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Summit of the Rockies and Mt. Field

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Artist
James Alfred Aitken (1846 – 1897, Scottish)
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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Artist
James Alfred Aitken (1846 – 1897, Scottish)
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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Lake Agnes, Canadian Rockies

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Artist
Louis Akhi
Date
1910
Medium
oil on canvas on board
Catalogue Number
AkL.02.01
Description
A mountain top view of Lake Agnes in the Canadian Rockies. In the foreground on the right are trees and land sloping to the left of the image. Behind the lake in the background are mountains with snow and a medium to light toned sky above.
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Artist
Louis Akhi
Title
Lake Agnes, Canadian Rockies
Date
1910
Medium
oil on canvas on board
Dimensions
40.3 x 30.4 cm
Description
A mountain top view of Lake Agnes in the Canadian Rockies. In the foreground on the right are trees and land sloping to the left of the image. Behind the lake in the background are mountains with snow and a medium to light toned sky above.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake Agnes
Credit
Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979
Catalogue Number
AkL.02.01
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Mountains near Jasper, 1914

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Artist
John William Beatty (1869 – 1941, Canadian)
Date
1914
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
BeJ.02.01
Description
Oil painting depicting a mountain scene near Jasper. A dark green mountain in the foreground slopes up to the left of the image. In the bottom right corner, small brushstrokes of deep indigo blue are visible. Beyond the slope of this mountain, other mountains are visible in the distance. They a…
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Artist
John William Beatty (1869 – 1941, Canadian)
Title
Mountains near Jasper, 1914
Date
1914
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
35 x 39 cm
Description
Oil painting depicting a mountain scene near Jasper. A dark green mountain in the foreground slopes up to the left of the image. In the bottom right corner, small brushstrokes of deep indigo blue are visible. Beyond the slope of this mountain, other mountains are visible in the distance. They are painted in shades of mauve and blue. The mountain at the centre of the painting is capped by snow. The sky is a grey mauve colour.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Jasper National Park
Credit
Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 2003
Catalogue Number
BeJ.02.01
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View of Goat Mountain

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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
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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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
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.
Subject
landscape, lake, mountain
Vermilion Lake ?
figure, male
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.01
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Mt. Rundle, Vermilion Lakes, Banff, N.W.T.

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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
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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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
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.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Mount Rundle
Vermilion Lakes
activity
canoeing
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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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
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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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
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.
Subject
mountains
lake
CPR
Credit
Gift of Mark Cullen, 2021
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.07
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Artist
Mary Black
Date
1911
Medium
dried flowers; grass; butterfly on paper
Catalogue Number
BlM.13.01
Description
Two fire weed plants run the length and tilt to the right at the top. A butterfly hangs upside down in the upperleft corner. General colour-brown on soft grey white.
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Artist
Mary Black
Title
Fireweed
Date
1911
Medium
dried flowers; grass; butterfly on paper
Dimensions
49.5 x 21.5 cm
Description
Two fire weed plants run the length and tilt to the right at the top. A butterfly hangs upside down in the upperleft corner. General colour-brown on soft grey white.
Subject
botanical
fireweed
animal
butterfly
Credit
Gift of Fern Brewster Dooley, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
BlM.13.01
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Lady Slipper, Sicamous

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Artist
Mary Black
Date
1911
Medium
grass; fireweed on paper
Catalogue Number
BlM.13.02
Description
Yellow brown plants. Several stems, the leaves are near the bottom, sic pods throughout. Upper part mostly bare paper.
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Artist
Mary Black
Title
Lady Slipper, Sicamous
Date
1911
Medium
grass; fireweed on paper
Dimensions
49.5 x 21.5 cm
Description
Yellow brown plants. Several stems, the leaves are near the bottom, sic pods throughout. Upper part mostly bare paper.
Subject
botanical
grass
stems
leaves
Credit
Gift of Fern Brewster Dooley, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
BlM.13.02
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Artist
Takahashi
Date
1884
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
BoA.03.01
Description
Centered on the page is a fishing float design. It is circular with a diamond center. On each tip of the diamond is a small circle that joins the larger circle. The inside of the diamond, and the space between the diamond and the circle are shaded with a grey.
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Artist
Takahashi
Title
Untitled [Emblem]
Date
1884
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
18.0 x 32.5 cm
Description
Centered on the page is a fishing float design. It is circular with a diamond center. On each tip of the diamond is a small circle that joins the larger circle. The inside of the diamond, and the space between the diamond and the circle are shaded with a grey.
Subject
design
fishing float
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
BoA.03.01
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Artist
Harry Brett ( – 1925, Canadian)
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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Artist
Harry Brett ( – 1925, Canadian)
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.
Subject
NWMP
figure
male
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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Artist
Watanabe Bunzo (1853 – 1942, Japanese)
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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Artist
Watanabe Bunzo (1853 – 1942, Japanese)
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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Mount Temple from Larch Valley

