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Lake Louise, Canada
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- Artist
- Andreas Roth
- Date
- 1943
- Medium
- oil paint on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- RtA.02.02
- Description
- Mountain landscape with large prominent mountain (Mt. Victoria) with glacier (Victoria glacier) in the background with a large turquoise lake (Lake Louise) stretching to the foreground. Green slopes on either side of the lake. “Andreas Roth 1943” in lower left corner. Written on the back of the can…
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- Artist
- Andreas Roth
- Title
- Lake Louise, Canada
- Date
- 1943
- Medium
- oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- 57.0 x 73.0 cm
- Description
- Mountain landscape with large prominent mountain (Mt. Victoria) with glacier (Victoria glacier) in the background with a large turquoise lake (Lake Louise) stretching to the foreground. Green slopes on either side of the lake. “Andreas Roth 1943” in lower left corner. Written on the back of the canvas is “Lake Louise Canada Presented to Mr. Fred Crosby Deer Lodge by Andreas Roth 1943”
- Subject
- Lake Louise
- Banff
- mountains
- glaciers
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- RtA.02.02
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Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactfic.05.01
- 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
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactfic.05.02
- 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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Part of Old Banff
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- Artist
- D. Clark
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on heavy paper
- Catalogue Number
- CiD.05.01
- Description
- The oldest known painting of the Banff townsite. It shows Stoney Squaw to the left, Cascade to the right with Brewster in background. A false fronted building in left foreground has Groceries, dry goods, L.C. Fulmer written on front, bigger building to the right foreground Banff Hotel, Keefe, ????.…
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- Artist
- D. Clark
- Title
- Part of Old Banff
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on heavy paper
- Dimensions
- 21 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- The oldest known painting of the Banff townsite. It shows Stoney Squaw to the left, Cascade to the right with Brewster in background. A false fronted building in left foreground has Groceries, dry goods, L.C. Fulmer written on front, bigger building to the right foreground Banff Hotel, Keefe, ????. A log structure to centre left, a small red building centre right, five trees in centre, numerous stumps. The grass and trees are green. Along the bottom of the picture is inscribed: Part of original Banff Siding 29? 1888 Cascade Mtn 8K - D Clark, Agent CPR.Siding 29 was established in 1883 at the base of Cascade Mtn. The CPR moved the station to its current Banff location in 1889 and by 1897 all the residents of the old town had moved to the new town of Banff. Eleanor Luxton, Banff Canada’s First National Park... pg. 68
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
- Catalogue Number
- CiD.05.01
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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1947
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- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.718
- Description
- A detailed sketch of the 1947 Christmas card. Animals join Catharine at the Dutch door of her home where she is serving them some food. On the top edge of drawing is reads “SEASONS GREETINGS” and along the bottom of the page “CATHARINE AND PETER” and “Peter Whyte 47 BANFF.” In the BLC “Catharine” i…
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- Title
- Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1947
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 21.3 cm
- Description
- A detailed sketch of the 1947 Christmas card. Animals join Catharine at the Dutch door of her home where she is serving them some food. On the top edge of drawing is reads “SEASONS GREETINGS” and along the bottom of the page “CATHARINE AND PETER” and “Peter Whyte 47 BANFF.” In the BLC “Catharine” is written.Inside the fold of the paper you can see a simple sketch of the floor plan of their cabin (main level), and inside one room it reads “kitchen.” On the bottom half of the page there is multiple squirrels drawn out. verso: there is a rough sketch of what looks like a landscape, with multiple birds drawn around it.
- Subject
- Christmas card
- cabin
- winter
- food
- moose
- deer
- bird
- squirrel
- floor plan
- kitchen
- wolf
- bear
- Banff
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.718
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Corral At Banff
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactphw.04.67
- Date
- 1941
- Medium
- woodblock print on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.67
- Description
- A person stands beside a horse outside whitewashed wooden building with a red roof. A teepee with geometric design around the bottom dominates the left foreground. In behind the building are conifer trees and the sliver of a mountain [Cascade Mountain].
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- Title
- Corral At Banff
- Date
- 1941
- Medium
- woodblock print on paper
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 9.5 cm
- Description
- A person stands beside a horse outside whitewashed wooden building with a red roof. A teepee with geometric design around the bottom dominates the left foreground. In behind the building are conifer trees and the sliver of a mountain [Cascade Mountain].
- Credit
- Gift of Ralph Young, Edmonton, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.67
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