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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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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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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1912
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.53
Description
The background of the image is dominated by a mountain range. In the centre a forest is lightly rendered. The foreground is composed of a pool of water that extends from the right of the image, and a triangle of land on the left. The image is primarily rendered in blue and green tones.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
On the Shuswap Lake
Date
1912
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
24.5 x 36.5 cm
Description
The background of the image is dominated by a mountain range. In the centre a forest is lightly rendered. The foreground is composed of a pool of water that extends from the right of the image, and a triangle of land on the left. The image is primarily rendered in blue and green tones.
Subject
landscape
water
mountains
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.53
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A Pastoral Between B.C. Mountains

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1915
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.54
Description
This image is composed of grey, orange, and blue tones. The background of the image is composed of mountains on the left, and a dark grey sky. The centre of image is dominated by blue vertical shapes. Two brown sections sit in the centre and right foreground.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
A Pastoral Between B.C. Mountains
Date
c. 1915
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
14 x 19 cm
Description
This image is composed of grey, orange, and blue tones. The background of the image is composed of mountains on the left, and a dark grey sky. The centre of image is dominated by blue vertical shapes. Two brown sections sit in the centre and right foreground.
Subject
landscape
water
bush
mountains
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.54
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Revelstoke, Lower Town

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Artist
Edward Roper (1854 – 1891, English)
Date
1887
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
RoD.02.01
Description
Town of low wooden buildings in brown meadow with train bridge crossing river at left. Logs and blackened trees in foreground. Tree-covered and snowcapped mountains in background beneath sliver of blue sky. Signature and date (15/11/1887) in lower right corner. Gold painted wood frame with thick wh…
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Artist
Edward Roper (1854 – 1891, English)
Title
Revelstoke, Lower Town
Date
1887
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
31.5 x 44.4 cm
Description
Town of low wooden buildings in brown meadow with train bridge crossing river at left. Logs and blackened trees in foreground. Tree-covered and snowcapped mountains in background beneath sliver of blue sky. Signature and date (15/11/1887) in lower right corner. Gold painted wood frame with thick white linen mat. White label on back for Masters Gallery Ltd.
Subject
Revelstoke
town
mountains
Credit
Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2021
Catalogue Number
RoD.02.01
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Approaching Stewart B.C. Portland Canal

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1919
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.51
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Approaching Stewart B.C. Portland Canal
Date
1919
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
8.7 x 14.1 cm
Subject
landscape
mountains
water
urban, buildings;Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.51
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Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC

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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
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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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
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.
Subject
mountains
lake
CPR
Credit
Gift of Mark Cullen, 2021
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.07
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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
Subject
landscape
mountains
water
Credit
Gift of Rod Green, Calgary, 2016
Catalogue Number
HiN.05.01
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Landscape (Rocky Mountains)

