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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
1951 – 1959
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.01
Description
TuJ.03.01 (1951) roadside church, pen & ink, signed brc J.D. Turner Xmas card sent to the Whytes.
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Card Sketches
Date
1951 – 1959
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.5 x 17.0 cm
Description
TuJ.03.01 (1951) roadside church, pen & ink, signed brc J.D. Turner Xmas card sent to the Whytes.
Subject
landscape
Christmas
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.01
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
1951 – 1959
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.02
Description
TuJ.03.02 (1955) fence and foothills, gouache, initialled JDT brc Xmas card sent to the Whytes.
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Card Sketches
Date
1951 – 1959
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.5 x 17.0 cm
Description
TuJ.03.02 (1955) fence and foothills, gouache, initialled JDT brc Xmas card sent to the Whytes.
Subject
landscape
Christmas
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.02
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
1951 – 1959
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.03
Description
TuJ.03.03 (1959) Sunfield on fencepost (artist's residence west of Calgary); gouache. Xmas card sent to the Whytes.
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Card Sketches
Date
1951 – 1959
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.5 x 17.0 cm
Description
TuJ.03.03 (1959) Sunfield on fencepost (artist's residence west of Calgary); gouache. Xmas card sent to the Whytes.
Subject
landscape
Christmas
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.03
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Cultural Development

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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.07
Description
lightly shaded line drawing of woman seated at easel painting mountains that are in the background. Open paint box on the ground to her right. “CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT” written in pencil bottom left. Signed “JD Turner” bottom right.
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Cultural Development
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 26.5 cm
Description
lightly shaded line drawing of woman seated at easel painting mountains that are in the background. Open paint box on the ground to her right. “CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT” written in pencil bottom left. Signed “JD Turner” bottom right.
Subject
painting
artist
mountains
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.07
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Cultural Development

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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.08
Description
lightly shaded line drawing of woman seated at easel painting mountains that are in the background. Open paint box on the ground to her right. “CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT” written in pencil bottom left.
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Cultural Development
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 21.0 cm
Description
lightly shaded line drawing of woman seated at easel painting mountains that are in the background. Open paint box on the ground to her right. “CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT” written in pencil bottom left.
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.08
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Escape The Teeming World

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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.11
Description
Line drawing consisting of two separate drawings separated by a crease and a wavy line. At left, drawing similar to TuJ.03.10 (Lonesome Pine Cabins) with one cabin at centre. Below “LONESOME PINE CABINS RATES UNREASONABLE EVEN IF WE HAVE THEM FREE, IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH” is written in block letters …
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Escape The Teeming World
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
31.5 x 57.0 cm
Description
Line drawing consisting of two separate drawings separated by a crease and a wavy line. At left, drawing similar to TuJ.03.10 (Lonesome Pine Cabins) with one cabin at centre. Below “LONESOME PINE CABINS RATES UNREASONABLE EVEN IF WE HAVE THEM FREE, IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH” is written in block letters in pencil. At right is streetscape of an intersection full of people on foot, horseback, and in cars. Building signs include “SKILINE TOURS”, “INDIAN CURIOS,” “MT. ROYAL HOTEL,” “ESSO”, “GARAGE”. Mountains can be seen in the background. Above “ESCAPE THE TEEMING WORLD! COME TO THIS QUIET MOUNTAIN RESORT FOR YOUR HOLIDAYS” is written in block letters in pencil.
Subject
tourism
cabins
banff
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.11
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Habits of the Mountain Goat

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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
1976
Medium
ink and wash on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.04
Description
Four cartoonist mountain goats on top a rocky cliff side with a mountainous landscape in the background. Two elongated clouds float in the background. All goats appear to be looking at the viewer. “Mountain Goats” written on bottom center.Back :
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Habits of the Mountain Goat
Date
1976
Medium
ink and wash on paper
Dimensions
16.51 x 23.5 cm
Description
Four cartoonist mountain goats on top a rocky cliff side with a mountainous landscape in the background. Two elongated clouds float in the background. All goats appear to be looking at the viewer. “Mountain Goats” written on bottom center.Back :
Subject
mountain
goat
landscape
cartoon
turner;
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2017
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.04
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
on wood board
Catalogue Number
TuJ.02.01
Description
Blue skies oversee hills and bare trees. Snow covers the ground while a small river cuts through the landscape.
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Ice Elbow
Date
n.d.
Medium
on wood board
Dimensions
25.4 x 33.66 cm
Description
Blue skies oversee hills and bare trees. Snow covers the ground while a small river cuts through the landscape.
Subject
lanscape
hills
Turner
winter
Credit
Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2017
Catalogue Number
TuJ.02.01
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Let’s Go Over To The Dump And See The Tourists

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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on board
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.12
Description
Ink drawing of two bears, one standing and one reclining against a tree. Mountains in the background. In pencil below is “LET’S GO OVER TO THE DUMP AND SEE THE TOURISTS”. JD TURNER bottom right corner.
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Let’s Go Over To The Dump And See The Tourists
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on board
Dimensions
25.0 x 31.5 cm
Description
Ink drawing of two bears, one standing and one reclining against a tree. Mountains in the background. In pencil below is “LET’S GO OVER TO THE DUMP AND SEE THE TOURISTS”. JD TURNER bottom right corner.
Subject
bears
tourism
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.12
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On Top of Sulphur Mountain

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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
TuJ.02.02
Description
Beige and gray rock scene sloping top left to bottom right with evergreen trees and purple/blue mountain background.
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
On Top of Sulphur Mountain
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
30.5 x 40.3 cm
Description
Beige and gray rock scene sloping top left to bottom right with evergreen trees and purple/blue mountain background.
Subject
Banff
Sulphur Mountain
Rocky Mountains
rocks
Credit
Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2018
Catalogue Number
TuJ.02.02
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Province of Alberta Heritage Map

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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
1980
Medium
print on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.04.01
Description
Off-white coloured map of alberta with blue bodies of water, green mppuntain rangte, and coloured drawings of animals, points of interest, and people. Brown background around map with blue ribbons and portraits of significant people, including Queen Elizabeth II at top. The Alberta coat of arms is …
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Province of Alberta Heritage Map
Date
1980
Medium
print on paper
Dimensions
91.0 x 96.0 cm
Description
Off-white coloured map of alberta with blue bodies of water, green mppuntain rangte, and coloured drawings of animals, points of interest, and people. Brown background around map with blue ribbons and portraits of significant people, including Queen Elizabeth II at top. The Alberta coat of arms is at bottom left with “1905” “1980” “PROVINCE OF ALBERTA HERITAGE MAP COMMISSIONED BY Alberta Historical Resources Foundation” Signed J.D. TURNER bottom right. In thin brass frame with glass.
Subject
Alberta
map
Canada
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.04.01
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[Rundle and Vermilion Lakes]

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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
1980
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
TuJ.02.03
Description
Unfinished painting with Mount Rundle and the Fairholme Range in the background, both snow-capped. Lower slopes of Rundle are green. Foreground: blue lakes broken up by large strip of trees in middle of painting and pile of logs in front. Corners are unfinished.
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
[Rundle and Vermilion Lakes]
Date
1980
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
60.5 x 81.5 cm
Description
Unfinished painting with Mount Rundle and the Fairholme Range in the background, both snow-capped. Lower slopes of Rundle are green. Foreground: blue lakes broken up by large strip of trees in middle of painting and pile of logs in front. Corners are unfinished.
Subject
mountains
lakes
Banff
Rundle
Vermilion
nature
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.02.03
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.14
Description
A line of 8 people standing with their backs to the viewer against a rail. A sign that says “VIEW POINT” is at left pointing towards the centre of the painting. In the foreground the ground is littered with trash. Mountains in the background. “SCENIC GRANDEUR” is written in block letters below and …
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Scenic Grandeur
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
50.0 x 64.0 cm
Description
A line of 8 people standing with their backs to the viewer against a rail. A sign that says “VIEW POINT” is at left pointing towards the centre of the painting. In the foreground the ground is littered with trash. Mountains in the background. “SCENIC GRANDEUR” is written in block letters below and again in pen at bottom edge. JD Turner signed at bottom right.
Subject
tourism
mountains
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.14
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on board
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.09
Description
Painted line drawing of a man (the artist) wearing a long blue coat over a beige collared shirt and plaid pants. He is holding a paint palette in his left hand, a paintbrush in his right, and has a pipe in his mouth. The paint brush is dripping orange paint and there is paint on his coat. beside an…
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Self Portrait
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on board
Dimensions
33.5 x 23.0 cm
Description
Painted line drawing of a man (the artist) wearing a long blue coat over a beige collared shirt and plaid pants. He is holding a paint palette in his left hand, a paintbrush in his right, and has a pipe in his mouth. The paint brush is dripping orange paint and there is paint on his coat. beside and slightly behind is an easel and canvas on which is painted a landscape featuring a river, trees, mountains, and an ungulate. “SELF-PORTRAIT” is written in pencil at bottom centre.
Subject
J.D. Turner
artist
painting
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.09
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.05
Description
Standing woman dressed in yellow blouse, green skirt, white hat, sunglasses, and brown shoes with white socks. Carrying a backpack on her back, a rectangular box in left hand, and paper/canvas under right arm. “SKETCH CLUB MEMBER” written below.
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Sketch Club Member
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.5 x 15.0 cm
Description
Standing woman dressed in yellow blouse, green skirt, white hat, sunglasses, and brown shoes with white socks. Carrying a backpack on her back, a rectangular box in left hand, and paper/canvas under right arm. “SKETCH CLUB MEMBER” written below.
Subject
artist
sketching
woman
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.05
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite; ink; watercolour on paper; board; fibre canvas
Catalogue Number
TuJ.09.01
Description
A sketchbook with 30 pages. Grey canvas cover and loop to hold it shut. Pages have various landscape scenes and one portrait in pencil and watercolour.
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite; ink; watercolour on paper; board; fibre canvas
Dimensions
16.5 x 24.5 cm
Description
A sketchbook with 30 pages. Grey canvas cover and loop to hold it shut. Pages have various landscape scenes and one portrait in pencil and watercolour.
Subject
landscapes
mountains
portrait
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.09.01
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Untitled [Bears in Campsite]

