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- Byron Harmon (Banff, Alberta) 3025
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- Gadd, Ben 149
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 145
- Engler, Bruno 141
- Whyte, Catharine 122
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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.
1 image
- 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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- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.28
- Description
- Photograph of tree-planters Anne and Kent next to their tent in Invermere, British Columbia.
1 image
- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Title
- Anne and Kent
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 20” x 24” cm
- Description
- Photograph of tree-planters Anne and Kent next to their tent in Invermere, British Columbia.
- Credit
- Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.28
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Anne in her Van
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- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.30
- Description
- Photograph of Anne sitting in her van, Moh Creek, Butte Inlet, British Columbia.
1 image
- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Title
- Anne in her Van
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 20” x 24” cm
- Description
- Photograph of Anne sitting in her van, Moh Creek, Butte Inlet, British Columbia.
- Credit
- Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.30
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Banff Springs Famous Painting Copies and Train Poster
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- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 colour poster prints, paper, depicting copies of famous art pieces (previously framed and used as decorations in the Banff Springs Hotel), and one b&w poster of a steam train. Content pertains to paintings 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Vermeer and 'La Divina Commedia di Dante' b…
- Date Range
- [ca. 1945 - ca. 1965]
- 1975
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 67 to 69 O.S.
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Poster
- Part Of
- Nicholas Morant fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M300 / S20 / V500
- Sous-Fonds
- V500
- Sub-Series
- V500 / III / D / 5 : Personal Interest and Gifts
- Accession Number
- 7784
- Reference Code
- V500 / III / D / 5 / PA - 67 to 69 O.S.
- GMD
- Poster
- Responsibility
- Nicholas Morant
- Date Range
- [ca. 1945 - ca. 1965]
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 3 Posters: colour, b&w
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 2 colour poster prints, paper, depicting copies of famous art pieces (previously framed and used as decorations in the Banff Springs Hotel), and one b&w poster of a steam train. Content pertains to paintings 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Vermeer and 'La Divina Commedia di Dante' by Domenico di Michelino; also train image with faded print effect by Midwestern Rail Association.
- Notes
- Painting reprint posters were stored together in a cardboard poster tube with the following text labels on the outside: "NICHOLAS MORANT BOX 1288 BANFF, ALBERTA CANADA" "OLD BSH PRINTS. BSH HOTEL - II Bldg." "O.H.M.S. FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CANADIAN NATIONAL PARKS BRANCH OTTAWA, CANADA" 'J.C. Campbell, Esq., c/o Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta." (Handwritten): "These prints were originally exquisitely framed for use in rooms, suites and public rooms at the B.S.H." "OLD B.S.H. PRINTS includes PIX of 'II' Hotel" Train poster stored in poster tube labelled "DRAWINGS more to come (1, 2, 3)" with shipping address label: "Reed-Grove Ltd. 2111 East Avenue Rochester, New York 14610" "To Mr. + Mrs. Nichlas (sic) Morant Box 1288, Banff Alberta Canada". Customs label: "PARCEL POST CUSTOMS DECLARATION - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA QTY: 1 DETAILED LIST OF CONTENTS: DRAWINGS VALUE (US $): 10 FIRST CLASS"
- Name Access
- di Michelino, Domenico
- Vermeer
- Subject Access
- Midwestern Rail Association
- Trains
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Arts
- Painting
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Banff
- Access Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be accessed or distributed without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Reproduction Restrictions
- Items in this file are not to be reproduced without the explicit permission of their identified copyright owners.
- Language
- Latin
- Conservation
- Items must be stored flat within acid-free casing to prevent surface damage.