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Artist
John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)
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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Artist
John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)
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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Artist
Leonard Moore Davis (1864 – 1938, American)
Date
c. 1924
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
DaL.02.02
Description
A canyon dominates the picture, a river is seen bottom right. Tall, pointed mountain in background.
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Artist
Leonard Moore Davis (1864 – 1938, American)
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1924
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
45.0 x 29.5 cm
Description
A canyon dominates the picture, a river is seen bottom right. Tall, pointed mountain in background.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
DaL.02.02
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Artist
Leonard Moore Davis (1864 – 1938, American)
Date
c. 1924
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
DaL.02.03
Description
Low mountain range in centre, valley with river in foreground. Colourful sky top third.
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Artist
Leonard Moore Davis (1864 – 1938, American)
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1924
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
14.0 x 25.5 cm
Description
Low mountain range in centre, valley with river in foreground. Colourful sky top third.
Subject
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
DaL.02.03
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1917 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.328
Description
Pencil drawing of outdoor scene enclosed in hand drawn rectangle. Man in foreground watch as two men handle a horse with cargo on its back. all men wear cowboy hats and boots. In background carriage and dog, log cabin and mountains
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1917 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.2 x 27.9 cm
Description
Pencil drawing of outdoor scene enclosed in hand drawn rectangle. Man in foreground watch as two men handle a horse with cargo on its back. all men wear cowboy hats and boots. In background carriage and dog, log cabin and mountains
Subject
horse
cowboys
mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.328
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.605
Description
Small ink drawing on a folded paper of a group of mountains on left and evergreen trees on right in foreground. Line work used to shade the sky. Drawing is enclosed in a rectangle.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
15.0 x 19.7 cm
Description
Small ink drawing on a folded paper of a group of mountains on left and evergreen trees on right in foreground. Line work used to shade the sky. Drawing is enclosed in a rectangle.
Subject
mountains
evergreens
line work
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.605
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
c. 1923
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.606
Description
Four ink drawings of winter scenes, each enclosed in hand drawn rectangles. Drawing uses extensive line work to denote shadows.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1923
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 19.0 cm
Description
Four ink drawings of winter scenes, each enclosed in hand drawn rectangles. Drawing uses extensive line work to denote shadows.
Subject
winter
trees
mountains
snow
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.606
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.617
Description
Pencil drawing of a landscape including framing trees in the foreground, a lake in the middle ground, and a log cabin beyond the lake’s far shore. Trees and mountains occupy the background. Enclosed in a rectangle.Signed in brc of rectangle PRW
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
14.0 x 22.5 cm
Description
Pencil drawing of a landscape including framing trees in the foreground, a lake in the middle ground, and a log cabin beyond the lake’s far shore. Trees and mountains occupy the background. Enclosed in a rectangle.Signed in brc of rectangle PRW
Subject
landscape
trees
mountains
log cabin
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.617
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1914 – 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.656
Description
Pencil drawing of an owl, perched on a stand, with rough trees and mountains in the background. Enclosed in a rectangle. Below rectangle is the word OWL, circled. Signed Pete W. in cursive in brc within the rectangle; Signed P.R. WHiTE in brc outside rectangle.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Owl
Date
1914 – 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
17.0 x 21.8 cm
Description
Pencil drawing of an owl, perched on a stand, with rough trees and mountains in the background. Enclosed in a rectangle. Below rectangle is the word OWL, circled. Signed Pete W. in cursive in brc within the rectangle; Signed P.R. WHiTE in brc outside rectangle.
Subject
owl
bird
mountains
trees
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.656
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.677
Description
Multiple pencil drawings. First drawing includes multiple figures wearing clown like hats on a ski slope holding shovels, underneath in writting “DON’T BELEIVE [SIC BELIEVE] A WORD OF IT, IT IS’NT [sic ISN’T] GREMLINS WHO FILL THE CRATERS IN!!” The following drawing is 4 figures in clown hats helpi…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1916 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
26.2 x 21.2 cm
Description
Multiple pencil drawings. First drawing includes multiple figures wearing clown like hats on a ski slope holding shovels, underneath in writting “DON’T BELEIVE [SIC BELIEVE] A WORD OF IT, IT IS’NT [sic ISN’T] GREMLINS WHO FILL THE CRATERS IN!!” The following drawing is 4 figures in clown hats helping a skier looking at a skier in a crater, stating “NEED A LIFT OUT, BROTHER!” and below that drawing is 4 figures in clown hats pulling a figure out with skies, poles and glasses.
Subject
gremlins
mountains
skiing
outdoor sports
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.677
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First Shack at Cave + Basin

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1910 – 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.835
Description
A simple log cabin that is shaped in a simple square is in the foreground. Just in front of the structure there is some logs on on the ground, off to the side is a wooden fence, and behind the building there is a tree without leaves (suggesting that the drawing is later in the year). In the backgro…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
First Shack at Cave + Basin
Date
1910 – 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20.4 x 25.3 cm
Description
A simple log cabin that is shaped in a simple square is in the foreground. Just in front of the structure there is some logs on on the ground, off to the side is a wooden fence, and behind the building there is a tree without leaves (suggesting that the drawing is later in the year). In the background there is pine trees, and the Rocky Mountains. In the sky their is a couple clouds. On the door of the building says “HOTEL”, and on the bottom edge is says “FIRST SHACK AT CAVE + BASIN”. Peter signed the drawing in the BRC “PETE WHiTE”
Subject
mountains
Rocky Mountains
Banff
Cave and Basin
hotel
cabin
lumber
log cabin
trees
clouds
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 0
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.835
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1910 – 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.854
Description
A simple square log structure that has trees surrounding it. There are mountains that rise up behind the building. The cabin’s door reads “HOTEL”.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1910 – 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
15.0 x 22.5 cm
Description
A simple square log structure that has trees surrounding it. There are mountains that rise up behind the building. The cabin’s door reads “HOTEL”.
Subject
cabin
house
logs
timber
trees
mountains
Rocky Mountains
Banff
Cave and Basin
hotel
door
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 0
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.854
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