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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.13
Description
Tent in centre with two brown bears at right. One bear has his head inside the tent through a flap. At left, a man in yellow pajamas and a woman in a nightgown are leaping out of the tent. Trees and dark sky behind.
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Bears in Campsite]
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
50.0 x 64.0 cm
Description
Tent in centre with two brown bears at right. One bear has his head inside the tent through a flap. At left, a man in yellow pajamas and a woman in a nightgown are leaping out of the tent. Trees and dark sky behind.
Subject
camping
tourism
bears
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.13
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Untitled [Lonesome Pine Cabins]

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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.10
Description
Line drawing of a landscape with a brown log cabin in the centre. A barren tree with a sign that reads “LONESOME PINE CABINS APPROVED ACCOMMODATION” on it stands in front of the cabin. A raven sits on one branch. Another cabin is in the distance at left. At right is a well and an outhouse Grey-blu…
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Lonesome Pine Cabins]
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
19.0 x 27.5 cm
Description
Line drawing of a landscape with a brown log cabin in the centre. A barren tree with a sign that reads “LONESOME PINE CABINS APPROVED ACCOMMODATION” on it stands in front of the cabin. A raven sits on one branch. Another cabin is in the distance at left. At right is a well and an outhouse Grey-blue mountains in background under a stormy sky.
Subject
cabin
landscape
mountains
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.10
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Wild Animal Ropeing Contest

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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on board
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.06
Description
Black and white drawing of man dressed in cowboy outfit (cowboy hat, boots with spurs; furry chaps) twirling a lasso above his head. In front of him is a small squirrel on the ground. Squirrel is lightly coloured brown with green grass beneath. “WILD ANIMAL ROPEING [sic] CONTEST” is written in pen…
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Wild Animal Ropeing Contest
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on board
Dimensions
27.5 x 21.5 cm
Description
Black and white drawing of man dressed in cowboy outfit (cowboy hat, boots with spurs; furry chaps) twirling a lasso above his head. In front of him is a small squirrel on the ground. Squirrel is lightly coloured brown with green grass beneath. “WILD ANIMAL ROPEING [sic] CONTEST” is written in pencil below.
Subject
cowboy
animals
western
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.06
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
1970 – 1980
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.05.03
Description
Small painting with snow in the foreground, tree line, mountains and sky; there is some yellow in the foreground; pink in the sky; 2 highlights of red at centre right and centre left; this card glued onto another card, and that glued onto a folded-over card; it was a Christmas card sent to Cathari…
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Winter Scene
Date
1970 – 1980
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
11.1 x 15.6 cm
Description
Small painting with snow in the foreground, tree line, mountains and sky; there is some yellow in the foreground; pink in the sky; 2 highlights of red at centre right and centre left; this card glued onto another card, and that glued onto a folded-over card; it was a Christmas card sent to Catharine; written in J.D. Turner's hand on front of card: To Catherine (sic) All our best wishes at Christmas time and in the New Year Grace and Jack.
Subject
landscape, foothills
landscape, winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
TuJ.05.03
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