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An Awkward Juxtaposition

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Artist: Unknown

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.11

Description: A man wearing a dark jacket, white pants, a hat down over his eyes, a cane and a cigarette in a long holder, stands facing left under a sign which reads Curios.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: An Awkward Juxtaposition

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.8 x 20.2 cm

Description: A man wearing a dark jacket, white pants, a hat down over his eyes, a cane and a cigarette in a long holder, stands facing left under a sign which reads Curios.

Subject: figure, male; cartoon

Credit: Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.11

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Untitled

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Artist: Unknown

Date: n.d.

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.09

Description: Colour: blue, orange on brown; a boy, seated, wears a blue hat and jacket, an orange scarf and pants with stripes on them; his shadow falls to the right.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled

Date: n.d.

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 50.0 x 30.0 cm

Description: Colour: blue, orange on brown; a boy, seated, wears a blue hat and jacket, an orange scarf and pants with stripes on them; his shadow falls to the right.

Subject: portrait, boy

Credit: Gift of H. (Mrs.) T. Montgomery, Banff, 1965

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.09

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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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Untitled [Two Ducks]

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Artist: Unknown

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink and colour on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.08

Description: Colour: brown, green, purple on white; two ducks in the lower right corner; the male faces left and has his head up; the female hides behind facing out.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled [Two Ducks]

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink and colour on paper

Dimensions: 27.0 x 24.0 cm

Description: Colour: brown, green, purple on white; two ducks in the lower right corner; the male faces left and has his head up; the female hides behind facing out.

Subject: animal, bird; duck

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.08

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Untitled

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1976

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.12

Description: Colour: black and brown on white. Head and shoulders of a man looking right. His hair is in long braids.

Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled

Date: prior to 1976

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 61.0 x 48.0 cm

Description: Colour: black and brown on white. Head and shoulders of a man looking right. His hair is in long braids.

Subject: portrait; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1976

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.12

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Neolithic Age

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1899

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.06

Description: Colour: black on white; a wounded bison with three arrows in his side and blood coming out of his mouth, kneels in the center of the picture;to the left and right are large leafless trees; a huge sun sits halfway on the horizon of rolling hills; in the background to the right, six figures with stic…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Neolithic Age

Date: 1899

Medium: ink; graphite on paper

Dimensions: 10.7 x 18.4 cm

Description: Colour: black on white; a wounded bison with three arrows in his side and blood coming out of his mouth, kneels in the center of the picture;to the left and right are large leafless trees; a huge sun sits halfway on the horizon of rolling hills; in the background to the right, six figures with sticks run up from behind a tree; to the left, in the background are two bears.

Subject: animal, buffalo; hunting

Credit: Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1970

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.06

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Untitled

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Artist: Unknown

Date: prior to 1975

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.08

Description: Colour: black on white. The head and upper torso of a man looking to the right. He wears a large headdress of feathers, a buckskin jacket with a decorative pattern on the sleeve, and a medallion on his chest.

Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled

Date: prior to 1975

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 15.8 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. The head and upper torso of a man looking to the right. He wears a large headdress of feathers, a buckskin jacket with a decorative pattern on the sleeve, and a medallion on his chest.

Subject: portrait, male; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.08

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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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Animalia Capillary

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1988

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.21

Description: Twelve sketches of animals, each washed with a single colour watercolour.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Animalia Capillary

Date: 1988

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 37.2 x 17.9 cm

Description: Twelve sketches of animals, each washed with a single colour watercolour.

Subject: animals, whimsey

Credit: Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.21

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Untitled

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Artist: Unknown

Date: c. 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.10

Description: Colourful flowers encircle a small rural scene. In this scene, farm buildings are to the left of a road. A small child sits against a fence lining the road. A man stands on the road in front of the child. A large, leafy tree extends up and out of the scene.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled

Date: c. 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 32.4 cm

Description: Colourful flowers encircle a small rural scene. In this scene, farm buildings are to the left of a road. A small child sits against a fence lining the road. A man stands on the road in front of the child. A large, leafy tree extends up and out of the scene.

Subject: still life; botanical; flowers; architecture; rural; figures; male, child

Credit: Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.10

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Untitled

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Artist: Unknown

Date: c. 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.11

Description: A still life of flowers.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled

Date: c. 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 32.4 cm

Description: A still life of flowers.

Subject: still life; botanical; flowers

Credit: Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.11

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Watercolour Painting

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1830

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.27

Description: Botanical still life painting of a peach and grapes surrounded by green and orange foliage.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Watercolour Painting

Date: 1830

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 24.0 x 26.0 cm

Description: Botanical still life painting of a peach and grapes surrounded by green and orange foliage.

Subject: botanical; still life; food; fruit

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.27

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Watercolour Painting

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Artist: Unknown

Date: c. 1830

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.28

Description: Botanical still life painting depicting an insect, likely a butterfly or moth, flying next to a white and yellow flower. The flower’s bloms are long and skinny with a bell shape at the end. The foliage is a rich green colour. The insect has blue and white wings with a black and yellow body. The bac…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Watercolour Painting

Date: c. 1830

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 9.0 x 13.0 cm

Description: Botanical still life painting depicting an insect, likely a butterfly or moth, flying next to a white and yellow flower. The flower’s bloms are long and skinny with a bell shape at the end. The foliage is a rich green colour. The insect has blue and white wings with a black and yellow body. The back has multiple inscriptions. Due to the hand, it is a bit difficult to read. “M. G. Le???d??”“February 4th, 1852”“M. G. L??????” “To E. Anderson”

Subject: botanical; still life; flower; insect

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.28

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Watercolour Painting

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Artist: Unknown

Date: c. 1830

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.29

Description: Botanical still life on a beige toned card with rounded corners. The flowers are central, showing blooms of red, yellow, pink and blue with bright green foliage. There are two colurs of paint marks in the top left corner.The back has multiple inscriptions. Due to the hand, it is a bit difficult to …

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Watercolour Painting

Date: c. 1830

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 9.0 x 13.0 cm

Description: Botanical still life on a beige toned card with rounded corners. The flowers are central, showing blooms of red, yellow, pink and blue with bright green foliage. There are two colurs of paint marks in the top left corner.The back has multiple inscriptions. Due to the hand, it is a bit difficult to read. “From Mary G L????de?”“To Lizzy Anderson”In blue ink or paint:“TO MARY”Listed in pencil:“Pilgrimage”“Matrimony”“Courtship”?“Novice”