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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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The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.08

Description: Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: The Cook, Louis Hill, and old dog Dooley

Date: 1964

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 16.5 x 11.4 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green. A figure and a dog stand by a fire over which are hanging two pots - left of center. Right is a tent and surrounding this in the front is snow and behind snow and trees.

Subject: figure; man; animal; dog; activity; cooking; winter

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.08

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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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The Crescent Cambridge Rd - Hastings - Sussex

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour; graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.37

Description: This painting depicts a streetscape in Sussex, England. On the left are three or four story buildings. Further down this street but still on the left are two smaller buildings, one with a chimney. The viewer is looking straight down the road. there are buildings at the end of it and another one …

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: The Crescent Cambridge Rd - Hastings - Sussex

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour; graphite on paper

Description: This painting depicts a streetscape in Sussex, England. On the left are three or four story buildings. Further down this street but still on the left are two smaller buildings, one with a chimney. The viewer is looking straight down the road. there are buildings at the end of it and another one on the right. Hills are visible in the distance. People are in the street, children playing, etc.

Subject: architecture; urban; landscape; figure; England; Sussex

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.37

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Figure

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.12

Description: Scene of a figure walking away from the viewer dressed in brownish clothing and wearing a hat. The surrounding area is coloured a faint blue wash with varying tones of brown and yellow. The figure encompasses most of the frame.

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

Title: Figure

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 16.5 cm

Description: Scene of a figure walking away from the viewer dressed in brownish clothing and wearing a hat. The surrounding area is coloured a faint blue wash with varying tones of brown and yellow. The figure encompasses most of the frame.

Subject: figure

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.12

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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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“Hop Oasts” - Wet Day

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.33

Description: A dark, cloudy sky, and pouring rain extend across the watercolour. In the centre of the image there is a large building which may be a church. A horse and cart in the blc and a number of people are milling around in front of the building. Trees are visible on the right and left of the image.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: “Hop Oasts” - Wet Day

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: A dark, cloudy sky, and pouring rain extend across the watercolour. In the centre of the image there is a large building which may be a church. A horse and cart in the blc and a number of people are milling around in front of the building. Trees are visible on the right and left of the image.

Subject: landscape; urban; figure; male; female; animal; horse; architecture; church

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.33

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Indoor World

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1982

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.06

Description: A blond woman wearing a mask, blue sweater, white and brown shirt and brown boots in centre of the room. Papers are spread on floor, paints and brushes, various pieces of brown furniture, a green plant, a television with a man's face on screen. She has a bowl in her right hand from which has spill…

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: Indoor World

Date: 1982

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 38.0 x 56.3 cm

Description: A blond woman wearing a mask, blue sweater, white and brown shirt and brown boots in centre of the room. Papers are spread on floor, paints and brushes, various pieces of brown furniture, a green plant, a television with a man's face on screen. She has a bowl in her right hand from which has spilled an apple and orange and a teacup. Two rooms on either side with furniture.

Subject: whimsey; figure; female; Pat Askren

Credit: Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.06

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Trusting

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1993

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.09

Description: A figure dressed in a black hat, black blouse, printed black pants, red socks, black shoes is at centre top, walking on grey crumbling blocks. Below and in the foreground is a range of peaked mountains, dark colours of blue, purple and some green with some snow cover on centre mountains. A row o…

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: Trusting

Date: 1993

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 43.2 x 30.5 cm

Description: A figure dressed in a black hat, black blouse, printed black pants, red socks, black shoes is at centre top, walking on grey crumbling blocks. Below and in the foreground is a range of peaked mountains, dark colours of blue, purple and some green with some snow cover on centre mountains. A row of black trees lines a lake in the foreground, splashes of colour reflect in the lake. The sky has red, purple tones fading to white at the top.

Subject: landscape; mountains; mythological; figure

Credit: Gift of Patricia Askren, Lakonias, Greece, 1993

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.09

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Untitled

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Artist: Harry Brett ( – 1925, Canadian)

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BrH.05.01

Description: General colour: red, yellow, blue. The left profile and torso of a boy dressed in a uniform. Blue pants with a yellow stripe and a red jacket and a blue hat. He holds a trumpet and faces left.

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Artist: Harry Brett ( – 1925, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1887

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 26 x 19 cm

Description: General colour: red, yellow, blue. The left profile and torso of a boy dressed in a uniform. Blue pants with a yellow stripe and a red jacket and a blue hat. He holds a trumpet and faces left.

