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"Hotel Closed" Sign
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- Printed paper sign, reads "POSITIVELY NO ADMITTANCE HOTEL CLOSED" (no date, no author). Part of a collection of items previously mounted or hung up in Nicholas and Ivy "Willie" Morant's Banff home.
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950 - ca. 1980] (?)
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / D / 62 (O.S.)
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Poster
- Textual record
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- M300
- Sub-Series
- M300 / II / D : Personal and Family Materials : Collected Material
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- M300 / III / D / 62 (O.S.)
- GMD
- Poster
- Textual record
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca. 1950 - ca. 1980] (?)
- Physical Description
- 1 Poster/sign, printed construction paper
- Scope & Content
- Printed paper sign, reads "POSITIVELY NO ADMITTANCE HOTEL CLOSED" (no date, no author). Part of a collection of items previously mounted or hung up in Nicholas and Ivy "Willie" Morant's Banff home.
- Name Access
- Morant, Ivy
- Morant, Nicholas
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Unknown
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Watercolour Painting
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.22
- Description
- A watercolour painting showing two pyramids and pam trees with a reflection in a body of water. The painting is entirely in shades of orange. In the lower left corner is “1937” and in the lower right corner are the initials “W.V.G.”
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Watercolour Painting
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 27.5 cm
- Description
- A watercolour painting showing two pyramids and pam trees with a reflection in a body of water. The painting is entirely in shades of orange. In the lower left corner is “1937” and in the lower right corner are the initials “W.V.G.”
- Subject
- pyramids
- middle east
- desert
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.22
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Banff Springs Famous Painting Copies and Train Poster
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 colour poster prints, paper, depicting copies of famous art pieces (previously framed and used as decorations in the Banff Springs Hotel), and one b&w poster of a steam train. Content pertains to paintings 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Vermeer and 'La Divina Commedia di Dante' b…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1945 - ca. 1965]
- 1975
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 67 to 69 O.S.
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Poster
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 67 to 69 O.S.
- GMD
- Poster
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca. 1945 - ca. 1965]
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 3 Posters: colour, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 colour poster prints, paper, depicting copies of famous art pieces (previously framed and used as decorations in the Banff Springs Hotel), and one b&w poster of a steam train. Content pertains to paintings 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Vermeer and 'La Divina Commedia di Dante' by Domenico di Michelino; also train image with faded print effect by Midwestern Rail Association.
- Notes
- Painting reprint posters were stored together in a cardboard poster tube with the following text labels on the outside: "NICHOLAS MORANT BOX 1288 BANFF, ALBERTA CANADA" "OLD BSH PRINTS. BSH HOTEL - II Bldg." "O.H.M.S. FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CANADIAN NATIONAL PARKS BRANCH OTTAWA, CANADA" 'J.C. Campbell, Esq., c/o Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta." (Handwritten): "These prints were originally exquisitely framed for use in rooms, suites and public rooms at the B.S.H." "OLD B.S.H. PRINTS includes PIX of 'II' Hotel" Train poster stored in poster tube labelled "DRAWINGS more to come (1, 2, 3)" with shipping address label: "Reed-Grove Ltd. 2111 East Avenue Rochester, New York 14610" "To Mr. + Mrs. Nichlas (sic) Morant Box 1288, Banff Alberta Canada". Customs label: "PARCEL POST CUSTOMS DECLARATION - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA QTY: 1 DETAILED LIST OF CONTENTS: DRAWINGS VALUE (US $): 10 FIRST CLASS"
- Name Access
- di Michelino, Domenico
- Vermeer
- Subject Access
- Midwestern Rail Association
- Trains
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Arts
- Painting
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Access Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Language
- Latin
- Conservation
- Items must be stored flat within acid-free casing to prevent surface damage.
- Creator
- Unknown
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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- Date
- 1935 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.004
- Description
- Meadow scene of orange, blues and green colours in the foreground. Small patches of evergreens are visible. Bow Lake and shore beyond the meadow.
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- Title
- Bow Lake
- Date
- 1935 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.6 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- Meadow scene of orange, blues and green colours in the foreground. Small patches of evergreens are visible. Bow Lake and shore beyond the meadow.
- Subject
- landscape, Canadian Rockies
- Bow Lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.004
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- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.005
- Description
- Three trees dot the immediate foreground on the middle to right corner. Behind the trees is the ocean with it's colours of blues and greenish yellow tints of colour. The upper half of the canvas depicts a sky of royal and cobalt bluish tints meeting the horizon line.
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- Title
- Hawaii
- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.6 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- Three trees dot the immediate foreground on the middle to right corner. Behind the trees is the ocean with it's colours of blues and greenish yellow tints of colour. The upper half of the canvas depicts a sky of royal and cobalt bluish tints meeting the horizon line.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.005
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Temple Mountain from Above Temple Lodge
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- Date
- 1938 – 1946
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.006
- Description
- Temple Mountain with its various bluish tones in the mid ground appears behind the sparse patches of evergreen slopes in the foregound.
1 image
- Title
- Temple Mountain from Above Temple Lodge
- Date
- 1938 – 1946
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.6 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- Temple Mountain with its various bluish tones in the mid ground appears behind the sparse patches of evergreen slopes in the foregound.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Mt. Temple
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.006
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.007
- Description
- White and grey cloud cover against a blue sky encompasses most of the canvas. A mountain rock silhouette against the skyline with a row of trees in the immediate foreground.
