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Alpine Flower (Epilobium palustre or Epilobium ciliatum?)

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.26
Description
A single plant fills most of the paper; a thin stem from which emanates many smaller stems with leaves; small pink flowers and buds top the stems.
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Alpine Flower (Epilobium palustre or Epilobium ciliatum?)
Date
1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 18.0 cm
Description
A single plant fills most of the paper; a thin stem from which emanates many smaller stems with leaves; small pink flowers and buds top the stems.
Subject
botanical
flower
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.26
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Anemone parviflora (Alpine Anenome)

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1885 – 1905
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.24
Description
Two plants with brown roots; large leaves; a white flower with yellow bud.
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Anemone parviflora (Alpine Anenome)
Date
1885 – 1905
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.0 x 15.0 cm
Description
Two plants with brown roots; large leaves; a white flower with yellow bud.
Subject
botanical
flower
anenome
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.24
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Anemone patens (Prairie Crocus)

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1906
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.22
Description
A single plant and 2 cuttings, light purple flowers in various stages.
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Anemone patens (Prairie Crocus)
Date
1906
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 17.5 cm
Description
A single plant and 2 cuttings, light purple flowers in various stages.
Subject
botanical
flower
Credit
Gift of Leonard Leacock, 1968
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.22
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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi [Bear Berry]

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1904
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.35
Description
A stem with spoon-shaped green leaves, two bunches of round red berries, and small bunches of urn shaped white flowers with pink tips. Date and artist monogram are in the BRC. Written on verso in pencil is [alpina?] from Field. Flowers last of May. Fruit July or August + beautiful red leaves.” at t…
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi [Bear Berry]
Date
1904
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.0 x 16.5 cm
Description
A stem with spoon-shaped green leaves, two bunches of round red berries, and small bunches of urn shaped white flowers with pink tips. Date and artist monogram are in the BRC. Written on verso in pencil is [alpina?] from Field. Flowers last of May. Fruit July or August + beautiful red leaves.” at the top and “arctostaphylos uva-urs: at bottom.
Subject
bearberry
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1969
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.35
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Aster bigelovii (Purple Tansy Aster)

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.04
Description
A single, thick brown stem with long green bracted leaves, is topped with a cluster of purple flowers with yellow centres.
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Aster bigelovii (Purple Tansy Aster)
Date
1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 17.5 cm
Description
A single, thick brown stem with long green bracted leaves, is topped with a cluster of purple flowers with yellow centres.
Subject
botanical
flower
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.04
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Aster foliaceus (Leafy Aster)

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.18
Description
A thick green stem comes from the centre bottom of painting spreading out near the top with smaller stems which have delicate yellow and pink flowers; 6 yellow centers with pink fringes; others are pink buds.
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Aster foliaceus (Leafy Aster)
Date
1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 17.5 cm
Description
A thick green stem comes from the centre bottom of painting spreading out near the top with smaller stems which have delicate yellow and pink flowers; 6 yellow centers with pink fringes; others are pink buds.
Subject
botanical
flower
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.18
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Artist
Takao Tanabe (1926 – , Canadian)
Date
1979
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Catalogue Number
TaT.12.01
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Artist
Takao Tanabe (1926 – , Canadian)
Title
Autumn Foothills
Date
1979
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
109.00 x 228.6 cm
Subject
landscape
foothills
prairies
Credit
Gift of Canada Council, Ottawa, 1979
Catalogue Number
TaT.12.01
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Artist
Unknown
Date
later than 1900
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.04
Description
A realistic rendering of a walking grizzly bear. His head is turned slightly to the left. Open mouth shows white teeth and a pink tongue.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Bear
Date
later than 1900
Dimensions
13.0 x 8.0 x 24.0 cm
Description
A realistic rendering of a walking grizzly bear. His head is turned slightly to the left. Open mouth shows white teeth and a pink tongue.
Subject
amimal, bear
grizzly bear
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.04
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Artist
Unknown
Date
c. 1910
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.36
Description
A wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Bighorn Sheep
Date
c. 1910
Dimensions
14.5 x 16.0 cm
Description
A wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
Subject
animal
Bighorn Sheep
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.36
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1900 – 1925
Medium
watercolour; gouache on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.04
Description
Blue god or demon surrounded in flames, over nude figure; flames and border rust coloured; 5/ on back. CRW purchased it in Katmandu, Nepal in Autumn of 1970, approx. a month long trip which included Langtang Valley trek.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Buddhist Icon
Date
1900 – 1925
Medium
watercolour; gouache on paper
Dimensions
8.4 x 6.6 cm
Description
Blue god or demon surrounded in flames, over nude figure; flames and border rust coloured; 5/ on back. CRW purchased it in Katmandu, Nepal in Autumn of 1970, approx. a month long trip which included Langtang Valley trek.
Subject
figure, male
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.05.04
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Campanula rotundifolia (Harebells)

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.17
Description
Six purple flowers hang from tops of long green stems; buds and small leaves on stems; brown root and a cluster of green leaves at stem end.
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Campanula rotundifolia (Harebells)
Date
1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 17.5 cm
Description
Six purple flowers hang from tops of long green stems; buds and small leaves on stems; brown root and a cluster of green leaves at stem end.
Subject
botanical
flower
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.17
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Charge of a Buffalo Cow

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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
watercolour; gouache on paper
Catalogue Number
StS.05.01
Description
General colour: yellow tan, brown, with some black, white, red and orange. Mid-centre and viewer’s right is a charging bison. Above and behind it is a spotted horse and a rider who is spearing the bison. On the left side are three small red buffalo with orange centres decreasing in size, smallest b…
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
Charge of a Buffalo Cow
Date
1971
Medium
watercolour; gouache on paper
Dimensions
45.5 x 61.0 cm
Description
General colour: yellow tan, brown, with some black, white, red and orange. Mid-centre and viewer’s right is a charging bison. Above and behind it is a spotted horse and a rider who is spearing the bison. On the left side are three small red buffalo with orange centres decreasing in size, smallest being at the top. There is another small red bison with an orange centre in the upper right area.Au verso: CHARGE OF A BUFFALO COW - SARAIN STUMP - 1971
Subject
animal, horse
buffalo
figure, male
hunting
Credit
Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 1974
Catalogue Number
StS.05.01
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
StS.05.02
Description
General colour: grey green. A man, wearing only a blue loin cloth and two feathers in his braided hair grips the neck of another man who kneels to the right of him. A ghost image of a bear grasping a bison is slightly superimposed on top of them. There is a horizon line of white figures - four to e…
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
The Contest
Date
1970
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26.1 x 37.5 cm
Description
General colour: grey green. A man, wearing only a blue loin cloth and two feathers in his braided hair grips the neck of another man who kneels to the right of him. A ghost image of a bear grasping a bison is slightly superimposed on top of them. There is a horizon line of white figures - four to each side of the central image.Au verso: “THE CONTEST” tlhc “436” encircled, rhtc “K.6” (remaining number hidden by archival tape)brhc “12” encircled, below “30” encircled
Subject
animal, bear, buffalo
figure, group
mythological
Credit
Purchased from Archives of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1970
Catalogue Number
StS.05.02
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Cutting Out The Stragglers

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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1996
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.05
Description
Three wolves have singled out one bison from a herd and are making an attack. The rest of the herd are running from the right side of the image to the left. The ground is covered in snow and blue in colour. The wolves have a yellow colour intergrated with brown in their fur. In the distance are tre…
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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Cutting Out The Stragglers
Date
prior to 1996
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
60.9 x 121.9 cm
Description
Three wolves have singled out one bison from a herd and are making an attack. The rest of the herd are running from the right side of the image to the left. The ground is covered in snow and blue in colour. The wolves have a yellow colour intergrated with brown in their fur. In the distance are trees, bison and a few more wolves.
Subject
animal
wolf
buffalo
landscape
Canadian
activity
hunting
Credit
Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.05
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Cypripedium calceolus (Yellow Lady's Slipper)

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1906
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.21
Description
A single plant with brown root, broad, long green leaves with a yellow flower at the top.
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Cypripedium calceolus (Yellow Lady's Slipper)
Date
1906
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 17.5 cm
Description
A single plant with brown root, broad, long green leaves with a yellow flower at the top.
Subject
botanical
flower
Lady’s Slipper
Credit
Gift of Leonard Leacock, 1968
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.21
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Epilobium ciliatum glandulosum (Fringed Willowherb)

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.10
Description
One thick brown stem at the centre bottom unfurls into numerous stems covered with green leaves and a few delicate light pink/purple flowers at the topRe: au verso: tlc E. Davuricum (not MS’s writing) a circled 3, Epilobium davuricumaccording to Jennifer Royale March 2016 this is Epilobium ciliatu…
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Epilobium ciliatum glandulosum (Fringed Willowherb)
Date
1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 18.0 cm
Description
One thick brown stem at the centre bottom unfurls into numerous stems covered with green leaves and a few delicate light pink/purple flowers at the topRe: au verso: tlc E. Davuricum (not MS’s writing) a circled 3, Epilobium davuricumaccording to Jennifer Royale March 2016 this is Epilobium ciliatum glandulosum (Fringed Willowherb)
Subject
botanical
flower
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.10
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Epilobium glaberrimum (Smooth Willowherb)

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.14
Description
A complete plant with roots, stem and flowers; light pink/purple flowers.
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Epilobium glaberrimum (Smooth Willowherb)
Date
1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 17.7 cm
Description
A complete plant with roots, stem and flowers; light pink/purple flowers.
Subject
botanical
flower
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.14
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Epilobium halleanum (Hall's Willowherb)

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.05
Description
Four pink flowers top long green stems coming from one stem. Leaves are light green, broad, and bracted.Re: au verso: tlc Epilobium coloratum according to Jennifer Royale March 2016 this is Epiobium Halleanum common name Hall’s Willowherb.
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Epilobium halleanum (Hall's Willowherb)
Date
1903
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 18.0 cm
Description
Four pink flowers top long green stems coming from one stem. Leaves are light green, broad, and bracted.Re: au verso: tlc Epilobium coloratum according to Jennifer Royale March 2016 this is Epiobium Halleanum common name Hall’s Willowherb.
Subject
botanical
flower
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.05
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Lobelia kalmii (Brook Lobelia)

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1888
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.28
Description
A delicate painting of long green stems and long, thin leaves; with small purple flowers near top.
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Lobelia kalmii (Brook Lobelia)
Date
1888
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.5 x 12.5 cm
Description
A delicate painting of long green stems and long, thin leaves; with small purple flowers near top.
Subject
botanical
flower
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.28
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Lychnis apetala (Nodding Lychnis/Campion)

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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Date
1885 – 1905
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.27
Description
A plant with a long root that spreads widely, small leaves at lower part of stem; atop each stem is a round, ribbed bulb with purple centres; to the viewer’s left of this is a smaller drawing of the same kind of plant with 2 stems and flowers.
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Artist
Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)
Title
Lychnis apetala (Nodding Lychnis/Campion)
Date
1885 – 1905
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
24.5 x 17.5 cm
Description
A plant with a long root that spreads widely, small leaves at lower part of stem; atop each stem is a round, ribbed bulb with purple centres; to the viewer’s left of this is a smaller drawing of the same kind of plant with 2 stems and flowers.
Subject
botanical
flower
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
ScM.05.27
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