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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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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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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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Maple Creek, Border of Alberta

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1875

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.43

Description: Scene of grassy field leading to the distance with the red roof of some houses seen.“This very yellow landscape appears to have been an early experiment, lacking Collings’ finesse and resulting in ‘rubbed’ paper in the left portion of the sky.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Rai…

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Maple Creek, Border of Alberta

Date: c. 1875

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 13.5 x 19 cm

Description: Scene of grassy field leading to the distance with the red roof of some houses seen.“This very yellow landscape appears to have been an early experiment, lacking Collings’ finesse and resulting in ‘rubbed’ paper in the left portion of the sky.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; yellow

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1986

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.43

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Marble Halls

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: 1880

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.45

Description: Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Marble Halls

Date: 1880

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 13.5 x 14 cm

Description: Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1986

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.45

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Old Town

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1880

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.02

Description: Scene of houses and dwellings, grey brown with brown roof. - pale blue sky, with a pale brown/yellow sun in the center.“The houses in this (probably English) town extend onto a stone bridge but there is some confusion in architectural structure and progression. A rather static figure, centre left, …

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Old Town

Date: c. 1880

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 16.5 x 18.5 cm

Description: Scene of houses and dwellings, grey brown with brown roof. - pale blue sky, with a pale brown/yellow sun in the center.“The houses in this (probably English) town extend onto a stone bridge but there is some confusion in architectural structure and progression. A rather static figure, centre left, is further evidence of an early date for this painting.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.02

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Rural English Scene

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1890

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.62

Description: A tree sits on the left side, and is circled by a road. A bridge sits on the right side, with trees and a town visible in the centre background.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Rural English Scene

Date: c. 1890

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: A tree sits on the left side, and is circled by a road. A bridge sits on the right side, with trees and a town visible in the centre background.

Subject: landscape; trees; town; bridge; houses

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.62

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Hazy Morn

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1890

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.61

Description: A road runs up through the right side of the work. A small section of trees sit in the centre, and a house sits on the upper left. The image is dominated by green tones.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Hazy Morn

Date: c. 1890

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: A road runs up through the right side of the work. A small section of trees sit in the centre, and a house sits on the upper left. The image is dominated by green tones.

Subject: landscape; building

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.61

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Buffalo Hunt

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1950

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.01

Description: Running from the left side of the drawing toward the cc is a bison. Along side of it on the right side of the image a man with a gun riding a horse is trying to kill it. Both the horse and the bison are in full run with grass under foot and trees or shrubs in the distance.

Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Buffalo Hunt

Date: 1950

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 30.6 x 51.0 cm

Description: Running from the left side of the drawing toward the cc is a bison. Along side of it on the right side of the image a man with a gun riding a horse is trying to kill it. Both the horse and the bison are in full run with grass under foot and trees or shrubs in the distance.

Subject: figure; male; animal; buffalo; horse

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.01

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Moose Kneeling

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Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Date: 1958 – 1968

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.06

Description: From a side view we can see this moose kneeling down on the ground eating grass. Behind this moose in the foreground, two other moose are walking and eating in the background. Around the feet on the closest moose there is some grass drawn at the ground level.

Artist: Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)

Title: Moose Kneeling

Date: 1958 – 1968

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 28.0 cm

Description: From a side view we can see this moose kneeling down on the ground eating grass. Behind this moose in the foreground, two other moose are walking and eating in the background. Around the feet on the closest moose there is some grass drawn at the ground level.

Subject: animal; moose

Credit: Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996

Catalogue Number: TiC.03.06

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Bow River Boat House 1952

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Artist: Cyril Harris ( – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1952

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: HaC.03.01

Description: General colour: brown on white. Three buildings - lake in front - trees behind - a flag pole with flag rises behind the house at the right. The house at the left has a chimney and is long and narrow.

Artist: Cyril Harris ( – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Bow River Boat House 1952

Date: 1952

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.1 x 21.5 cm

Description: General colour: brown on white. Three buildings - lake in front - trees behind - a flag pole with flag rises behind the house at the right. The house at the left has a chimney and is long and narrow.

