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Lady Minto and Cowboy in National Park, Banff, Canada

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Artist: A. Pearse

Date: 1901

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: PeA.03.01

Description: A realistic drawing in black and white; A mounted rider dressed in buckskins is talking with a lady standing near him; the lady has a long dress, ornate hat and an umbrella; to the right of the picture is a two-horse carriage with 3 people sitting in it; 2 helmeted riders and another man walking ne…

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Artist: A. Pearse

Title: Lady Minto and Cowboy in National Park, Banff, Canada

Date: 1901

Medium: ink on paper

Description: A realistic drawing in black and white; A mounted rider dressed in buckskins is talking with a lady standing near him; the lady has a long dress, ornate hat and an umbrella; to the right of the picture is a two-horse carriage with 3 people sitting in it; 2 helmeted riders and another man walking near the carriage; a herd of bison are near; trees and grass on the flats and up the mountain side; top left corner indicates a slightly cloudy sky.

Subject: Figure; female; Lady Minto; aristocracy; cowboy; Animal; buffalo; Transportation; carriage

Credit: Purchased from John J. Norris, Camberlay, England, 1980

Catalogue Number: PeA.03.01

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Portrait of Dr. Brett

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Artist: A.F. Cels

Date: 1907

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CeA.03.01

Description: General colour: black and white on yellow brown. The head of a man turned slightly left. He has a long mustache and his hair parts a little to the right of center.

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Artist: A.F. Cels

Title: Portrait of Dr. Brett

Date: 1907

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.6 x 15.5 cm

Description: General colour: black and white on yellow brown. The head of a man turned slightly left. He has a long mustache and his hair parts a little to the right of center.

Subject: portrait; male; Dr. R. G. Brett

Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966

Catalogue Number: CeA.03.01

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Bow Glacier

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

Date: 1900 – 1965

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.03

Description: General colour: white, blue, orange, green on brown. A mountain with purple, blue and orange slopes on the left. A bank of green on the right and snow and rock face above and center. Vague blue and cream shadings in the sky.

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

Title: Bow Glacier

Date: 1900 – 1965

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 24.0 x 30.4 cm

Description: General colour: white, blue, orange, green on brown. A mountain with purple, blue and orange slopes on the left. A bank of green on the right and snow and rock face above and center. Vague blue and cream shadings in the sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.03

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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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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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Pair of Lions

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Artist: C. H. Wood

Date: 1901

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WoC.02.01

Description: Colour: brown. Heads and forepaws of two lions - male and female, lying on straw.

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Artist: C. H. Wood

Title: Pair of Lions

Date: 1901

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 50.2 x 72.6 cm

Description: Colour: brown. Heads and forepaws of two lions - male and female, lying on straw.

Subject: Bill Peyto; animal; lion

Credit: Gift of Robert Peyto, Shawnigan Lake, 1967

Catalogue Number: WoC.02.01

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Battling Moose

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: prior to 1905

Medium: photoengraving on paper

Catalogue Number: RuC.11.01

Description: Colour: greys as in a black and white photograph. At the waters edge in the center are two bull moose fighting. To the right, half way up in the background is a female moose looking on. Dead logs and grass fill the lower part of the picture.

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Battling Moose

Date: prior to 1905

Medium: photoengraving on paper

Dimensions: 30.1 x 50.4 cm

Description: Colour: greys as in a black and white photograph. At the waters edge in the center are two bull moose fighting. To the right, half way up in the background is a female moose looking on. Dead logs and grass fill the lower part of the picture.

Subject: landscape; animal, moose

Credit: Gift of W. J. Wright, Kamloops, 1969

Catalogue Number: RuC.11.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: c. 1913

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.115

Description: small blue and orange bird on brown stick

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: c. 1913

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.0 cm

Description: small blue and orange bird on brown stick

Subject: bird

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.115

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Untitled

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: c. 1913

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.116

Description: white flower with green leaves

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: c. 1913

Medium: coloured graphite on paper

Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.0 cm

Description: white flower with green leaves

Subject: flower

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.116

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Untitled

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: c. 1910

Medium: coloured gaphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.186

Description: house with two chimneys and two green squares with circles in them. Catharine’s childhood home.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: c. 1910

Medium: coloured gaphite on paper

Dimensions: 10.0 x 15.5 cm

Description: house with two chimneys and two green squares with circles in them. Catharine’s childhood home.

