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- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 16
- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 15
- Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian) 4
- Thomas Mower Martin, R. C. A. (1838 – 1934, Canadian) 3
- C. Firth 2
- John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English) 2
- Unknown 2
- William Hastings McMahon (1864 – 1956, Canadian) 2
- Adeline Baxter (1881 – 1959) 1
- Charles Jones Way (1835 – 1919, British) 1
- D. Clark 1
- Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian) 1
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- (a) fibre, cotton; (b) skin
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0065 a,b
- Description
- A purse that has a small change purse inside. The purse (a) is a black polished cotton clutch purse covered with crewel work flowers of vibrant reds, blues, pinks, yellows and white. The purse has a small loop handle. The change purse (b) is a small leather coin purse with a white Scottie dog o…
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- (a) fibre, cotton; (b) skin
- Dimensions
- 14.5 (a); 5.0 (b) x 22.5 (a); 7.5 (b) cm
- Description
- A purse that has a small change purse inside. The purse (a) is a black polished cotton clutch purse covered with crewel work flowers of vibrant reds, blues, pinks, yellows and white. The purse has a small loop handle. The change purse (b) is a small leather coin purse with a white Scottie dog on the flap.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0065 a,b
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, cotton; fibre, rayon; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0078
- Description
- A black cotton bag embroidered with white and brown flowers between geometrically patterned vertical stripes. A pair of wooden bars at the bag’s opening supports a rayon lining and two fabric covered cord handles.
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- fibre, cotton; fibre, rayon; wood
- Dimensions
- 27.0 x 36.0 cm
- Description
- A black cotton bag embroidered with white and brown flowers between geometrically patterned vertical stripes. A pair of wooden bars at the bag’s opening supports a rayon lining and two fabric covered cord handles.
- Subject
- households
- crafts
- needlework
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0078
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- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- metal; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0161
- Description
- A brown suede purse which hangs by two straps from a fabric belt. There is a small money holder with a metal frame that fits inside a pocket. The money holder fastens with two snaps. The lining of the purse is stamped with a patent note.
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1890 – 1910
- Material
- metal; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 1.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- A brown suede purse which hangs by two straps from a fabric belt. There is a small money holder with a metal frame that fits inside a pocket. The money holder fastens with two snaps. The lining of the purse is stamped with a patent note.
- Subject
- tourism
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0161
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- Date
- 1885 – 1925
- Material
- fibre; glass; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0360
- Description
- A purse of blue grey silk with ivory battens at drawstring closure, and embroidered beaded figures of man and woman dancing. Purse is essentially a square with a panel along the sides and bottom for width, with a stiff panel inserted at the bottom between lining and purse. Top draws closed with a s…
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1885 – 1925
- Material
- fibre; glass; ivory
- Dimensions
- 22.2 x 5.4 x 21.8 cm
- Description
- A purse of blue grey silk with ivory battens at drawstring closure, and embroidered beaded figures of man and woman dancing. Purse is essentially a square with a panel along the sides and bottom for width, with a stiff panel inserted at the bottom between lining and purse. Top draws closed with a silver metallic cord through a short ivory batten on the front and back causing the bag to form two pleats on either side. Ends of cord have red and grey beaded loop tassels. Bag lined front, back and bottom with pink silk. Figures beaded on front of purse depict woman in yellow dress and man in green trousers and pink jacket holding top hat while they are dancing.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- embroidery
- figure
- male
- female
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0360
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- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0361
- Description
- Small, square, white linen bag with drawstring through casing at neck. Pierced design has been worked through the linen by cutting and drawing out a certain thread, then following this line with stitching which is pulled tightly around counted bunches of thread. Design on one side is square windowp…
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1910 – 1930
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 12.4 cm
- Description
- Small, square, white linen bag with drawstring through casing at neck. Pierced design has been worked through the linen by cutting and drawing out a certain thread, then following this line with stitching which is pulled tightly around counted bunches of thread. Design on one side is square windowpane, other side three horizontal lines. Pierced stitching follows sides of bag and along drawstring casing. Drawstring of cord made from loosely twisted linen threads, unlined.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- embroidery
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0361
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; ivory; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0364
- Description
- A rectangular ecru linen bag with green and blue embroidered trees and blue handle. Flat bag has on each side three stylized triangular trees made up of small green triangles and sitting in large blue pots which have been worked in cross stitch on coarse linen canvas. Border of small green triangle…
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- Title
- Purse
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- fibre; ivory; metal
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 22.6 cm
- Description
- A rectangular ecru linen bag with green and blue embroidered trees and blue handle. Flat bag has on each side three stylized triangular trees made up of small green triangles and sitting in large blue pots which have been worked in cross stitch on coarse linen canvas. Border of small green triangles and blue lines along bottom and top of bag. Twisted blue cotton cord handles are attached through small ivory rings covered with stitching and making a small hole at each side of the bag. Double handles are tied in bows at each side and together at top. Small, hollow, pointed sterling silver cone, awl? is tied through a small hole at the top by a narrower blue cord to one of the handles. Lined with green Japanese silk.
