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Innesbruck M. Theresienstrasse

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Artist: Unknown

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on cloth

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.02

Description: A street scene in Innesbruck, Austria. Blue sky across top of picture, purple mountain range with some snow and a smaller green mountain backdrops the street scene. A tall statue is in the centre of the street.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Innesbruck M. Theresienstrasse

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on cloth

Dimensions: 17.0 x 20.3 cm

Description: A street scene in Innesbruck, Austria. Blue sky across top of picture, purple mountain range with some snow and a smaller green mountain backdrops the street scene. A tall statue is in the centre of the street.

Subject: architecture, urban; mountains; landscape

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.02

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Old Banff Springs Hotel

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Artist: Unknown

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on wood

Catalogue Number: UnK.02.11

Description: A painting on a solid piece of wood of the early Banff Springs Hotel, probably 1888 circa. The Bow River runs in the left foreground of picture. It is a realistic painting of the mountains, Sulphur, Goat and the back of Rundle. The colours are darkish greens, blue river, the sky is yellowish (the …

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Old Banff Springs Hotel

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on wood

Dimensions: 37.3 x 115.2 cm

Description: A painting on a solid piece of wood of the early Banff Springs Hotel, probably 1888 circa. The Bow River runs in the left foreground of picture. It is a realistic painting of the mountains, Sulphur, Goat and the back of Rundle. The colours are darkish greens, blue river, the sky is yellowish (the sky looks unfinished).

Subject: landscape; Banff Springs Hotel; Canadian Rockies; architecture; river

Credit: Purchased from Thomas N. Lackey, Halifax, 1983

Catalogue Number: UnK.02.11

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Cascade

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1988

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.05.03

Description: The mountain, a realistic rendering of Cascade Mountain in Banff National Park, is light blue and grey, covers most of the picture, cloudy sky top edge, foreground left is a road, to the right of road is a clump of yellow trees among some evergreens and grasses

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Cascade

Date: 1988

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 42.2 x 58.1 cm

Description: The mountain, a realistic rendering of Cascade Mountain in Banff National Park, is light blue and grey, covers most of the picture, cloudy sky top edge, foreground left is a road, to the right of road is a clump of yellow trees among some evergreens and grasses

Subject: landscape; mountain; Cascade Mountain

Credit: Gift of Janet Holly Middleton, Banff, 1991

Catalogue Number: MiJ.05.03

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Bow Lake, Crowfoot Glacier

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1977

Medium: serigraph on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.02

Description: The lake covers the foreground, 2 evergreen trees in br. The glacier is centre top with mountains both sides

Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake, Crowfoot Glacier

Date: prior to 1977

Medium: serigraph on paper

Dimensions: 13.9 x 29.1 cm

Description: The lake covers the foreground, 2 evergreen trees in br. The glacier is centre top with mountains both sides

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Bow Lake; Crowfoot Glacier

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

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.02

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Mount Assiniboine

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1971

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.05.01

Description: General colour: white and grey with yellow and tints of purple and green. At the right side stands a yellow tree with snow down it's right side. At the bottom left side is a lake, frozen clear, the trees and mountains beyond are reflected in it. Two snowy peaks give way to grey sky.

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Mount Assiniboine

Date: 1971

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 35.2 x 54.3 cm

Description: General colour: white and grey with yellow and tints of purple and green. At the right side stands a yellow tree with snow down it's right side. At the bottom left side is a lake, frozen clear, the trees and mountains beyond are reflected in it. Two snowy peaks give way to grey sky.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Mount Assiniboine

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

Catalogue Number: MiJ.05.01

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Bow Lake, Crowfoot Glacier

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1970

Medium: serigraph on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.01

Description: General colour: blues, greens, purple. The lower half is a white and turquoise green, winter lake with two trees in the lower right corner. The upper half is mountains, three peaks, and a pass. The sky is grey green.

Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake, Crowfoot Glacier

Date: prior to 1970

Medium: serigraph on paper

Dimensions: 13.9 x 29.1 cm

Description: General colour: blues, greens, purple. The lower half is a white and turquoise green, winter lake with two trees in the lower right corner. The upper half is mountains, three peaks, and a pass. The sky is grey green.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: MiJ.04.01

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Untitled [Moon through Branches]

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Artist: Unknown

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink and colour on silk; paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.09

Description: Colour: black; green; white; two branches of a tree in bloom across the lower left corner in front of a huge full moon.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled [Moon through Branches]

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink and colour on silk; paper

Dimensions: 27.0 x 24.0 cm

Description: Colour: black; green; white; two branches of a tree in bloom across the lower left corner in front of a huge full moon.

Subject: landscape; night time

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.09

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Small lake in Mountains

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1978

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.13

Description: A pencil drawing of a small lake in the foreground, the immediate foreground is marshy and some trees, this surrounds the lake; mountains in background; a few clouds indicated. A small brass plaque with the drawing reads: To Lillian Gest In Appreciation The Lake O'Hara Trails Club 1979.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Small lake in Mountains

Date: 1978

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.5; 26.7 x 26.7; 32.1 cm

Description: A pencil drawing of a small lake in the foreground, the immediate foreground is marshy and some trees, this surrounds the lake; mountains in background; a few clouds indicated. A small brass plaque with the drawing reads: To Lillian Gest In Appreciation The Lake O'Hara Trails Club 1979.

Subject: landscape; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.13

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Watermill and Waterfall

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Artist: Unknown

Date: c. 1930

Medium: ink and colour on silk; card

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.03

Description: A watermill is in top right of picture, a stone basement, wooden building with a large waterwheel, a waterfall comes tumbling down from wheel; a grassy slope is in the foreground, lake in foreground; a waterfall tumbles down from left top of picture; the paper is gold trimmed; the foldover paper pr…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Watermill and Waterfall

Date: c. 1930

Medium: ink and colour on silk; card

Dimensions: 27.2 x 24.1 cm

Description: A watermill is in top right of picture, a stone basement, wooden building with a large waterwheel, a waterfall comes tumbling down from wheel; a grassy slope is in the foreground, lake in foreground; a waterfall tumbles down from left top of picture; the paper is gold trimmed; the foldover paper presentation cover has Japanese writing: Square Paper for Drawing/painting (translation by Maskao Tani, 8/86). A business card was enclosed in the case: printed: Tsunejiro Miyaoka; handwritten: To Mr. Jack White with kind remembrances, Banff.July 24th 1935.

Subject: landscape; waterfall

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.03

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Kabuki Theatre Poster

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Artist: Unknown

Date: n.d.

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.08

Description: Small Kabuki Theatre Poster. A Man stands with legs far apart leaning back far to the right with his body and face facing left. He holds an umbrella that is cropped off by the edge of the print. He stands on a green ground. The backgroung is dark and features an almost black sky, a darkbrown hi…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Kabuki Theatre Poster

Date: n.d.

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 24.5 x 18.5 cm

Description: Small Kabuki Theatre Poster. A Man stands with legs far apart leaning back far to the right with his body and face facing left. He holds an umbrella that is cropped off by the edge of the print. He stands on a green ground. The backgroung is dark and features an almost black sky, a darkbrown hill, a small blue mountain, and a river. There are 2 text panels down the left side. Translator of print commented : Drawn by: Ichi bai tei(?), sai(?) ho. In images of the floating world Ichibaishi is also known as Yoshimine.