Subject: house

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyC.03.186

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Rusty Disk

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

Date: c. 1885

Medium: graphite on paper board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.071

Description: Drawing of a farming disc, the first few discs are show as the disappear into the piece, and the seat sits high up on the piece.“An unlikely combination of practical entrepreneur and preoccupied artist, Collings was involved with farm machinery sales between 1882 and 1888 in England. A writer who i…

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

Title: Rusty Disk

Date: c. 1885

Medium: graphite on paper board

Dimensions: 25 x 30 cm

Description: Drawing of a farming disc, the first few discs are show as the disappear into the piece, and the seat sits high up on the piece.“An unlikely combination of practical entrepreneur and preoccupied artist, Collings was involved with farm machinery sales between 1882 and 1888 in England. A writer who interviewed the artist in 1924 had the impression that Collings envisaged farm equipment as means for creating an enormous painting-like but three-dimensional “landscape.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; machinery; machine; green; rims; circulars

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.071

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Churchyard, Sandwich Kent

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

Date: c. 1909

Medium: graphite on paper board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.083

Description: Scene with a stone wall to the left and some trees to the right and a church in the middle background.“This sketch probably dates from 1909 when the Collings family lived in Sandwich in the year prior to their emigration to Canada.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda …

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

Title: Churchyard, Sandwich Kent

Date: c. 1909

Medium: graphite on paper board

Dimensions: 28.5 x 38 cm

Description: Scene with a stone wall to the left and some trees to the right and a church in the middle background.“This sketch probably dates from 1909 when the Collings family lived in Sandwich in the year prior to their emigration to Canada.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda HeathOn the back is a sketch of the port side of a ship with a life boat of pulleys.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.083

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Woolen Stocking

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

Date: c. 1912

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.019

Description: Sketch of two lace up shoes in the center of the frame with a wooden stump to the left, and a small stumpy tree to the right. - the writing of the paper is in the left side and goes across the bottom of the drawing. - three shaded spots or lines about 5 cm. long in the tr. corner.“These stockings, …

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

Title: Woolen Stocking

Date: c. 1912

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20 x 26 cm

Description: Sketch of two lace up shoes in the center of the frame with a wooden stump to the left, and a small stumpy tree to the right. - the writing of the paper is in the left side and goes across the bottom of the drawing. - three shaded spots or lines about 5 cm. long in the tr. corner.“These stockings, nailed incongruously to fence rails and in company with an old pair of hook and eye boots, would have appealed enormously to Collings’ whimsical sense of humour.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; stocking; fence; boots

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.019

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The Wanderers

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

Date: 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.08

Description: Scene of very washed out blacks and greys with pencil lines and shapes sketched in, the title has been printed in pencil and as well his logo.“What first appear to be white chickens in this late evening scene take on a more sinister cast when two crosses are recognized in the background.” -- “Char…

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

Title: The Wanderers

Date: 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper board

Dimensions: 28.5 x 15.5 cm

Description: Scene of very washed out blacks and greys with pencil lines and shapes sketched in, the title has been printed in pencil and as well his logo.“What first appear to be white chickens in this late evening scene take on a more sinister cast when two crosses are recognized in the background.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; chickens; crosses; grey

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.08

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Melora

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

Date: c. 1890

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.097

Description: Profile portrait of the bust of a woman with her head gazing downwards.“The woman’s head is bowed as though she is preoccupied with something in front of her; perhaps it is the artist’s wife, Mellora, playing the piano. The woman’s eyes and mouth, and tendrils of hair at the nape are treated sensit…

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

Title: Melora

Date: c. 1890

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25 x 18 cm

Description: Profile portrait of the bust of a woman with her head gazing downwards.“The woman’s head is bowed as though she is preoccupied with something in front of her; perhaps it is the artist’s wife, Mellora, playing the piano. The woman’s eyes and mouth, and tendrils of hair at the nape are treated sensitively while flowers in the background underscore her femininity.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: portrait; Mellora Collings

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.097

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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.