Subject: landscape; lake; architecture, rural

Credit: Gift of Cyril Paris, Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: HaC.03.01

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Part of Old Banff

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Artist: D. Clark

Date: 1888

Medium: watercolour on heavy paper

Catalogue Number: CiD.05.01

Description: The oldest known painting of the Banff townsite. It shows Stoney Squaw to the left, Cascade to the right with Brewster in background. A false fronted building in left foreground has Groceries, dry goods, L.C. Fulmer written on front, bigger building to the right foreground Banff Hotel, Keefe, ????.…

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Artist: D. Clark

Title: Part of Old Banff

Date: 1888

Medium: watercolour on heavy paper

Dimensions: 21 x 35.5 cm

Description: The oldest known painting of the Banff townsite. It shows Stoney Squaw to the left, Cascade to the right with Brewster in background. A false fronted building in left foreground has Groceries, dry goods, L.C. Fulmer written on front, bigger building to the right foreground Banff Hotel, Keefe, ????. A log structure to centre left, a small red building centre right, five trees in centre, numerous stumps. The grass and trees are green. Along the bottom of the picture is inscribed: Part of original Banff Siding 29? 1888 Cascade Mtn 8K - D Clark, Agent CPR.Siding 29 was established in 1883 at the base of Cascade Mtn. The CPR moved the station to its current Banff location in 1889 and by 1897 all the residents of the old town had moved to the new town of Banff. Eleanor Luxton, Banff Canada’s First National Park... pg. 68

Subject: landscape; Banff

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974

Catalogue Number: CiD.05.01

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Fred Brewster 1957

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Artist: Edward Goodall (1909 – 1982, Canadian)

Date: 1957

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GoE.03.02

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Head and upper torso of a man sitting in a chair. His left profile. He wears a beret on the back of his head. His shirt is plaid - sleves rolled up. He has a short mustache.

Artist: Edward Goodall (1909 – 1982, Canadian)

Title: Fred Brewster 1957

Date: 1957

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 24.4 x 19.3 cm

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Head and upper torso of a man sitting in a chair. His left profile. He wears a beret on the back of his head. His shirt is plaid - sleves rolled up. He has a short mustache.

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Fred Brewster, Banff, 1970

Catalogue Number: GoE.03.02

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Canyons Of Muskwa, Northern B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1970

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.04

Description: General colour: green, blue, brown. Boulders and rock face rise up on left and right side. Water winds up from bottom center towards left side and disappears around the bend. Blue and white mountains peek over the foreround rocks. Beyond is clouded blue sky.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Canyons Of Muskwa, Northern B.C.

Date: prior to 1970

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 30.5 x 46.7 cm

Description: General colour: green, blue, brown. Boulders and rock face rise up on left and right side. Water winds up from bottom center towards left side and disappears around the bend. Blue and white mountains peek over the foreround rocks. Beyond is clouded blue sky.

Subject: landscape; mountains; river, Muskwa; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.04

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Stony Rapid, Athabasca River

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1955

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.12

Description: General colour: green. Four men are rowing while one poles a long barge up from the bottom left through turbulent water. Another boat moves across to the left on the right side near the trees which cut the picture horizontally in half. Above the trees is sky.signed lr: “E.C.W.Lamarque 1955”

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Stony Rapid, Athabasca River

Date: 1955

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 42.2 x 52.4 cm

Description: General colour: green. Four men are rowing while one poles a long barge up from the bottom left through turbulent water. Another boat moves across to the left on the right side near the trees which cut the picture horizontally in half. Above the trees is sky.signed lr: “E.C.W.Lamarque 1955”

Subject: landscape; river; boating; group, males; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.12

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Finlay Forks, B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1954

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.62

Description: Foreground blue water; what appears to be a small island mid-centre, a pile of brush in the water viewer’s right. Black tree trunks and some sparse vegetation beyond, two buildings viewer’s left with blue mountains beyond; a dark grey sky overhead.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Finlay Forks, B.C.

Date: 1954

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 39.2 x 56.8 cm

Description: Foreground blue water; what appears to be a small island mid-centre, a pile of brush in the water viewer’s right. Black tree trunks and some sparse vegetation beyond, two buildings viewer’s left with blue mountains beyond; a dark grey sky overhead.

Subject: landscape; river; buildings; Ernest Lamarque

Credit: Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.62

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Fraser River Above Lillooet, B.C.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Date: 1950

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaE.05.64

Description: A choppy river running between rocky banks viewer’s left, rocks and sparse trees and vegetation viewer’s right, mountains in middle, cloudy sky overhead.

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Artist: Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)

Title: Fraser River Above Lillooet, B.C.

Date: 1950

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 39.4 x 56.5 cm

Description: A choppy river running between rocky banks viewer’s left, rocks and sparse trees and vegetation viewer’s right, mountains in middle, cloudy sky overhead.