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Artist
Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)
Date
c. 1920
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
BwB.01.02
Description
The foreground is covered in yellow grass. There are two dark green trees growing to the left side in the foreground. In the distance off to the right are a small group of trees. The background is full of trees in the distance and behind the trees is a wall of mountains. [The Massive Range, near Ba…
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Artist
Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)
Title
Mount Temple from Larch Valley
Date
c. 1920
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
22.0 x 24.6 cm
Description
The foreground is covered in yellow grass. There are two dark green trees growing to the left side in the foreground. In the distance off to the right are a small group of trees. The background is full of trees in the distance and behind the trees is a wall of mountains. [The Massive Range, near Banff] The sky is a light blue colour with puffy white clouds.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Mount Temple
Larch Valley
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
BwB.01.02
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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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Artist
Fredrick S. Chattuses
Date
1911
Medium
conté on paper
Catalogue Number
ChF.03.01
Description
Colour: black on white. A man facing right sits at a table lighted by a single lamp hanging above right.
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Artist
Fredrick S. Chattuses
Title
Untitled
Date
1911
Medium
conté on paper
Dimensions
48.7 x 33.6 cm
Description
Colour: black on white. A man facing right sits at a table lighted by a single lamp hanging above right.
Subject
figure, male
Credit
Gift of W. (family) Painter, 1975
Catalogue Number
ChF.03.01
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Viewing of Chrysanthemums at the Temporary Imperial Palace

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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1888
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.07 a-c
Description
This triptych is a summer scene made up of mostly greens and reds. The three panels all feature groups of women. There is a lake in the background. The first panel contains a group of three women,2 standing and one crouching, in the foreground. In the background are 3 more women immersed in the…
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Viewing of Chrysanthemums at the Temporary Imperial Palace
Date
1888
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37 x 74 cm
Description
This triptych is a summer scene made up of mostly greens and reds. The three panels all feature groups of women. There is a lake in the background. The first panel contains a group of three women,2 standing and one crouching, in the foreground. In the background are 3 more women immersed in the flowers. In the trc os a building on an overhang. The second panel features 4 women clustered in front of large flowers. The third panel also contains 4 women. In the tlc is a gazebo of sorts with flowers all around.
Subject
group
women
activity
summer
flower viewing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.07 a-c
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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
Subject
landscape
Banff
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CiD.05.01
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1920
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
CoJ.02.04
Description
Landscape with a tree in the forground left, a spindly branched tree, and a similar shaped one 1/3 the size opposite it to the right. - there is a pond of lake behind these across the center of the frame, and gentle sloping green land further back. - blue sky on the upper 1/3 of the frame with wisp…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Orchard Valley
Date
c. 1920
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
31 x 23 cm
Description
Landscape with a tree in the forground left, a spindly branched tree, and a similar shaped one 1/3 the size opposite it to the right. - there is a pond of lake behind these across the center of the frame, and gentle sloping green land further back. - blue sky on the upper 1/3 of the frame with wisps of yellowing/grey clouds across.“A pleasant painting full of tender greens and spring blossoms, this view of an apple orchard, possibly in the Okanagan area, exhibits a moderate impasto effect. Darkest tones have been restricted to a few branches and detail in a town across the lake, suggesting the late date although Collings brushstrokes do not follow the contours of his images.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
Catalogue Number
CoJ.02.04
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1910 – 1931
Medium
graphite on paper board
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.001
Description
Landscape, tree at left from top to bottom road crossing diagonally from left to right and disappearing. Rock-like shape at top right quarter. Writing on back.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Old Road and Tree
Date
1910 – 1931
Medium
graphite on paper board
Dimensions
19.5 x 24 cm
Description
Landscape, tree at left from top to bottom road crossing diagonally from left to right and disappearing. Rock-like shape at top right quarter. Writing on back.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.001
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
prior to 1931
Medium
graphite on paper board
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.029
Description
Appears to be a coastal scene with cliffs in the forground looking out over the water, there is a few small tree here. - out on the water is a upcropping of lone rock.“A coast scene sketched from a bluff, this is in an earlier coarser style of Collings.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalo…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Berry Head
Date
prior to 1931
Medium
graphite on paper board
Dimensions
19 x 25.5 cm
Description
Appears to be a coastal scene with cliffs in the forground looking out over the water, there is a few small tree here. - out on the water is a upcropping of lone rock.“A coast scene sketched from a bluff, this is in an earlier coarser style of Collings.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.029
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Houses with Twin Trees

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
prior to 1931
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.030
Description
Scene of a house with two trees in the immediate forground to the right and left of center. - further behind is a house which fills the space between the two trees and as far as the right edge. - two windows and a door on the immediate front, and a window and door on the side.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Houses with Twin Trees
Date
prior to 1931
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
19 x 25 cm
Description
Scene of a house with two trees in the immediate forground to the right and left of center. - further behind is a house which fills the space between the two trees and as far as the right edge. - two windows and a door on the immediate front, and a window and door on the side.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.030
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