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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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Wenkchemna Meadows

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

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.09

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

Title: Wenkchemna Meadows

Date: 1936

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 54.0 x 37.0 cm

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.09

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Kananaskis Range

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Artist: David Pugh (1946 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: PhD.03.01

Description: A lake with sandbar is in the foreground. Drawing is dominated by a mountain range from centre left to right.

Artist: David Pugh (1946 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Kananaskis Range

Date: 1981

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.3 x 35 cm

Description: A lake with sandbar is in the foreground. Drawing is dominated by a mountain range from centre left to right.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

Credit: Purchased from Mira Godard Gallery, Gallery, 1981

Catalogue Number: PhD.03.01

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Untitled

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.24

Description: A woman in a hat is standing on the shore of a lake. The painting is dominated by Mount Assiniboine in the background under a deep blue sky.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1969

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 12.7 x 18.0 cm

Description: A woman in a hat is standing on the shore of a lake. The painting is dominated by Mount Assiniboine in the background under a deep blue sky.

Subject: figure; woman; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.24

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Before the White Man Came

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.30

Description: The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Before the White Man Came

Date: 1969

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 11.3 x 16.3 cm

Description: The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.

Subject: animal, buffalo; landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; foothills

Credit: Gift of Unknown, 1978

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.30

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Untitled

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.31

Description: The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd concentrated to the right in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1969

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 23.0 x 28.0 cm

Description: The painting is dominated by a large bison midcentre left grazing in a herd concentrated to the right in the foothills. The mountains are behind under a dark blue and yellow sky.

Subject: animal; buffalo; landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; foothills

Credit: Gift of Unknown, 1978

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.31

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Mountain

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Artist: James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: SpJ.03.02

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Artist: James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)

Title: Mountain

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 29.0 cm

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of James Spencer, 1980

Catalogue Number: SpJ.03.02

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Mountain

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Artist: James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: SpJ.03.01

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Artist: James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)

Title: Mountain

Date: 1979

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 22.5 cm

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of James Spencer, 1980

Catalogue Number: SpJ.03.01

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Untitled (Still Life of Vases)

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Artist: Ross Turner

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: TuR.05.01

Description: A still life of various sized ceramic pots. The pots appear as if to have a blue ink or glaze dripping down their sides. Between three large vases is a smaller one with a lid. A small ceramic bird sits in front of it.

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Artist: Ross Turner

Title: Untitled (Still Life of Vases)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 35.0 x 51.0 cm

Description: A still life of various sized ceramic pots. The pots appear as if to have a blue ink or glaze dripping down their sides. Between three large vases is a smaller one with a lid. A small ceramic bird sits in front of it.

Subject: Still life; vases

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

Catalogue Number: TuR.05.01

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Untitled

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1967

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.36

Description: Merry Xmas & Happy New Year from Simpsons Banff 1967-8

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1967

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 7.6 x 13.4 cm

Description: Merry Xmas & Happy New Year from Simpsons Banff 1967-8

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.36

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Untitled

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1968

Medium: watercolour on heavy paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.35

Description: Xmas greetings from one lot of friends, to another lot of friends. JS. & Family

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1968

Medium: watercolour on heavy paper

Dimensions: 8.9 x 17.8 cm

Description: Xmas greetings from one lot of friends, to another lot of friends. JS. & Family

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.35

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Canadian Rockies

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1966

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.34

Description: Merry Xmas & Happy New Year from Mr. & Mrs. J. Simpson Sr. 1966-7.

Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Canadian Rockies

Date: 1966

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 11.0 cm

Description: Merry Xmas & Happy New Year from Mr. & Mrs. J. Simpson Sr. 1966-7.

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.34

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Untitled

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1961

Medium: watercolour on heavy paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.33

Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1961

Medium: watercolour on heavy paper

Dimensions: 8.8 x 17.8 cm

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.33

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Untitled

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1949

Medium: watercolour on heavy paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.32

Description: A Gift for You card To Catharine & Pete from Jim & Billie S 1949

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1949

Medium: watercolour on heavy paper

Dimensions: 14.7 x 19.5 cm

Description: A Gift for You card To Catharine & Pete from Jim & Billie S 1949

Subject: landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.32

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Fish Houses

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Artist: Stanley Wingate Woodward (1890 – 1970, American)

Date: 1929

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WoS.03.02

Description: Robb on back of frame, so was possibly purchased by Catharine before her marriage (1930) or was purchased by Catharine's mother, Edith Morse Robb.

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Artist: Stanley Wingate Woodward (1890 – 1970, American)

Title: Fish Houses

Date: 1929

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 24.0 x 18.8 cm

Description: Robb on back of frame, so was possibly purchased by Catharine before her marriage (1930) or was purchased by Catharine's mother, Edith Morse Robb.