- Subject
- households
- hobbies
- craft
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0364
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Summit of the Rockies and Mt. Field
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- Date
- c. 1886
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AiJ.05.01
- Description
- The scene is comprised mainly of a mountain and a lake. The lake takes up approx. 1/2 of the work, and is cropped in the brc by the frame. The blc is the shoreline of the lake. On the right and left side of the piece, just above the lake, the beginning of two treed mountain sides head out of the…
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- Title
- Summit of the Rockies and Mt. Field
- Date
- c. 1886
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- The scene is comprised mainly of a mountain and a lake. The lake takes up approx. 1/2 of the work, and is cropped in the brc by the frame. The blc is the shoreline of the lake. On the right and left side of the piece, just above the lake, the beginning of two treed mountain sides head out of the picture frame. These two slopes frame a clear mountain in the background which is centered in the middle of the piece. They sky is quite cloudy.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Mt. Field
- Credit
- Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- AiJ.05.01
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View of Goat Mountain
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- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.01
- Description
- Colour: blue, green, yellow. Two people in a canoe paddle across the lake in the lower part of the picture. Two shore lines are seen on both sides. Beyond are yellow and green hills rising up to purple mountain One pear is prominent in the distance. Clear blue fills the top.This painting was lent t…
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- Title
- View of Goat Mountain
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, green, yellow. Two people in a canoe paddle across the lake in the lower part of the picture. Two shore lines are seen on both sides. Beyond are yellow and green hills rising up to purple mountain One pear is prominent in the distance. Clear blue fills the top.This painting was lent to the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1975 to be included in the exhibition The Railway: A patron of the Arts in Canada. The exhibition was circulated across the country for two years.
- Credit
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.01
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Trestles at the Loop
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- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.04
- Description
- Kicking Horse Pass. Train trestle bridges wind around bases of mountains in valley.Ross Peak in background.
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- Title
- Trestles at the Loop
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 31.0 x 47.7 cm
- Description
- Kicking Horse Pass. Train trestle bridges wind around bases of mountains in valley.Ross Peak in background.
- Credit
- Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 2004
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.04
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Mt. Rundle, Vermilion Lakes, Banff, N.W.T.
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- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.06
- Description
- Mt. Rundle with Vermilion Lakes in foreground. A figure in a canoe is on the shore of the lake in the lower centre of image.
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- Title
- Mt. Rundle, Vermilion Lakes, Banff, N.W.T.
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 33.5 x 48.6 cm
- Description
- Mt. Rundle with Vermilion Lakes in foreground. A figure in a canoe is on the shore of the lake in the lower centre of image.
- Credit
- Gift of Ted and Judy Mills, Mill Bay, 2005
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.06
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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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- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BrH.05.01
- Description
- General colour: red, yellow, blue. The left profile and torso of a boy dressed in a uniform. Blue pants with a yellow stripe and a red jacket and a blue hat. He holds a trumpet and faces left.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26 x 19 cm
- Description
- General colour: red, yellow, blue. The left profile and torso of a boy dressed in a uniform. Blue pants with a yellow stripe and a red jacket and a blue hat. He holds a trumpet and faces left.
- Credit
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- BrH.05.01
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Japanese Woman and Child
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- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- ink and colour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BuW.05.01
- Description
- Frontispiece Japan Day by Day Volume I by Edward S. Morse. A farmyard scene. A woman wearing a grey kimono, blue sash, carries a baby on her back, he is dressed in blue and red and has a small kite in his left hand. She is looking down at a rooster who with a hen behind him are looking at three egg…
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- Title
- Japanese Woman and Child
- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- ink and colour on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.1 x 25.2 cm
- Description
- Frontispiece Japan Day by Day Volume I by Edward S. Morse. A farmyard scene. A woman wearing a grey kimono, blue sash, carries a baby on her back, he is dressed in blue and red and has a small kite in his left hand. She is looking down at a rooster who with a hen behind him are looking at three eggs on the ground. Five figures in background, houses to right centre, a snow-capped mountain is in background, sky is blue with yellowish clouds. Written on back: Mrs. Russell Robb Concord, Mass.
- Subject
- farmyard
- Mount Fujijama
- buildings
- people
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- BuW.05.01
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- Artist
- Adeline Baxter (1881 – 1959)
- Date
- c. 1917
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BxA.05.01
- Description
- Colour: green, blue. A green valley with a peak at the left and a ridge at the right. Two peaks in the distance at center meet blue sky with two clouds.
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- Artist
- Adeline Baxter (1881 – 1959)
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1917
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.0 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, blue. A green valley with a peak at the left and a ridge at the right. Two peaks in the distance at center meet blue sky with two clouds.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Canmore area
- Credit
- Gift of T. (Mrs.) B. Williams, Victoria, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- BxA.05.01
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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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- Date
- 1915
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.04
- Description
- Landscape, valley in the forground with trees to the right and left, the trees to the right are coloured somewhat a purple/blue shade, and green to the left. - the valley is a pale brown almost yellow gentle slope. - in the distance is one dominant mt. and ice blue colour, and the sky above a cold …
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- Title
- The Pass
- Date
- 1915
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 27 x 38 cm
- Description
- Landscape, valley in the forground with trees to the right and left, the trees to the right are coloured somewhat a purple/blue shade, and green to the left. - the valley is a pale brown almost yellow gentle slope. - in the distance is one dominant mt. and ice blue colour, and the sky above a cold blue.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.04
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- Date
- 1910
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.06
- Description
- A landscape scene with three buildings at the left bottom, with blue shaded roof, and three chimneys. -a group of trees to the right of the buildings. -One mountain in the background, ice blue colour on the bottom half to a purple cool top -purple sky with white misty clouds.“The mauves and dark bl…
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- Title
- Near Banff
- Date
- 1910
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 22 x 17 cm
- Description
- A landscape scene with three buildings at the left bottom, with blue shaded roof, and three chimneys. -a group of trees to the right of the buildings. -One mountain in the background, ice blue colour on the bottom half to a purple cool top -purple sky with white misty clouds.“The mauves and dark blues and greens which characterize Collings’ Canadian work already predominate in this early example, and the towering mountain is wonderfully luminous if not fully understood structurally. Lights glowing from three buildings on the left suggest that it is late evening and shine upon the right-hand trees. The latter evidence is some overpainting.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.06
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Approach of Night
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- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper board
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.11
- Description
- Landscape watercolour scene with horizontal coloured washes from the bottom up a green to blue to red to a blue/green yellow.
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- Title
- Approach of Night
- Date
- c. 1900
- Medium
- watercolour on paper board
- Dimensions
- 11 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- Landscape watercolour scene with horizontal coloured washes from the bottom up a green to blue to red to a blue/green yellow.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.11
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- Date
- c. 1923
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.36
- Description
- Scene looking out over the falls with bluish mist rising from the depths below, beyond the falls to the other side the landscape horizon is a mixing of reds, yellows, blues, and green.“A small, grey paint sport mars this luminous blue interpretation of the famous falls.” -- “Charles John Colling…
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- Title
- Niagara Falls
- Date
- c. 1923
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 11 x 19.5 cm
- Description
- Scene looking out over the falls with bluish mist rising from the depths below, beyond the falls to the other side the landscape horizon is a mixing of reds, yellows, blues, and green.“A small, grey paint sport mars this luminous blue interpretation of the famous falls.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.36
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Edge of Forest (No. 8)
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- Date
- 1912
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.44
- Description
- colourful abstract scene of a landscape in varying hues of brown; green; and blues.
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- Title
- Edge of Forest (No. 8)
- Date
- 1912
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 61.0 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- colourful abstract scene of a landscape in varying hues of brown; green; and blues.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.44
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