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Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887

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Artist
C. Firth
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.01
Description
Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
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Artist
C. Firth
Title
Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
Subject
mountains
Banff
Bow River
Alberta
Banff Springs Hotel
Credit
Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.01
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
later than 1883
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CuJ.05.01
Description
General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Bogside Scotland
Date
later than 1883
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
14.25 x 18.75 cm
Description
General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.
Subject
landscape
architecture
rural
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.05.01
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Artist
C. Firth
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.02
Description
Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
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Artist
C. Firth
Title
Bow River NWT, 1887
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
Subject
mountains
Banff
Bow River
Alberta
Credit
Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.02
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Artist
Shibata Zeshin (1807 – 1891, Japanese)
Date
1887
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ShE.04.01
Description
Three black ravens flying to the left at top of picture, the top of the background is reddish and tapers to white at bottom of picture. The birds are not completely in picture - the first raven show only the end of the tail, the second has the top of the head and back out of the picture and the thi…
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Artist
Shibata Zeshin (1807 – 1891, Japanese)
Title
Crows in Flight
Date
1887
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
36.3 x 30.3 cm
Description
Three black ravens flying to the left at top of picture, the top of the background is reddish and tapers to white at bottom of picture. The birds are not completely in picture - the first raven show only the end of the tail, the second has the top of the head and back out of the picture and the third has the tip of the top wing and tip of the tail feathers out of the picture.
Subject
animal
bird
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ShE.04.01
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First Time Bean Pods

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Artist
Ito Sojun
Date
1885 – 1885
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
SoI.03.01
Description
This drawing features a branch which extends from the blc, starting as one branch, and reaches into the tr side of the work where it branches into three grouping of leaves. The leaves are a black ink wash. Green ink is used to depict bean pods which are growing underneath the leaves closer to the…
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Artist
Ito Sojun
Title
First Time Bean Pods
Date
1885 – 1885
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
32.0 x 33.5 cm
Description
This drawing features a branch which extends from the blc, starting as one branch, and reaches into the tr side of the work where it branches into three grouping of leaves. The leaves are a black ink wash. Green ink is used to depict bean pods which are growing underneath the leaves closer to the bottom of the branch.
Subject
botanical
bean pods
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
SoI.03.01
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1912
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.55
Description
The top section of the image is a lightly rendered mountain peak, painted in white and light blue tones. The lower half of the image is primarily green, with tree shapes and indications of grass.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Ghosts of Cathedral
Date
c. 1912
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
37 x 27.5 cm
Description
The top section of the image is a lightly rendered mountain peak, painted in white and light blue tones. The lower half of the image is primarily green, with tree shapes and indications of grass.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.55
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Grass Fire near Cochrane

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1912
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.56
Description
The majority of this image is dominated by an empty green field with the suggestion of wind blown grass. The sky is rendered in a dark blue, with a long white cloud running through its centre.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Grass Fire near Cochrane
Date
c. 1912
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25 x 34 cm
Description
The majority of this image is dominated by an empty green field with the suggestion of wind blown grass. The sky is rendered in a dark blue, with a long white cloud running through its centre.
Subject
landscape
grass
cloud
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.56
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Guy with Beaver Pelt

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1911
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.51
Description
A white fence sits in the image foreground. A house and a chimney rises on the left side of the image. A figure moves toward the open fence gate. On the left side there is a large green mass.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Guy with Beaver Pelt
Date
c. 1911
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A white fence sits in the image foreground. A house and a chimney rises on the left side of the image. A figure moves toward the open fence gate. On the left side there is a large green mass.
Subject
landscape
house
fence
figure
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.51
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1890
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.61
Description
A road runs up through the right side of the work. A small section of trees sit in the centre, and a house sits on the upper left. The image is dominated by green tones.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Hazy Morn
Date
c. 1890
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A road runs up through the right side of the work. A small section of trees sit in the centre, and a house sits on the upper left. The image is dominated by green tones.
Subject
landscape
building
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.61
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Head of Takina From N.W.M.P. at Pleasant Camp, Alaska

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1908
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.55
Description
see photo
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Head of Takina From N.W.M.P. at Pleasant Camp, Alaska
Date
1908
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
9.7 x 14.0 cm
Description
see photo
Subject
landscape
mountains
river, Takina
building, NWMP
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.55
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Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC

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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.07
Description
Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corne…
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Artist
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)
Title
Hector Lake, Kicking Horse Pass, BC
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
32.8 x 48.0 cm
Description
Mountain landscape with large glassy lake in centre of painting. Abstract foliage and stand of dead trees in foreground at right. Brown treed slopes on opposite shore with large snow-capped mountains in distance. Small white and red buildings on far shore of lake. Title written in bottom left corner. “F.M. Bell-Smith 1887” at bottom right.
Subject
mountains
lake
CPR
Credit
Gift of Mark Cullen, 2021
Catalogue Number
BeS.05.07
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Ike-No-Hata Fireworks

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Artist
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)
Date
1881
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KiY.04.05
Description
two boys climb a tree and a crowd of people are watching fireworks across a body of water, red lanterns are strung between the trees
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Artist
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese)
Title
Ike-No-Hata Fireworks
Date
1881
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
24.7 x 36.6 cm
Description
two boys climb a tree and a crowd of people are watching fireworks across a body of water, red lanterns are strung between the trees
Subject
landscape
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KiY.04.05
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Artist
Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku
Date
1883 – 1883
Medium
drawing on paper
Catalogue Number
KiO.03.01
Description
an ink wash drawing of four leaves. There are 2 different types of leaves, one type with a stem and many branches; the other with a stem down the middle and two sides. There is writing along the rs.
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Artist
Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku
Title
Ink Leaves
Date
1883 – 1883
Medium
drawing on paper
Dimensions
32.5 x 35.5 cm
Description
an ink wash drawing of four leaves. There are 2 different types of leaves, one type with a stem and many branches; the other with a stem down the middle and two sides. There is writing along the rs.
Subject
botanical
leaves
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KiO.03.01
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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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Lady Minto and Cowboy in National Park, Banff, Canada

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Artist
A. Pearse
Date
1901
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
PeA.03.01
Description
A realistic drawing in black and white; A mounted rider dressed in buckskins is talking with a lady standing near him; the lady has a long dress, ornate hat and an umbrella; to the right of the picture is a two-horse carriage with 3 people sitting in it; 2 helmeted riders and another man walking ne…
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Artist
A. Pearse
Title
Lady Minto and Cowboy in National Park, Banff, Canada
Date
1901
Medium
ink on paper
Description
A realistic drawing in black and white; A mounted rider dressed in buckskins is talking with a lady standing near him; the lady has a long dress, ornate hat and an umbrella; to the right of the picture is a two-horse carriage with 3 people sitting in it; 2 helmeted riders and another man walking near the carriage; a herd of bison are near; trees and grass on the flats and up the mountain side; top left corner indicates a slightly cloudy sky.
Subject
Figure
female
Lady Minto
aristocracy
cowboy
Animal
buffalo
Transportation
carriage
Credit
Purchased from John J. Norris, Camberlay, England, 1980
Catalogue Number
PeA.03.01
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Lady Nalih’la Going Down to the East

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Artist
Yasuda Shodo
Date
1887
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ShY.04.01 a-c
Description
This triptych features three women on a journey. What appears to be Mount Fuji is in the background of the first panel, and all three panels are divided in half by a watery background and a yellow sandy foreground; the first panel is the only with trees but has no figures in it. A figure on a hor…
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Artist
Yasuda Shodo
Title
Lady Nalih’la Going Down to the East
Date
1887
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37.5 x 71.0 cm
Description
This triptych features three women on a journey. What appears to be Mount Fuji is in the background of the first panel, and all three panels are divided in half by a watery background and a yellow sandy foreground; the first panel is the only with trees but has no figures in it. A figure on a horse and one standing to the left of the horse make up the second panel, in the third panel a lone figure stands, facing the women in the second panel who’s heads are turned to the left.
Subject
Landscape
Japan
Figures
Women
Nobel Ladies
Animal
Horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ShY.04.01 a-c
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Landscape (Rocky Mountains)

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Artist
John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)
Date
1886
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FsJ.05.01
Description
Flat body of water in foreground surrounded by plants. Large rounded snow-covered peak in background with smaller peaks behind.
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Artist
John Arthur Fraser (1838 – 1898, English)
Title
Landscape (Rocky Mountains)
Date
1886
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
23.5 x 33.7 cm
Description
Flat body of water in foreground surrounded by plants. Large rounded snow-covered peak in background with smaller peaks behind.
Subject
mountains
Mount Baker?
Credit
Gift of Robyn L Fulton, 2023
Catalogue Number
FsJ.05.01
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1880
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.45
Description
Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Marble Halls
Date
1880
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
13.5 x 14 cm
Description
Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1986
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.45
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Mount Baker from B.C. Coast, Olympic Range, Siwash Indian Boat

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Artist
Thomas Mower Martin, R. C. A. (1838 – 1934, Canadian)
Date
1900
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MrT.05.01
Description
Foreground has yellow grasses, rocks and a bare ground leading towards light blue water to the right of the picture. On the edge of the water on the bare embankment is a canoe with two people. Green trees to left centre of foreground and across the river, low blue/purple mountains are in front of s…
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Artist
Thomas Mower Martin, R. C. A. (1838 – 1934, Canadian)
Title
Mount Baker from B.C. Coast, Olympic Range, Siwash Indian Boat
Date
1900
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
46.5 x 66.0 cm
Description
Foreground has yellow grasses, rocks and a bare ground leading towards light blue water to the right of the picture. On the edge of the water on the bare embankment is a canoe with two people. Green trees to left centre of foreground and across the river, low blue/purple mountains are in front of snow-capped mountains to centre left. Cloudy sky with a few patches of blue.
Subject
landscape
mountain
lake
figure, male
Credit
Purchased from Sotheby Parke Bernet (Canada) Ltd, Toronto, 1984
Catalogue Number
MrT.05.01
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Artist
Marmaduke Matthews (1837 – 1913, British)
Date
c. 1888
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MaM.05.01
Description
Left foreground evergreen trees on a slope, right foreground from centre left to tr mountain slope with some evergreen trees and burnt out forest. The snow capped mountain is centre right to near top of picture. Mountain range to left. Sky is partly cloudy, streaked with colour. On back in art…
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Artist
Marmaduke Matthews (1837 – 1913, British)
Title
Mount Lefroy N.W.T.
Date
c. 1888
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
15.7 x 35.0 cm
Description
Left foreground evergreen trees on a slope, right foreground from centre left to tr mountain slope with some evergreen trees and burnt out forest. The snow capped mountain is centre right to near top of picture. Mountain range to left. Sky is partly cloudy, streaked with colour. On back in artist's hand: Mt. Lefroy N.W.T. Highest Peak on the C.P.R. line near Abbott Pass, more than 11,000 feet high. Also Twice One fifth less than twice
Subject
Canadian Rockies
Mount Lefroy
CPR
Credit
Gift of Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1995
Catalogue Number
MaM.05.01
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