- Creator
- Unknown
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Bear Spirit Totem
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.31
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.31
- Description
- Grey stone, flat one side with heads of bears stacked upon each other, largest bear on one end has features both sides, sharing the mouth, all have different expressions
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bear Spirit Totem
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 7.0 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- Grey stone, flat one side with heads of bears stacked upon each other, largest bear on one end has features both sides, sharing the mouth, all have different expressions
- Subject
- mythological
- animal
- bear
- totem
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.31
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Bird Group in Caribou Antler
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.76 a-f
- Description
- Five birds fly off with wings outstretched, three birds on the ground. The ground is a part of a caribou antler. (a) Scooping portion of caribou antler 8.5x17.5, five small holes drilled into top. (b) Sitting bird, 2.5x4.6x1.4 (c) sitting bird 2.0x4.5x1.2 (d) sitting bird 1.7x4.4x1.2 (e) 20.6 l…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bird Group in Caribou Antler
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Description
- Five birds fly off with wings outstretched, three birds on the ground. The ground is a part of a caribou antler. (a) Scooping portion of caribou antler 8.5x17.5, five small holes drilled into top. (b) Sitting bird, 2.5x4.6x1.4 (c) sitting bird 2.0x4.5x1.2 (d) sitting bird 1.7x4.4x1.2 (e) 20.6 long, curved pole out of bone with 2 flying birds. Top bird has a wing span of 7.2, bottom bird 6.7 (f) 24.0 long, curbed pole out of bone with 3 flying birds. Top bird wing span 4.1, middle bird 6.7 wing span, bottom bird 3.7 wing span.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.76 a-f
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.06
- Description
- ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- The Bird Tree
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Dimensions
- 20.8 x 4.7 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.
- Subject
- figure, male
- animal
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.06
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.48
- Description
- Bear standing on all four legs. The stone it is carved out of is a black colour. The toes,ears and mouth are carved with detail. The eyes and nose are carved and then coloured with a brown colour and the mouth is carved out with teeth glued in made out of wood or ivory.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Black Bear
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone
- Dimensions
- 7.8 x 6.4 x 16.3 cm
- Description
- Bear standing on all four legs. The stone it is carved out of is a black colour. The toes,ears and mouth are carved with detail. The eyes and nose are carved and then coloured with a brown colour and the mouth is carved out with teeth glued in made out of wood or ivory.
- Subject
- bear
- black bear
- teeth
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.48
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.77 a,b
- Description
- Narwhal with interchangeable ivory tusk. Carved eyes and tail. Hole in bottom middle for wood stick which is inserted into a cone shaped green stone base.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bone Narwhal
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 1.6 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- Narwhal with interchangeable ivory tusk. Carved eyes and tail. Hole in bottom middle for wood stick which is inserted into a cone shaped green stone base.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.77 a,b
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A Bundle of Hemlocks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactgil.18.52
- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.52
- Description
- Photograph of 25 seedlings placed against a photo backdrop. Photograph taken at the tree-planting camp in Invermere, B.C.
1 image
- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Title
- A Bundle of Hemlocks
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 20” x 24” cm
- Description
- Photograph of 25 seedlings placed against a photo backdrop. Photograph taken at the tree-planting camp in Invermere, B.C.
- Credit
- Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.52
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone; ivory
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.25 a-c
- Description
- Dark green stone with grey, yellow, light green variations throughout within overall inherent cracking, caribou is lying down with all 4 legs under, head up, incised nose and mouth, eyes inlaid with ivory, on left body is an ivory inlaid walking caribou, antlers (8.5x2.5) are made of bone and inser…
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Caribou
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- stone; ivory
- Dimensions
- 18.5 x 5.0 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- Dark green stone with grey, yellow, light green variations throughout within overall inherent cracking, caribou is lying down with all 4 legs under, head up, incised nose and mouth, eyes inlaid with ivory, on left body is an ivory inlaid walking caribou, antlers (8.5x2.5) are made of bone and insert into 2 drilled holes in forehead
- Subject
- animal, caribou
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.25 a-c
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Caribou Hunt, Bird Hunt
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.11 a,b
- Description
- hunting scenes; appliqued figures; (a) Bird Hunt (46.0x69.0) white background; bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 2 hunters, pink and black, with blue weapons; one hunter pulling 2 pink fish; blue bird on black patch; tail and back legs of animal with black patch brc; blue k…
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Caribou Hunt, Bird Hunt
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Description
- hunting scenes; appliqued figures; (a) Bird Hunt (46.0x69.0) white background; bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 2 hunters, pink and black, with blue weapons; one hunter pulling 2 pink fish; blue bird on black patch; tail and back legs of animal with black patch brc; blue knit loops at each corner; (b) Caribou Hunt; (46.0x69.0) white background, bound edges; purple fabric with red and green stitching; 3 hunters, pink and black; 2 black dogs, one pulling a sled; pink caribou with arrow in shoulder, bleeding from wound and mouth; blue knit loops at each corner.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.11 a,b
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Carole and her sister Josée
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- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.34
- Description
- Photograph of two sisters, Carole and Josée with their tree-planting gear in Invermere, British Columbia.