Subject: NWMP; figure; male

Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966

Catalogue Number: BrH.05.01

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Untitled

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1969

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.24

Description: A woman in a hat is standing on the shore of a lake. The painting is dominated by Mount Assiniboine in the background under a deep blue sky.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1969

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 12.7 x 18.0 cm

Description: A woman in a hat is standing on the shore of a lake. The painting is dominated by Mount Assiniboine in the background under a deep blue sky.

Subject: figure; woman; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.24

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Untitled

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.21

Description: This is a Christmas card, greeting and signature in brc. Green and blue foreground with two people standing off to the left looking at the moon high in the night sky. A blue and white mountain range is far in the distance. To the right is a brown cliff.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 8.0 x 12.2 cm

Description: This is a Christmas card, greeting and signature in brc. Green and blue foreground with two people standing off to the left looking at the moon high in the night sky. A blue and white mountain range is far in the distance. To the right is a brown cliff.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; figure; people; winter; card; Christmas

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.21

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Untitled

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.25

Description: This is scene of Mount Rundle painted from Vermilion Lake. There are willows in the foreground, the lake behind and the bank lined with evergreens. Mount Rundle is in the background under a light sky.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 10.8 x 13.5 cm

Description: This is scene of Mount Rundle painted from Vermilion Lake. There are willows in the foreground, the lake behind and the bank lined with evergreens. Mount Rundle is in the background under a light sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; figure; people

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.25

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Untitled [Glacier and Horse]

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.71

Description: A blue and white glacier extends from the right of the painting into the centre of it. It appears as if it extends from the foreground in the bottom right corner up into the centre background of the image. In the foreground in the lower left corner a person kneels at the edge of the glacier while…

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [Glacier and Horse]

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: A blue and white glacier extends from the right of the painting into the centre of it. It appears as if it extends from the foreground in the bottom right corner up into the centre background of the image. In the foreground in the lower left corner a person kneels at the edge of the glacier while a horse stands behind the person. A brown area runs across the top of the glacier. A strip of blue sky is visible along the top of the image.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; glacier; animal; horse; figure

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.71

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Untitled [Glacier and Packtrain]

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.65

Description: A packtrain of three horses and two people, one at the front and one at the rear of the packtrain. The group is making its way across a glacier. Part of the mountain rises up and is cropped on the left of the painting. the glacier rises up slightly (could be the mountain or a rock outcrop) in th…

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [Glacier and Packtrain]

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: A packtrain of three horses and two people, one at the front and one at the rear of the packtrain. The group is making its way across a glacier. Part of the mountain rises up and is cropped on the left of the painting. the glacier rises up slightly (could be the mountain or a rock outcrop) in the centre and to the right.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; glacier; animal; horse; figure

Credit: Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.65

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Untitled [People Walking on the Road]

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Artist: Gardner Cox (1906 – 1988, American)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CxG.05.01

Description: General colour: purple, green. In the lower half: two people are walking on a road towards the viewer in the lower right. On the left side is grass and a few evergreens. Where the road turns and disappears at center are two more figures. Distant trees cross from there to the right side. The upper h…

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Artist: Gardner Cox (1906 – 1988, American)

Title: Untitled [People Walking on the Road]

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25 x 35 cm

Description: General colour: purple, green. In the lower half: two people are walking on a road towards the viewer in the lower right. On the left side is grass and a few evergreens. Where the road turns and disappears at center are two more figures. Distant trees cross from there to the right side. The upper half is purple clouds in a yellow sky.

Subject: landscape; figure

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: CxG.05.01

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Untitled [Red River Cart]

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PhW.05.16

Description: A rural scene in which a man in a blue shirt, brown pants and holding a gun, is standing to the left of a Red River cart. A white horse or ox appears to be pulling the cart. These figures are examined from behind. The cart, man, and animal are in the lower left corner of the image. Along the bo…

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Artist: Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [Red River Cart]

Date: 1933

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: A rural scene in which a man in a blue shirt, brown pants and holding a gun, is standing to the left of a Red River cart. A white horse or ox appears to be pulling the cart. These figures are examined from behind. The cart, man, and animal are in the lower left corner of the image. Along the bottom of the image is a flat prairie area. Several wheel ruts are visible. Across the centre of the image there is a line of trees. Directly above the trees are clouds. At the top of the image there is a clear sky.