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- Title
- Yoho Valley
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.6 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- White and grey cloud cover against a blue sky encompasses most of the canvas. A mountain rock silhouette against the skyline with a row of trees in the immediate foreground.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Yoho
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.007
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- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.009
- Description
- A row of houses and barns in the foreground. Green fields sectioned off by dark green boundary in the foreground. Behind the row of houses and palm trees lie green and blue mountains.
1 image
- Title
- Hawaii
- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.6 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- A row of houses and barns in the foreground. Green fields sectioned off by dark green boundary in the foreground. Behind the row of houses and palm trees lie green and blue mountains.
- Subject
- landscape, Hawaii
- architecture, rural
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.009
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- Date
- 1936 – 1950
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.010
- Description
- Peyto Lake. In the mid ground is a row of mountain peaks which meet an overcast sky. T
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- Title
- Peyto Lake
- Date
- 1936 – 1950
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.6 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- Peyto Lake. In the mid ground is a row of mountain peaks which meet an overcast sky. T
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Peyto Lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.010
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- Date
- 1930 – 1945
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.011
- Description
- Lake McArthur in the immediate foreground.
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- Title
- Lake McArthur
- Date
- 1930 – 1945
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.6 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- Lake McArthur in the immediate foreground.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Lake McArthur
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.011
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Mount Biddle and Mount Schaffer
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- Date
- 1930 – 1945
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.012
- Description
- Two peaked mountain comprises three-quarters of the picture. Loosely sketched dark evergreens wind down one of the mountain sides in diagonal fashion from right to left in the mid ground. A clearing depicted in the foreground.
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- Title
- Mount Biddle and Mount Schaffer
- Date
- 1930 – 1945
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.6 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- Two peaked mountain comprises three-quarters of the picture. Loosely sketched dark evergreens wind down one of the mountain sides in diagonal fashion from right to left in the mid ground. A clearing depicted in the foreground.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.012
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Ten Peaks from Temple Lodge Area
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- Date
- 1938 – 1945
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.013
- Description
- The upper portion is predominately comprised of sky. The lower half is made up of a rolling meadows dotted with groupings of evergreens. The mountain range separates the sky from the meadows.
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- Title
- Ten Peaks from Temple Lodge Area
- Date
- 1938 – 1945
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.6 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- The upper portion is predominately comprised of sky. The lower half is made up of a rolling meadows dotted with groupings of evergreens. The mountain range separates the sky from the meadows.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.013
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Icicles (at Assiniboine)
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- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.014
- Description
- Bluish white icicles hang from the upper part of the picture frame moving downwards toward the bottom of the picture frame.
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- Title
- Icicles (at Assiniboine)
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.6 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- Bluish white icicles hang from the upper part of the picture frame moving downwards toward the bottom of the picture frame.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.014
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.015
- Description
- A wave encompasses two thirds of the sketch. The wave crashes onto the impending rocks in the foreground.
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- Title
- Hawaii
- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.6 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- A wave encompasses two thirds of the sketch. The wave crashes onto the impending rocks in the foreground.
- Subject
- seascape, Pacific Ocean
- Hawaii
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.015
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- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.016
- Description
- The sketch is painted from a high point overlooking fields in front of a Hawaiian bay. There is one ship in the harbour.
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- Title
- Hawaii
- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.6 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- The sketch is painted from a high point overlooking fields in front of a Hawaiian bay. There is one ship in the harbour.
- Subject
- seascape, Pacific Ocean
- Hawaii
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.016
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- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.017
- Description
- Beams of light from clouds shine onto the ground below. A winding stream zigzags it's way from the foreground to the midground where it flows into a lake.
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- Title
- Hawaii
- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.6 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- Beams of light from clouds shine onto the ground below. A winding stream zigzags it's way from the foreground to the midground where it flows into a lake.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.017
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- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.018
- Description
- Water and waves.
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- Title
- Hawaii
- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.6 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- Water and waves.
- Subject
- seascape, Pacific
- Hawaii
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.018
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- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.019
- Description
- Trees bordering coast. Blue rock cliffs jut out into the sea in the mid ground. The pale blue sky meets the horizon line in the background.
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- Title
- Hawaii
- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.6 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- Trees bordering coast. Blue rock cliffs jut out into the sea in the mid ground. The pale blue sky meets the horizon line in the background.
- Subject
- seascape, Pacific
- Hawaii
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.019
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- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.020
- Description
- A cottage with a shed beside it. A tall tree stands to the left of the house. The house overlooks the sea. A jutting rock in the upper right corner extends into the ocean.
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- Title
- Hawaii
- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.6 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- A cottage with a shed beside it. A tall tree stands to the left of the house. The house overlooks the sea. A jutting rock in the upper right corner extends into the ocean.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.020
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Hawaii - Sugar Cane Factory
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- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.021
- Description
- Cane factory stretches across the midground of the Green fields lie in front of the factory. Behind it towers a blue mountain range.
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- Title
- Hawaii - Sugar Cane Factory
- Date
- 1933 – 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 12.6 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- Cane factory stretches across the midground of the Green fields lie in front of the factory. Behind it towers a blue mountain range.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.021
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