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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.
- 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.
- 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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Revelstoke, Lower Town
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- 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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- 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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Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC
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- 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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- 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.
- 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
- Credit
- Gift of Rod Green, Calgary, 2016
- Catalogue Number
- HiN.05.01
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Landscape (Rocky Mountains)
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- 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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- 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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- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper; board; canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DmN.09.02
- Description
- Small, rectangular, brown/grey sketchbook. Has elastic strap on outside back cover to hold book closed. Has pencil holder attached to top of back cover made of canvas. Sketches inside are mostly of animals, some figures and Egyptian statues.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper; board; canvas
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 14 cm
- Description
- Small, rectangular, brown/grey sketchbook. Has elastic strap on outside back cover to hold book closed. Has pencil holder attached to top of back cover made of canvas. Sketches inside are mostly of animals, some figures and Egyptian statues.
- Credit
- Gift of Marilyn Jones, Cochrane, 2015
- Catalogue Number
- DmN.09.02
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Kabuki Theatre Poster
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- Artist
- Toyohara Kunichika
- Date
- 1879 – 1879
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KoT.04.02 a-c
- Description
- This triptych is a Kabuki Theater Poster. The first panel features two actors dressed as women. Both are holding fans and standing in front of a red background. The actor on the left is taunting the actor in the second panel who has blue hair and is wearing a white Kimono while holding a string of…
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- Artist
- Toyohara Kunichika
- Title
- Kabuki Theatre Poster
- Date
- 1879 – 1879
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 73.5 cm
- Description
- This triptych is a Kabuki Theater Poster. The first panel features two actors dressed as women. Both are holding fans and standing in front of a red background. The actor on the left is taunting the actor in the second panel who has blue hair and is wearing a white Kimono while holding a string of beads. The background in the second panel is a deep blue with a magnolia tree and flowers and a parrot in the trc. The third panel features a third actor in a green kimono. He is facing the actor in the second panel and appears to be angry. He is holding a rope with both hands and has 2 swords in his belt. He is standing in front of a red background and a portion of the background from the second panel.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KoT.04.02 a-c
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Seven Wise Women (from all eras) of Japan
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- Artist
- Toyohara Kunichika
- Date
- 1877
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KoT.04.06 a-c
- Description
- This tryptic features 7 wise women all described by a text panel. These panels are made from 2 portions: a white block filled with text, and a red rectangular block to the right and overlapping the white. The print is framed by a border which is black and has light blue and pink decorative bands in…
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- Artist
- Toyohara Kunichika
- Title
- Seven Wise Women (from all eras) of Japan
- Date
- 1877
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.5 x 74.0 cm
- Description
- This tryptic features 7 wise women all described by a text panel. These panels are made from 2 portions: a white block filled with text, and a red rectangular block to the right and overlapping the white. The print is framed by a border which is black and has light blue and pink decorative bands in it. The seven women are in a room that is mostly green in colour. All the windows are closed, and blinds shut. From left to right: a woman stands reading; a woman sits at a table with scrolls on it (both women facing right); Three women in the center panel engaged in - maybe - a conversation: 2 are standing and one sitting in the middle front of them; two women in the third panel face right, the first sitting and reading, the second standing. The women are all wearing red fabric tied to the waist and flowing to their feet.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KoT.04.06 a-c
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Untitled [Poster of Geisha]
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1878 – 1878
- Medium
- print on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.04.07 a-c
- Description
- This triptych features 7 women in a room with a brightly coloured floral rug (red,white and green) a large window spreads through all three panels, through which can be seen land with buildings and water. It is snowing out side. Most of the women have musical instruments. Next to each woman is a…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled [Poster of Geisha]
- Date
- 1878 – 1878
- Medium
- print on paper
- Description
- This triptych features 7 women in a room with a brightly coloured floral rug (red,white and green) a large window spreads through all three panels, through which can be seen land with buildings and water. It is snowing out side. Most of the women have musical instruments. Next to each woman is a descriptor of their role in Japanese. In the first panel are two women standing facing to their own right. The centre panel features three women sitting; two facing left, one right. 2 of these women have musical instruments. The third panel features two women sitting facing left. A green panel is behind them with a scroll on the far wall.
- Subject
- gathering
- figures
- women;Geisha
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.04.07 a-c
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Kicking Horse Lake Looking East, Hector on the Canadian Pacific Railway
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- Artist
- William Notman (1826 – 1891)
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- photographic print on paper
- Catalogue Number
- NoW.18.01
- Description
- Mountain landscape with large lake dominating the centre. A small white building and storage tank [possibly a refueling station] can be seen on the far side of the lake. Train tracks run the width of foreground and seated figure [known to be Fredrick M. Bell-Smith] at easel in bottom right corner. …
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- Artist
- William Notman (1826 – 1891)
- Title
- Kicking Horse Lake Looking East, Hector on the Canadian Pacific Railway
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- photographic print on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.6 x 27.8 cm
- Description
- Mountain landscape with large lake dominating the centre. A small white building and storage tank [possibly a refueling station] can be seen on the far side of the lake. Train tracks run the width of foreground and seated figure [known to be Fredrick M. Bell-Smith] at easel in bottom right corner. Title typed in bottom left corner. Manufacturer’s mark “WM. NOTMAN & SON, MONTREAL” typed in bottom right.
- Subject
- mountains
- lake
- CPR
- Fredrick Bell-Smith
- Credit
- Gift of Mark Cullen, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- NoW.18.01
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The Canadian Pacific Railway
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- Artist
- William Notman (1826 – 1891)
- Date
- 1886
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- NoW.04.02
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- Artist
- William Notman (1826 – 1891)
- Title
- The Canadian Pacific Railway
- Date
- 1886
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 40 x 28.2 cm
- Credit
- Purchased from Prints Old and Rare, San Francisco, USA, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- NoW.04.02
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Mount Sir Donald Station
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- Artist
- William Notman (1826 – 1891)
- Date
- 1889
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- NoW.04.01
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- Artist
- William Notman (1826 – 1891)
- Title
- Mount Sir Donald Station
- Date
- 1889
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 33.5 x 22.6 cm
- Credit
- Purchased from Prints Old and Rare, San Francisco, USA, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- NoW.04.01
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Viewing of Cherry Blossoms at Ueno Pleasure Park
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- Date
- 1878
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.10 a-c
- Description
- This triptych takes place inside of a large pagoda with floral carpeting. The walls are open, revealing the landscape around: A hill with stairs overlooking the water in the first panel, a lake with Mt. Fuji in the backgound in the second panel, and lake and trees in the third panel. A purple dra…
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- Title
- Viewing of Cherry Blossoms at Ueno Pleasure Park
- Date
- 1878
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 73.5 cm
- Description
- This triptych takes place inside of a large pagoda with floral carpeting. The walls are open, revealing the landscape around: A hill with stairs overlooking the water in the first panel, a lake with Mt. Fuji in the backgound in the second panel, and lake and trees in the third panel. A purple drapery extends along the top of the triptych, and flowers flow from this. In the first panel four women are gathered in a group on the carpet; in the second panel four women are also gathered: all quite animated. In the third panel a group of men sit in uniform on a raised section of the pagoda while four women sit and stand in the foreground.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.10 a-c
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