kamloops, 1969

Catalogue Number: RuC.11.01

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Mountain Goats

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1952

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.04.42

Description: Three mountain goats stand on a rocky outcrop in left centre of picture, all are looking to the right, top right corner is sky, the rest is mountainside.

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Mountain Goats

Date: 1952

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 22 x 28 cm

Description: Three mountain goats stand on a rocky outcrop in left centre of picture, all are looking to the right, top right corner is sky, the rest is mountainside.