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Canmore Mining Town

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite; charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.10

Description: General colour: black on white. Looking down at the mine. Coal carts run up from the bottom to the buildings center. Mountains and trees can be seen in the upper quarter.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Canmore Mining Town

Date: 1944

Medium: graphite; charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 37.0 cm

Description: General colour: black on white. Looking down at the mine. Coal carts run up from the bottom to the buildings center. Mountains and trees can be seen in the upper quarter.

Subject: landscape; urban; mountains; industry; coal mining

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.10

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Miners in Coal Cart

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite; charcoal on paper

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.11

Description: General colour: black on white. Three tracks of coal carts. Left one has six figures in two carts. The middle track has none but the right track has nine men in four carts. The tracks lead up from the lower right across the upper left into a group of buildings across the area. Mountains and trees c…

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Miners in Coal Cart

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite; charcoal on paper

Dimensions: 29.0 x 37.0 cm

Description: General colour: black on white. Three tracks of coal carts. Left one has six figures in two carts. The middle track has none but the right track has nine men in four carts. The tracks lead up from the lower right across the upper left into a group of buildings across the area. Mountains and trees can be seen at the top in the distance.

Subject: figure; group; landscape; mountains; industry; coal mining

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: DaK.03.11

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Rocky Mountains

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Artist: Lionel Lemoine FitzGerald (1890 – 1956, Canadian)

Date: 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: FiL.03.01

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Line drawing of nuts. Some lines in the lower half are jagged to indicate trees. In the lower right are larger marks to indicate trees. In the upper left corner, the underside of clouds are outlined.

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Artist: Lionel Lemoine FitzGerald (1890 – 1956, Canadian)

Title: Rocky Mountains

Date: 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.2 x 25.1 cm

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Line drawing of nuts. Some lines in the lower half are jagged to indicate trees. In the lower right are larger marks to indicate trees. In the upper left corner, the underside of clouds are outlined.

Subject: landscape; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: FiL.03.01

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Cathedral Mountain In Yoho

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Artist: Herbert C. Hahn (1907 – , American)

Date: 1928

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: HaH.03.02

Description: General colour: black on white. In the foreground is a lake and ten trees on the opposite shore. Beyond is a treed slope up to rocky peaks. Behind is cloudy sky.

Artist: Herbert C. Hahn (1907 – , American)

Title: Cathedral Mountain In Yoho

Date: 1928

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.3 x 25.4 cm

Description: General colour: black on white. In the foreground is a lake and ten trees on the opposite shore. Beyond is a treed slope up to rocky peaks. Behind is cloudy sky.

Subject: landscape; mountains; Cathedral mOuntain

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

Catalogue Number: HaH.03.02

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Bow Lake

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1963

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.06

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Bow Lake

Date: 1963

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 32.3 x 40.1 cm

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.06

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Untitled

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.02

Description: General colour: blue. A foreground rock cliff goes up right side from the lower corner. Center mountain face has a jagged ridge. Clouds come down to the peak at the upper right of center, edge. In the lower left corner is a distant mountain. Blue sky with one cloud fills the upper left area. There …

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1929

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 55.0 x 43.5 cm

Description: General colour: blue. A foreground rock cliff goes up right side from the lower corner. Center mountain face has a jagged ridge. Clouds come down to the peak at the upper right of center, edge. In the lower left corner is a distant mountain. Blue sky with one cloud fills the upper left area. There is also a patch of blue in the upper right corner.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.02

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Bow Glacier

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1900 – 1965

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.03

Description: General colour: white, blue, orange, green on brown. A mountain with purple, blue and orange slopes on the left. A bank of green on the right and snow and rock face above and center. Vague blue and cream shadings in the sky.

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Bow Glacier

Date: 1900 – 1965

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 24.0 x 30.4 cm

Description: General colour: white, blue, orange, green on brown. A mountain with purple, blue and orange slopes on the left. A bank of green on the right and snow and rock face above and center. Vague blue and cream shadings in the sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.03

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Where I come from cowboy, we really know how to ride horses

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Artist: D. Morrison

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: MoD.03.01

Description: Two figures on horses go to the left. Behind in the upper left corner are mountains. In the lower left corner is a sign which reads Six Glaciers Tea House 1/2 mile.

Artist: D. Morrison

Title: Where I come from cowboy, we really know how to ride horses

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 35.9 x 28.0 cm

Description: Two figures on horses go to the left. Behind in the upper left corner are mountains. In the lower left corner is a sign which reads Six Glaciers Tea House 1/2 mile.

Subject: landscape; mountain; figure, male; animal, horse; cartoon

Credit: Gift of Pat Worthington, 1974

Catalogue Number: MoD.03.01

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Corral at Banff

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.02

Description: Colour: yellow, green, red. The left side is taken up with the side of a teepee. In the background to the right is a figure with a horse by a fenced gate near a log building with a red roof. Behind are trees and a mountain and sky.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Corral at Banff

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 8.8 x 10.1 cm

Description: Colour: yellow, green, red. The left side is taken up with the side of a teepee. In the background to the right is a figure with a horse by a fenced gate near a log building with a red roof. Behind are trees and a mountain and sky.