1 image
- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Title
- Carole and her sister Josée
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 20” x 24” cm
- Description
- Photograph of two sisters, Carole and Josée with their tree-planting gear in Invermere, British Columbia.
- Credit
- Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.34
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Clearcutting with the Tree-Eater
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- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.15
- Description
- Photograph of a “tree-eater” machine clear-cutting on a mountainside in the distance. Photograph taken in Pemberton, British Columbia.
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- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Title
- Clearcutting with the Tree-Eater
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 20” x 24” cm
- Description
- Photograph of a “tree-eater” machine clear-cutting on a mountainside in the distance. Photograph taken in Pemberton, British Columbia.
- Credit
- Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.15
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Cookshack Bulletin
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- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.45
- Description
- Photograph of the Cookshack Bulletin in Princeton, British Columbia.
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- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Title
- Cookshack Bulletin
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 20” x 24” cm
- Description
- Photograph of the Cookshack Bulletin in Princeton, British Columbia.
- Credit
- Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.45
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Creekbed, Vancouver Island
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- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.02
- Description
- Photograph taken of a creekbed on Vancouver Island. Note: This photograph is the top photograph of a vertical diptych.
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- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Title
- Creekbed, Vancouver Island
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 20” x 24” cm
- Description
- Photograph taken of a creekbed on Vancouver Island. Note: This photograph is the top photograph of a vertical diptych.
- Credit
- Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.02
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Creekbed, Vancouver Island
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactgil.18.03
- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.03
- Description
- Photograph taken of a creekbed on Vancouver Island. Note: This photograph is the bottom photograph of a vertical diptych.
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- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Title
- Creekbed, Vancouver Island
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 20” x 24” cm
- Description
- Photograph taken of a creekbed on Vancouver Island. Note: This photograph is the bottom photograph of a vertical diptych.
- Credit
- Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.03
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Cut Stump on Rock
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- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.14
- Description
- Close-up photograph of a tree stump growing on a rock. Photograph taken in Bella Coola, British Columbia.
1 image
- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Title
- Cut Stump on Rock
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 20” x 24” cm
- Description
- Close-up photograph of a tree stump growing on a rock. Photograph taken in Bella Coola, British Columbia.
- Credit
- Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.14
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Dave and Tanya
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- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.36
- Description
- Photograph of two tree-planters, Dave and Tanya, posing with their gear and shovels in Invermere, British Columbia.
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- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Title
- Dave and Tanya
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 20” x 24” cm
- Description
- Photograph of two tree-planters, Dave and Tanya, posing with their gear and shovels in Invermere, British Columbia.
- Credit
- Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.36
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Dean and Millie’s Clothesline
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- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.48
- Description
- Photograph of Dean and Millie’s clothesline hanging outside of their yellow tent, Invermere, British Columbia.
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- Artist
- Lorraine Gilbert
- Title
- Dean and Millie’s Clothesline
- Date
- 1988 – 1994
- Medium
- photograph on paper
- Dimensions
- 20” x 24” cm
- Description
- Photograph of Dean and Millie’s clothesline hanging outside of their yellow tent, Invermere, British Columbia.
- Credit
- Gift of Lorraine Gilbert, Ottawa, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- GiL.18.48
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