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Vista Pass

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Artist: H. S. Davis

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: DaH.03.01

Description: General colour: black on white. A calling caribou stands at the right side in deep snow which fills lower half of the picture. In the upper left corner are two rock pinnacles. The sky is snowing.

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Artist: H. S. Davis

Title: Vista Pass

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 12.5 x 23.9 cm

Description: General colour: black on white. A calling caribou stands at the right side in deep snow which fills lower half of the picture. In the upper left corner are two rock pinnacles. The sky is snowing.

Subject: landscape; winter; caribou; mountains

Credit: Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1967

Catalogue Number: DaH.03.01

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Ruffed Grouse

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Artist: Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)

Date: 1977

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: HoR.03.02

Description: Colour: brown and black on white. The rear view of a bird whose head is turned to the right. The background is divided in two diagonally, from the upper edge left of center to two thirds down the right side. The markings on the lower section are in squares. In the upper section the markings run hor…

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Artist: Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)

Title: Ruffed Grouse

Date: 1977

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.5 x 11.5 cm

Description: Colour: brown and black on white. The rear view of a bird whose head is turned to the right. The background is divided in two diagonally, from the upper edge left of center to two thirds down the right side. The markings on the lower section are in squares. In the upper section the markings run horizontally.

Subject: animal, bird

Credit: Purchased from Robert J. Hope, 1975

Catalogue Number: HoR.03.02

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In the Wake of a Liner

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.123

Description: Scene looking back a the backwashed waves as they are dispelled back from the path of the ship.“A wave study from on board an ocean liner, this sketch is particularly significant as it documents a visit to Canada some fifteen years before Collings’ emigration and explains the immaturity of a few sk…

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: In the Wake of a Liner

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 11 x 20 cm

Description: Scene looking back a the backwashed waves as they are dispelled back from the path of the ship.“A wave study from on board an ocean liner, this sketch is particularly significant as it documents a visit to Canada some fifteen years before Collings’ emigration and explains the immaturity of a few sketches with Canadian content. “ -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1985

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.123

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Thatched Cottage

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Artist: Penny Honey Church

Date: c. 1977

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: ChP.03.01

Description: A two peaked thatched cottage dominates the picture centre right; thick foliage behind and beside; a thin branched tree is top right; bottom left is a gnarled, thick trunked tree with foliage on top; top left of picture is clear sky.

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Artist: Penny Honey Church

Title: Thatched Cottage

Date: c. 1977

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 25.6 x 32.7 cm

Description: A two peaked thatched cottage dominates the picture centre right; thick foliage behind and beside; a thin branched tree is top right; bottom left is a gnarled, thick trunked tree with foliage on top; top left of picture is clear sky.

Subject: architecture; West Indies

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

Catalogue Number: ChP.03.01

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First Time Bean Pods

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Artist: Ito Sojun

Date: 1885 – 1885

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: SoI.03.01

Description: This drawing features a branch which extends from the blc, starting as one branch, and reaches into the tr side of the work where it branches into three grouping of leaves. The leaves are a black ink wash. Green ink is used to depict bean pods which are growing underneath the leaves closer to the…

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Artist: Ito Sojun

Title: First Time Bean Pods

Date: 1885 – 1885

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 32.0 x 33.5 cm

Description: This drawing features a branch which extends from the blc, starting as one branch, and reaches into the tr side of the work where it branches into three grouping of leaves. The leaves are a black ink wash. Green ink is used to depict bean pods which are growing underneath the leaves closer to the bottom of the branch.

Subject: botanical; bean pods

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

Catalogue Number: SoI.03.01

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Untitled [Cucumber, Its Flower, Vine, Leaf]

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Artist: Ito Sojun

Date: 1887 – 1887

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: SoI.03.02

Description: This drawing features a cucumber, and it vine with leaves. There is a slight green tint at the top of the Cucumber, and a yellow colour for one of its flowers. The vine starts in the trc of the paper and slopes to the blc.

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Artist: Ito Sojun

Title: Untitled [Cucumber, Its Flower, Vine, Leaf]

Date: 1887 – 1887

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 21.0 x 35.0 cm

Description: This drawing features a cucumber, and it vine with leaves. There is a slight green tint at the top of the Cucumber, and a yellow colour for one of its flowers. The vine starts in the trc of the paper and slopes to the blc.

Subject: botanical; cucumber

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

Catalogue Number: SoI.03.02

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Ink Leaves

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Artist: Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku

Date: 1883 – 1883

Medium: drawing on paper

Catalogue Number: KiO.03.01

Description: an ink wash drawing of four leaves. There are 2 different types of leaves, one type with a stem and many branches; the other with a stem down the middle and two sides. There is writing along the rs.

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Artist: Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku

Title: Ink Leaves

Date: 1883 – 1883

Medium: drawing on paper

Dimensions: 32.5 x 35.5 cm

Description: an ink wash drawing of four leaves. There are 2 different types of leaves, one type with a stem and many branches; the other with a stem down the middle and two sides. There is writing along the rs.

Subject: botanical; leaves

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

Catalogue Number: KiO.03.01

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Untitled [Leaves and Flower]

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Artist: Ito Sojun

Date: 1887 – 1887

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: SoI.03.03

Description: This drawing features a curious looking portion of a plant. It extends with soft lines from the brc to the tlc. At the top of this extended branch is a dark pointy leaf, and under this leaf is a branch of blossoms with pale yellow centers.

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Artist: Ito Sojun

Title: Untitled [Leaves and Flower]

Date: 1887 – 1887

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 32.2 cm

Description: This drawing features a curious looking portion of a plant. It extends with soft lines from the brc to the tlc. At the top of this extended branch is a dark pointy leaf, and under this leaf is a branch of blossoms with pale yellow centers.

Subject: Botanical

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

Catalogue Number: SoI.03.03

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Young Willow Branches - Moon Crescent

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Artist: Takada Kakushu

Date: 1881

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: KaD.03.01

Description: Willow branches fall into the page from the top edge, and one of these branches stretches all the way to the bottom center of the page. Through the leaves a crescent moon is visible.

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Artist: Takada Kakushu

Title: Young Willow Branches - Moon Crescent

Date: 1881

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 32 x 35 cm

Description: Willow branches fall into the page from the top edge, and one of these branches stretches all the way to the bottom center of the page. Through the leaves a crescent moon is visible.

Subject: botanical; willow branches; landscape; moon

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

Catalogue Number: KaD.03.01

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Untitled [Insect and Basket]

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Artist: Hobun Tani

Date: 1887 – 1887

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: TaH.03.01

Description: A brown insect with long antenna’s is inside of a basket. The basket has four sides with lines going across to form a trap of sorts and is quite tall. There are green leaves around the basket, with little blue flowers or berries on them.

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Artist: Hobun Tani

Title: Untitled [Insect and Basket]

Date: 1887 – 1887

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 33.0 x 35.0 cm

Description: A brown insect with long antenna’s is inside of a basket. The basket has four sides with lines going across to form a trap of sorts and is quite tall. There are green leaves around the basket, with little blue flowers or berries on them.

Subject: still life; basket; insect; leaves

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

Catalogue Number: TaH.03.01

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Untitled [Emblem]

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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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Untitled [two egg plants]

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Artist: Umehala Kolyo

Date: 1884 – 1884

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: KoU.03.01

Description: an ink drawing featuring two eggplants which are both shaded in darkly, and one line drawing of a marrow vegetable. This line drawn vegetable is placed behind the largest eggplant. The drawing is set towards the bottom right of the paper. A 9cm x approx. 9cm piece is torn from the bottom right c…

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Artist: Umehala Kolyo

Title: Untitled [two egg plants]

Date: 1884 – 1884

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 32.5 x 34.5 cm

Description: an ink drawing featuring two eggplants which are both shaded in darkly, and one line drawing of a marrow vegetable. This line drawn vegetable is placed behind the largest eggplant. The drawing is set towards the bottom right of the paper. A 9cm x approx. 9cm piece is torn from the bottom right corner.

Subject: still life; vegetables; eggplant

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

Catalogue Number: KoU.03.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Unknown

Date: c. 1880

Medium: drawing on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.15

Description: on a rather square piece of thin rice paper is a small shape approx. 5cm x 5cm. It sits to the centre right of the page and centre bottom. The shape in unidentifiable, and is made of of 2 types of brush strokes. The ‘body’ of the shape has thick brush strokes that move inward. the top of the sh…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Untitled

Date: c. 1880

Medium: drawing on paper

Dimensions: 32.0 x 35.0 cm

Description: on a rather square piece of thin rice paper is a small shape approx. 5cm x 5cm. It sits to the centre right of the page and centre bottom. The shape in unidentifiable, and is made of of 2 types of brush strokes. The ‘body’ of the shape has thick brush strokes that move inward. the top of the shape is a thin solid line that sits on top of the shape. On top of this line is a small triangle. On the bottom left of the shape a small strait line juts out, and curves a little at the bottom

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

Catalogue Number: UnK.03.15

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Ink Drawing

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink

Catalogue Number: Wy?.03.157

Description: Japanese ink drawing featuring a mixed composition of horizontally lain sticks, circular leaves, and a upright Baby’s Breath on the right side.

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Ink Drawing

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink

Dimensions: 31.7 x 33.5 cm

Description: Japanese ink drawing featuring a mixed composition of horizontally lain sticks, circular leaves, and a upright Baby’s Breath on the right side.