Subject: landscape; mountain; figure, male; animal, horse

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

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.02

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Deer on Hillside

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.03

Description: Colour: brown, white, blue. Four deer make their way up to the right through a stand of popular on a snowy hill. In the background at the left side is the far hillside. The sky is yellow.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Deer on Hillside

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 8.8 x 12.0 cm

Description: Colour: brown, white, blue. Four deer make their way up to the right through a stand of popular on a snowy hill. In the background at the left side is the far hillside. The sky is yellow.

Subject: landscape; mountain; animal, deer

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

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.03

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Mount Cathedral

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.06

Description: Colour: yellow, purple, blue. Lower half is a yellow hill with good crop of rocks which slopes up from the lower left corner to half way up the right side. In the background are mountains and little white clouds. A clear sky fills the upper half.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Mount Cathedral

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 33.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: Colour: yellow, purple, blue. Lower half is a yellow hill with good crop of rocks which slopes up from the lower left corner to half way up the right side. In the background are mountains and little white clouds. A clear sky fills the upper half.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.06

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St. Nicholas Peak

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.07

Description: Colour: White and blue. The snow sided mountain peak side center, the ridges run off left and right. Above the blue sky has clouds.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: St. Nicholas Peak

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 10.6 x 12.5 cm

Description: Colour: White and blue. The snow sided mountain peak side center, the ridges run off left and right. Above the blue sky has clouds.

Subject: landscape; mountain

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

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.07

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Zunuk

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.12

Description: Colour: black and white. A pole runs up the left side. Down beside it to the right is a plant, above which is a totem figure with arms outstretched. At its base are the back views of two human figures in hats. In the lower right area are two mountain peaks meeting an empty white sky.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Zunuk

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 12.5 x 18.9 cm

Description: Colour: black and white. A pole runs up the left side. Down beside it to the right is a plant, above which is a totem figure with arms outstretched. At its base are the back views of two human figures in hats. In the lower right area are two mountain peaks meeting an empty white sky.

Subject: landscape; mountain; figure, male; lake; symbolism

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

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.12

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Tunnel Mountain

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.13

Description: Colour: blue, green, grey, yellow. The brown tops of bushes and two trees come up in the foreground from the lower left of center edge. Behind them across the bottom is a grey lake. The far shore is purple rocks with green trees. In the center behind is a grey purple hill mountain. Behind are sunli…

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Tunnel Mountain

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 18.7 x 37.0 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green, grey, yellow. The brown tops of bushes and two trees come up in the foreground from the lower left of center edge. Behind them across the bottom is a grey lake. The far shore is purple rocks with green trees. In the center behind is a grey purple hill mountain. Behind are sunlit mountains in the distance and the upper half is blue sky.

Subject: landscape; mountain; lake

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.13

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Winter Road

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: woodcut on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.16

Description: Colour: blue, white, green. A snow laden tree casting its shadow on the snow lower left, stands center. Behind run ski tracks and beyond trees. Sky fills the top third.

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Winter Road

Date: prior to 1963

Medium: woodcut on paper

Dimensions: 17.6 x 12.1 cm

Description: Colour: blue, white, green. A snow laden tree casting its shadow on the snow lower left, stands center. Behind run ski tracks and beyond trees. Sky fills the top third.

Subject: landscape; mountain; winter; activity, skiing

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969

Catalogue Number: PhW.04.16

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Foot of Three Sisters

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Artist: Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)

Date: 1968

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: PlJ.03.01

Description: General colour: black, blue, brown on grey paper. Mountains go into the distance from right to left diagonally upper to lower area. Sky is dark blue with flames of yellow on grey.

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Artist: Joseph Francis Plaskett (1918 – 2014, Canadian)

Title: Foot of Three Sisters

Date: 1968

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 49.7 x 65.9 cm

Description: General colour: black, blue, brown on grey paper. Mountains go into the distance from right to left diagonally upper to lower area. Sky is dark blue with flames of yellow on grey.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Purchased from Joseph Francis Plaskett, 1972

Catalogue Number: PlJ.03.01

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Huxley Island

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Artist: Helen Vivian Piddington (1931 – , Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: PiH.04.01

Description: Colour: grey. Two lines cross the picture one third up marking the far shore.A hill rises up on both sides - darker one on the left has a boulder in front of it. The right hill has tree markings on the top. Clear sky comes down centre from the upper edge.

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Artist: Helen Vivian Piddington (1931 – , Canadian)

Title: Huxley Island

Date: n.d.

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 21.3 x 57.8 cm

Description: Colour: grey. Two lines cross the picture one third up marking the far shore.A hill rises up on both sides - darker one on the left has a boulder in front of it. The right hill has tree markings on the top. Clear sky comes down centre from the upper edge.

Subject: landscape; mountain; ocean

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

Catalogue Number: PiH.04.01

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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.