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Approach of Night

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

Date: c. 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.11

Description: Landscape watercolour scene with horizontal coloured washes from the bottom up a green to blue to red to a blue/green yellow.

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

Title: Approach of Night

Date: c. 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper board

Dimensions: 11 x 21.5 cm

Description: Landscape watercolour scene with horizontal coloured washes from the bottom up a green to blue to red to a blue/green yellow.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.11

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Bow of Sailing Ship

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

Date: c. 1895

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.274

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

Title: Bow of Sailing Ship

Date: c. 1895

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 26 x 20 cm

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.274

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Brimsley [Brinsley?] Rough (Tree scene on back)

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

Date: c. 1900

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.317

Description: Front: a rather dark image of trees on the left and buildings on the left. Water runs between the two. brc: Brimsley [Brinsley?] RoughBack: a small dark drawing of a forest with a water or a path running through it.There is some indecipherable writing.

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

Title: Brimsley [Brinsley?] Rough (Tree scene on back)

Date: c. 1900

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 26.0 x 17.0 cm

Description: Front: a rather dark image of trees on the left and buildings on the left. Water runs between the two. brc: Brimsley [Brinsley?] RoughBack: a small dark drawing of a forest with a water or a path running through it.There is some indecipherable writing.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.317

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Cattle Roundup near Village

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

Date: c. 1897

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.57

Description: A figure on a horse moves from the left side of the image. A town sits in the centre background. The foreground is a grassy field and the upper half of the image is a cloudy sky.

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

Title: Cattle Roundup near Village

Date: c. 1897

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 18.5 x 27 cm

Description: A figure on a horse moves from the left side of the image. A town sits in the centre background. The foreground is a grassy field and the upper half of the image is a cloudy sky.

Subject: landscape; horse; figure; grass; cloud

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.57

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Chandelier and Pillar, Savoy Hotel

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

Date: c. 1895

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.270

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

Title: Chandelier and Pillar, Savoy Hotel

Date: c. 1895

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 26 x 20 cm

Subject: landscape; architecture

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.270

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Coastal Village (sailboats in anchor on back)

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

Date: c. 1900

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.312

Description: Front: a smattering of houses are along the curving cliff that runs from the brc out to middle of work. The cliff and sea is to the left.Back: a simple scene of four boats out in the water. Top third of image is sky.Some colours in writing dictating a colour scheme

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

Title: Coastal Village (sailboats in anchor on back)

Date: c. 1900

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 26.0 cm

Description: Front: a smattering of houses are along the curving cliff that runs from the brc out to middle of work. The cliff and sea is to the left.Back: a simple scene of four boats out in the water. Top third of image is sky.Some colours in writing dictating a colour scheme

Subject: landscape; water

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.312

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Couple By Seashore

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

Date: c. 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.59

Description: Two figures walk closely together on a path which leads to the ocean in the upper right side of the image. On both sides the couple is centred by grass and hill landscape.

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

Title: Couple By Seashore

Date: c. 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: Two figures walk closely together on a path which leads to the ocean in the upper right side of the image. On both sides the couple is centred by grass and hill landscape.

Subject: landscape; couple; figure; ocean; grass

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.59

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Decorative Pillars, Savoy Hotel, London

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

Date: c. 1895

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.269

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

Title: Decorative Pillars, Savoy Hotel, London

Date: c. 1895

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 26 x 20 cm

Subject: landscape; architecture

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.269

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Evening Mt. Fuji During the Upward Wind

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Date: 1895

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: ChY.04.08 a-c

Description: This triptych features four women spread across three panels with Mt. Fuji softly in the background. A stretch of bushes separated the women from the background and is mostly grey. The lone Mt. Fuji is the only background with paper tone behind it. In the first panel Mt. Fuji starts and two wome…

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Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)

Title: Evening Mt. Fuji During the Upward Wind

Date: 1895

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 37 x 72 cm

Description: This triptych features four women spread across three panels with Mt. Fuji softly in the background. A stretch of bushes separated the women from the background and is mostly grey. The lone Mt. Fuji is the only background with paper tone behind it. In the first panel Mt. Fuji starts and two women stand with their bodies facing eachother. The smaller woman is pointing at Mt. Fuji. In the second panel a woman stands in the rc, her body facing right and her head turned back to the left. She has her back to the mountain which is mostly featured in the second panel. In the third panel a woman sits on a bench facing left with her hand by her chest. A lamp is to the left of her bench. The ground the woman are on is mostly paper tone with a light wash.

Subject: figures; woman; landscape; mountain; Mt. Fuji

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

Catalogue Number: ChY.04.08 a-c

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Field, gate and shed (Rough sketch of buildings on back)

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

Date: c. 1900

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.318

Description: Front: a dilapidated building stand on the right, and a fence runs off into the distance. Most of the left of the image is field. There are buildings and trees on the horizon. Some writing details a colour scheme.Back: a very rough sketch of some cottages and buildings.

