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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 61
- Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian) 20
- Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian) 5
- Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian) 5
- Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian) 4
- James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian) 4
- Doris Cormie 3
- George Bertrand Mitchell (1872 – 1966, American) 3
- Henry Eric Bergman (1893 – 1958, Canadian ) 3
- Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian) 2
- Cyril Harris ( – 1966, Canadian) 1
- E. Anderson (1899 – , Canadian) 1
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.03.04
- Description
- A page full of sketches: a head of a ram, a ram's horn, a bear's head, a running bear, a pawing bear, a kneeling horse, 2 standing horses, one rear view,a bison and an elephant. A flat topped mountain is seen in background, centre right.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.8 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- A page full of sketches: a head of a ram, a ram's horn, a bear's head, a running bear, a pawing bear, a kneeling horse, 2 standing horses, one rear view,a bison and an elephant. A flat topped mountain is seen in background, centre right.
- Credit
- Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.03.04
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- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.03.03
- Description
- A page full of sketches - a saddled horse, a bison, a long horn and an elephant.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.3 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- A page full of sketches - a saddled horse, a bison, a long horn and an elephant.
- Subject
- Animal, horse, cow, elephant
- Credit
- Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.03.03
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Untitled [Saddle Horse]
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- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.03.01
- Description
- A sketch of a saddled and bridled horse. The horse is facing to right of picture, his tail is tied up, he is standing in snow. A faint drawing of a log house is in centre background, a buffalo skull is over the door. A circle resembling a compass is in bottom right of picture. The reverse of this d…
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- Title
- Untitled [Saddle Horse]
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 19.5 x 36.5 cm
- Description
- A sketch of a saddled and bridled horse. The horse is facing to right of picture, his tail is tied up, he is standing in snow. A faint drawing of a log house is in centre background, a buffalo skull is over the door. A circle resembling a compass is in bottom right of picture. The reverse of this drawing has a pen and ink sketch of an airplane, of WW I vintage, the pilot can be seen in the cockpit.
- Subject
- animal
- horse
- architecture
- rural
- log cabin
- Credit
- Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.03.01
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Untitled [horse]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbec.06.04
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- plaster
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.06.04
- Description
- A blue /black horse makes it’s way down a green coloured rocky base. The horse’s back legs are bent.This is the only existing cast; there is no mould for it anymore, according to Mrs. Olive Beil. Charlie made it for the Whyte's.
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- Title
- Untitled [horse]
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- plaster
- Dimensions
- 21.8 x 9.5 x 24.8 cm
- Description
- A blue /black horse makes it’s way down a green coloured rocky base. The horse’s back legs are bent.This is the only existing cast; there is no mould for it anymore, according to Mrs. Olive Beil. Charlie made it for the Whyte's.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.06.04
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- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.03.02
- Description
- Sketches of a man standing, a man running and a horse's fetlock and hoof on one side of fold; 4 sketches of horses on the other. The reverse on the sheet has two sketches of saddles, the other side of the fold has sketches of horses, one saddled (no bridle) one running, and the head and eye of anot…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.3 x 30.9 cm
- Description
- Sketches of a man standing, a man running and a horse's fetlock and hoof on one side of fold; 4 sketches of horses on the other. The reverse on the sheet has two sketches of saddles, the other side of the fold has sketches of horses, one saddled (no bridle) one running, and the head and eye of another.
- Subject
- figure, man
- animal, horse
- Credit
- Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.03.02
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Boats, Wharf at Banff
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- Date
- c. 1939
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- RbC.05.01
- Description
- Close up view of a small dock with 6 small row boats moored in the water next too it. Two additional boats (row or canoes) are upside down on the dock. In the foreground are grasses and a plank at left leading from bank to dock. The background has a grassy bank. Faint “C.R” in lower right corner.
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- Title
- Boats, Wharf at Banff
- Date
- c. 1939
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- Close up view of a small dock with 6 small row boats moored in the water next too it. Two additional boats (row or canoes) are upside down on the dock. In the foreground are grasses and a plank at left leading from bank to dock. The background has a grassy bank. Faint “C.R” in lower right corner.
- Credit
- Gift of Ron Robinson, Nelson, 2023
- Catalogue Number
- RbC.05.01
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Watercolour Painting
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- Date
- c. 1942
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- RbC.05.03
- Description
- A winter rural scene with three buildings in the foreground, 5 horses are standing outside the buildings and one person is walking between the buildings. A small black car is parked at right. On a hill above the main street is another building. Telephone poles stretch off into the middle distance.…
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- Title
- Watercolour Painting
- Date
- c. 1942
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 36.0 cm
- Description
- A winter rural scene with three buildings in the foreground, 5 horses are standing outside the buildings and one person is walking between the buildings. A small black car is parked at right. On a hill above the main street is another building. Telephone poles stretch off into the middle distance. Large clouds are in the sky overhead.
- Credit
- Gift of Ron Robinson, Nelson, 2023
- Catalogue Number
- RbC.05.03
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Watercolour Painting
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifacthac.05.05
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- watercolour; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HaC.05.05
- Description
- Close up of stone and wood building on mountaintop in center of painting. Ladder leads to wooden platform on top of building. Building painted in blue, brown, and yellow. Washed yellow-blue sky above. Signed “Cyril Harris” lower left corner in red. At bottom is strip of paper with blue bars above a…
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- Title
- Watercolour Painting
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- watercolour; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 38.0 x 26.5 cm
- Description
- Close up of stone and wood building on mountaintop in center of painting. Ladder leads to wooden platform on top of building. Building painted in blue, brown, and yellow. Washed yellow-blue sky above. Signed “Cyril Harris” lower left corner in red. At bottom is strip of paper with blue bars above and beneath with “Presented to N.B. Sanson on the occasion of his THOUSANDTH ASCENT to the OBSERVATORY on the SUMMIT of SULPHUR MOUNTAIN: JULY 1ST 1931.” written in black ink.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- HaC.05.05
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Rock at Brewsters Ranch
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.05.03
- Description
- A watercolour painting of a large rock in the woods. The rock dominates the painting at centre, taking up the majority of the image. The rock is light brown/beige with dark brown accents. On the left and right side of the rock are bunches of tall skinny trees in the background, between them blue sk…
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Title
- Rock at Brewsters Ranch
- Date
- 1933
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- A watercolour painting of a large rock in the woods. The rock dominates the painting at centre, taking up the majority of the image. The rock is light brown/beige with dark brown accents. On the left and right side of the rock are bunches of tall skinny trees in the background, between them blue sky can be seen. The artist signature is at the bottom on the right. Au verso, written in blue ink in the centre at the top is, “NON GLARE GLASS”. Written along the left edge in black ink is, “Aug. 26, 1933 No. 1”.
- Subject
- rock
- Doris Cormie
- Credit
- Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.05.03
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At Lake Minnewanka
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.05.05
- Description
- A watercolour landscape painting of mountains and a lake. There are three grey mountains in the background and behind them is a cloudless blue sky. In the foreground is a blue-green lake. On the bottom right, part of the shore with three large rocks, is visible. In the centre at the bottom, a few b…
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Title
- At Lake Minnewanka
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- A watercolour landscape painting of mountains and a lake. There are three grey mountains in the background and behind them is a cloudless blue sky. In the foreground is a blue-green lake. On the bottom right, part of the shore with three large rocks, is visible. In the centre at the bottom, a few branches and two logs are breaking through the water. On the left side a large boulder sits in the water. In the middle ground there is forest along the lake shore. The forest starts out of frame on the right and extends just over halfway across the painting. Behind the forest on the left are two green hills. Greys, blues, greens and brown are the primary colours used. The artist signature is in the bottom rhc. Au verso, written in pencil along the bottom edge is, “At Lake Minnewanka aug 28/38 Doris Cormie” and also in pencil in the centre of the paper is “27” with a circle around it. Just right of centre near the top is written, “5334”.
- Subject
- landscape
- lake
- mountains
- Doris Cormie
- Credit
- Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.05.05
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.05.06
- Description
- A watercolour painting of a mountain landscape with a lake. A distinct and pointed Mt. Edith right of centre in the background dominates this painting. The mountain is beige with green and grey. Behind the mountain is a blue cloudless sky. To the left of Mt. Edith is a mountain range extending out …
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- Artist
- Doris Cormie
- Title
- Mount Edith
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- painting on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 40.0 cm
- Description
- A watercolour painting of a mountain landscape with a lake. A distinct and pointed Mt. Edith right of centre in the background dominates this painting. The mountain is beige with green and grey. Behind the mountain is a blue cloudless sky. To the left of Mt. Edith is a mountain range extending out of frame and on the right is the side of another mountain leading out of frame. In the middle ground is a short line of shrubs and trees with two tall pine trees on the far right. In the foreground is an indigo and blue lake with the shore visible along the bottom edge, predominately on the right side. Blue, purple, green, grey and beige are the main colours used. The artist signature is at the bottom right. Au verso, written in pencil along the bottom, “Mt. Edith Cormie Aug 24/38”. Written right of centre in the bottom half of the paper is, “14 x 10 1/4 6 x 6 1/2 20 x 16 3/4”. Written on the left side mid way up is, “51” with a circle around it.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Mount. Edith
- lake
- Doris Cormie
- Credit
- Gift of Barry Hunter Gillis, Richmond, 2006
- Catalogue Number
- CmD.05.06
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- Date
- 1935
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AnE.05.01
- Description
- A painting of a fungi - reddish orange top, green stem. Painted by E. Anderson, A.C.C. Camp. Taken from an album compiled by Norman B. Sanson, Banff naturalist (PD2(2)-36).
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- Title
- Fungi
- Date
- 1935
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 13.7 cm
- Description
- A painting of a fungi - reddish orange top, green stem. Painted by E. Anderson, A.C.C. Camp. Taken from an album compiled by Norman B. Sanson, Banff naturalist (PD2(2)-36).
- Subject
- botanical, fungi
- Credit
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- AnE.05.01
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- Artist
- Earl F. Spencer
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- wood; paint; glue
- Catalogue Number
- SpE.06.01
- Description
- . Circular base painted black, standing female figure with left toe pointed and arms clasped behind back, painted gold. Black hair and eyes, red lip and cheek colour. Rubber stamp on unpainted base says Earl F. Spencer Banff, Alberta, Canada
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- Artist
- Earl F. Spencer
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- wood; paint; glue
- Dimensions
- 47.7 cm
- Description
- . Circular base painted black, standing female figure with left toe pointed and arms clasped behind back, painted gold. Black hair and eyes, red lip and cheek colour. Rubber stamp on unpainted base says Earl F. Spencer Banff, Alberta, Canada
- Subject
- figure, female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- SpE.06.01
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Hunter Pulling Up Seal
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- Date
- prior to 1958
- Medium
- stone; sinew; wood
- Catalogue Number
- WeS.06.01
- Description
- green stone; a parka clad Inuit hunter sitting with legs braced; leaning back to be almost horizontal; carved features; a piece of sinew in both hands which connects to a wood peg in a hole; the hole is in the centre of a carved point in a carved circle which is in a 2.5 wide carved depression ac…
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- Title
- Hunter Pulling Up Seal
- Date
- prior to 1958
- Medium
- stone; sinew; wood
- Dimensions
- 7.2 x 11.5 cm
- Description
- green stone; a parka clad Inuit hunter sitting with legs braced; leaning back to be almost horizontal; carved features; a piece of sinew in both hands which connects to a wood peg in a hole; the hole is in the centre of a carved point in a carved circle which is in a 2.5 wide carved depression across base foreground.
- Subject
- figure, male
- activity, hunting
- fishing
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- WeS.06.01
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Airplane Lake, British Columbia
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- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.02
- Description
- General colour: light green, brown. The lake sits in the lower third of the picture between two points of grassy treed land. One comes from the left side across the bottom, the other from the right side, part way up to right of center. A brown mountain range rises up from the lake and to the right …
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- Title
- Airplane Lake, British Columbia
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.9 x 43.5 cm
- Description
- General colour: light green, brown. The lake sits in the lower third of the picture between two points of grassy treed land. One comes from the left side across the bottom, the other from the right side, part way up to right of center. A brown mountain range rises up from the lake and to the right side. Sky beyond with two birds flying center and left.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- lake
- Ernest Lamarque
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.02
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Athabasca River near Fort McMurray
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- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.03
- Description
- General colour: dark grey with blue and green on white. The river takes up lower third. A steep cliff rises up on the left side; there are trees on top. Blue hills can be seen in the distance on the right; trees diminish on both sides of the river. Cloudy sky above.
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- Title
- Athabasca River near Fort McMurray
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.2 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: dark grey with blue and green on white. The river takes up lower third. A steep cliff rises up on the left side; there are trees on top. Blue hills can be seen in the distance on the right; trees diminish on both sides of the river. Cloudy sky above.
- Subject
- landscape
- river, Athabasca
- Ernest Lamarque
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.03
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Camp near Dease Lake, B.C.
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- Date
- 1935
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.05
- Description
- General colour: pale pink, blue and green on white. In the lower third are sparse pine trees - to the right are two figures by a white tent and a camp fire. The white mountains pale in the distance. Pink and blue sky fill the top third.
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- Title
- Camp near Dease Lake, B.C.
- Date
- 1935
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.4 x 35.2 cm
- Description
- General colour: pale pink, blue and green on white. In the lower third are sparse pine trees - to the right are two figures by a white tent and a camp fire. The white mountains pale in the distance. Pink and blue sky fill the top third.
- Subject
- landscape
- forest
- camp
- Ernest Lamarque
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.05
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Camp in Sifton Pass, B.C.
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- Date
- 1935
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.06
- Description
- General colour: green. At the left side pitched in the grass is a lean to with two figures by a campfire. Smoke goes left and up into trees which rise on the left side becoming smaller as they go right across the picture into the distance. Two mountains can be seen on the right side in the distance…
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- Title
- Camp in Sifton Pass, B.C.
- Date
- 1935
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.4 x 26.3 cm
- Description
- General colour: green. At the left side pitched in the grass is a lean to with two figures by a campfire. Smoke goes left and up into trees which rise on the left side becoming smaller as they go right across the picture into the distance. Two mountains can be seen on the right side in the distance. Sky fills the upper half.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountains
- camping
- people
- Ernest Lamarque
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.06
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Caribou Highway
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- Date
- prior to 1958
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.07
- Description
- General colour: green, yellow, blue. A road and railrway tracks come in and out on the left side. Trees grow near the river which appears at the bottom right corner and goes up into the center. The right bank starts as rocks, becomes trees, becomes slope, becomes mountain peak. Sky at the top.
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- Title
- Caribou Highway
- Date
- prior to 1958
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 43.2 x 28.2 cm
- Description
- General colour: green, yellow, blue. A road and railrway tracks come in and out on the left side. Trees grow near the river which appears at the bottom right corner and goes up into the center. The right bank starts as rocks, becomes trees, becomes slope, becomes mountain peak. Sky at the top.
- Subject
- landscape
- river
- mountains
- Ernest Lamarque
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.07
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Old Fort St. John, Upper Peace River, B.C.
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- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- watercolour; charcoal on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.09
- Description
- General colour: white on grey ochre. Looking down into the river valley. Village can be seen in lower right under a bill which rises up right side. The river comes out of the lower left corner across the middle. The far shore and mountains beyond move across two thirds up. Sky fills the upper third…
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- Title
- Old Fort St. John, Upper Peace River, B.C.
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- watercolour; charcoal on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.3 x 19.7 cm
- Description
- General colour: white on grey ochre. Looking down into the river valley. Village can be seen in lower right under a bill which rises up right side. The river comes out of the lower left corner across the middle. The far shore and mountains beyond move across two thirds up. Sky fills the upper third.signed lr: “LE” ll “1930”
- Subject
- landscape
- river
- buildings
- Ernest Lamarque
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.05.09
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