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Back of Sawback

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

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.06

Description: General colour: brown, blue. A lake in the center surrounded by dry mountain cliffs. Central peak is right of center and the other is at the left side. The sky is dark in the upper right corner and clouds fill the upper left.

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

Title: Back of Sawback

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 18.5 x 25.3 cm

Description: General colour: brown, blue. A lake in the center surrounded by dry mountain cliffs. Central peak is right of center and the other is at the left side. The sky is dark in the upper right corner and clouds fill the upper left.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.06

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Bow Pass, Early Morning

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

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.04

Description: General colour: blue, brown on grey. Lower third is blue and brown rocks surrounding a pool of water lower center. Up the left side rises a warm brown rock face. The sky is the grey of the paper and fills the upper right half.

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

Title: Bow Pass, Early Morning

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 29.1 x 38.0 cm

Description: General colour: blue, brown on grey. Lower third is blue and brown rocks surrounding a pool of water lower center. Up the left side rises a warm brown rock face. The sky is the grey of the paper and fills the upper right half.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.04

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Cathedral Mountain

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

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.23

Description: General colour: grey, blue, black. Dead burnt trees stand on slightly regrown earth at the bottom of the picture. Behind is a mountain with snow slopes and blue cliffs. The upper two thrids is rain clouds. Rain falls center and at the right in the distance.

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

Title: Cathedral Mountain

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 34.2 x 41.8 cm

Description: General colour: grey, blue, black. Dead burnt trees stand on slightly regrown earth at the bottom of the picture. Behind is a mountain with snow slopes and blue cliffs. The upper two thrids is rain clouds. Rain falls center and at the right in the distance.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.23

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Consolation Valley

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

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.01

Description: General colour: blue, green, brown. Grass and a clump of fur trees are in the lower right area. Water is in the lower left area. Trees on the far shore at the left side. The blue mountain sweeps up from the water at center reaching the upper edge and clouds in the blue sky.

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

Title: Consolation Valley

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 48.2 x 37.3 cm

Description: General colour: blue, green, brown. Grass and a clump of fur trees are in the lower right area. Water is in the lower left area. Trees on the far shore at the left side. The blue mountain sweeps up from the water at center reaching the upper edge and clouds in the blue sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of W. (Mrs.) B. Milne, Nanaimo, 1969

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.01

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Mount Babel

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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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Ghost Lake, Alberta

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

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.12

Description: General colour: blue, brown. Dry lake fills lower right area. Brown shore comes down from the left side. Across the middle are blue mountains. The sky is blue with pale clouds and fill the upper third.

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

Title: Ghost Lake, Alberta

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.3 x 32.9 cm

Description: General colour: blue, brown. Dry lake fills lower right area. Brown shore comes down from the left side. Across the middle are blue mountains. The sky is blue with pale clouds and fill the upper third.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.12

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The Hump, Bow Glacier and Bow Lake

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

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.14

Description: General colour: brown, blue. As the land across the bottom reaches the lake there are a few short trees mostly on the left. The far shore, one quarter way up has trees in the center and dry rock banks on either side rising up to mountains and glacier left and right of the center peak. The blue sky …

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

Title: The Hump, Bow Glacier and Bow Lake

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 27.9 x 38.0 cm

Description: General colour: brown, blue. As the land across the bottom reaches the lake there are a few short trees mostly on the left. The far shore, one quarter way up has trees in the center and dry rock banks on either side rising up to mountains and glacier left and right of the center peak. The blue sky fills the upper half.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.14

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The Wanderers

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

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.04.01

Description: General colour: brown, blue. Two brown horses and a white foal run over grass from the left side. In the background to the right is a cowboy on a horse running to the right. The man's arm is raised. Beyond is snow and blue mountains. Blue streaked sky across the top.

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

Title: The Wanderers

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 27.5 x 21.2 cm

Description: General colour: brown, blue. Two brown horses and a white foal run over grass from the left side. In the background to the right is a cowboy on a horse running to the right. The man's arm is raised. Beyond is snow and blue mountains. Blue streaked sky across the top.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; animal, horse; figure, cowboy

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.04.01

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Untitled

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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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Goodsir Plateau

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

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.02

Description: An overall light brown tones; dark blue river in right foreground and lower centre; the mountains dominate the centre of the picture, some snow, cloudy sky.Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Cent…

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

Title: Goodsir Plateau

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 63.5 x 57.1 cm

Description: An overall light brown tones; dark blue river in right foreground and lower centre; the mountains dominate the centre of the picture, some snow, cloudy sky.Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs. J. I. Brewster in any exhibition or publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0335 A; 20688

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Banff Centre Brewster Donation, Banff, 1986

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.02

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Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

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

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.28

Description: In the foreground on the left is a small group of trees and rocky ground leading down to a waters edge. In the mid-ground on the right is another group of trees and ground that meets the water. Just behind the trees is Bow Lake and in the background are snow capped mountains and Crowfoot Glacier. T…

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

Title: Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: In the foreground on the left is a small group of trees and rocky ground leading down to a waters edge. In the mid-ground on the right is another group of trees and ground that meets the water. Just behind the trees is Bow Lake and in the background are snow capped mountains and Crowfoot Glacier. The sky has many gray clouds with small areas of blue sky showing through.