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

Title: Field, gate and shed (Rough sketch of buildings on back)

Date: c. 1900

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 15.0 x 25.0 cm

Description: Front: a dilapidated building stand on the right, and a fence runs off into the distance. Most of the left of the image is field. There are buildings and trees on the horizon. Some writing details a colour scheme.Back: a very rough sketch of some cottages and buildings.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.318

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The Fraser River at Yale BC

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Artist: Charles Jones Way (1835 – 1919, British)

Date: c. 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: WaC.05.01

Description: River winding through rocky mountains. River is calm in foreground and rougher in background. 4 figures on beach with two canoes at center right. Another figure with white pack horse on rocky outcrop above. Mountains primarily brown and grey with one snowcapped peak in distance. Trees and other shr…

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Artist: Charles Jones Way (1835 – 1919, British)

Title: The Fraser River at Yale BC

Date: c. 1900

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 52.0 x 75.5 cm

Description: River winding through rocky mountains. River is calm in foreground and rougher in background. 4 figures on beach with two canoes at center right. Another figure with white pack horse on rocky outcrop above. Mountains primarily brown and grey with one snowcapped peak in distance. Trees and other shrubbery on rocky outcrop at right and on slopes at left and center distance. “CJ (overlapping) Way YALE BC” in red at lower right. In ornately carved gold painted wood frame with glass. White tag from Masters Gallery Ltd. on back.

Subject: mountains; Fraser River; British Columbia; landscape; canoeing; horses

Credit: Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2021

Catalogue Number: WaC.05.01

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Grassy beach by the sea (beach scene on back)

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

Date: c. 1900

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.313

Description: Front: a grassy beach fills the foreground with the sea and some rocks in the background.Back: a sandy beach fills the foreground and runs into the surf. Water starts 1/3 of the way down from top.

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

Title: Grassy beach by the sea (beach scene on back)

Date: c. 1900

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 26.0 cm

Description: Front: a grassy beach fills the foreground with the sea and some rocks in the background.Back: a sandy beach fills the foreground and runs into the surf. Water starts 1/3 of the way down from top.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.313

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House and Marsh (Field scene on back)

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

Date: c. 1900

Medium: graphite on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.315

Description: Front: a very dark image of a marsh with grasses to the left and right. A farmhouse sits along the horizon on the left.Back: a very rough rendition of a fence with some houses and trees in the background. The foreground appears to be mostly grass.

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

Title: House and Marsh (Field scene on back)

Date: c. 1900

Medium: graphite on board

Dimensions: 20.0 x 26.0 cm

Description: Front: a very dark image of a marsh with grasses to the left and right. A farmhouse sits along the horizon on the left.Back: a very rough rendition of a fence with some houses and trees in the background. The foreground appears to be mostly grass.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.315

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Land’s End Study

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

Date: c. 1900

Medium: graphite on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.306

Description: A large rock is the central focus and the sea is beyond to the left.On back: writing dictating a detailed colour scheme

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

Title: Land’s End Study

Date: c. 1900

Medium: graphite on board

Dimensions: 25 x 23 cm

Description: A large rock is the central focus and the sea is beyond to the left.On back: writing dictating a detailed colour scheme

Subject: coast; landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.306

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Large Tree (Village Tower on back)

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

Date: c. 1900

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.314

Description: Front: a large leafless tree dominates the scene, with smaller trees to the right and houses and buildings along horizon line. In the front right, a stream flows towards some sheep that are grazing.Back: a rather dark rendition of a large tower (of a castle? another building?) to the left of the p…

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

Title: Large Tree (Village Tower on back)

Date: c. 1900

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 26.0 cm

Description: Front: a large leafless tree dominates the scene, with smaller trees to the right and houses and buildings along horizon line. In the front right, a stream flows towards some sheep that are grazing.Back: a rather dark rendition of a large tower (of a castle? another building?) to the left of the page.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.314

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A Little Ditty Bird

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

Date: c. 1895

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.023

Description: Drawing of a designed goblet standing fully in the center of the page. The area surrounding the goblet has been completely shaded in. The drawing au verso is a nose, ear, and hand study.“The dark background with the still darker goblet allowed Collings to achieve bright metallic-like highlights on …

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

Title: A Little Ditty Bird

Date: c. 1895

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 19 x 12.5 cm

Description: Drawing of a designed goblet standing fully in the center of the page. The area surrounding the goblet has been completely shaded in. The drawing au verso is a nose, ear, and hand study.“The dark background with the still darker goblet allowed Collings to achieve bright metallic-like highlights on the embossed goblet. Barely visible, a tiny, whimsical “Ditty” bird peaks over the lip of the cup.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath