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12:30 Bow River

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.431

Description: Pencil sketch on CPR card paper of mountains.Extensive description on inside and back of card denoting colour scheme, time of day and other details.

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

Title: 12:30 Bow River

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 14.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: Pencil sketch on CPR card paper of mountains.Extensive description on inside and back of card denoting colour scheme, time of day and other details.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.431

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1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)

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

Date: c. 1911

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.322

Description: Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10…

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

Title: 1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)

Date: c. 1911

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10,000feet, 33 BELOW zero, CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FEB 23”

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.322

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Across the River

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.419

Description: Pencil drawing of landscape with water in foreground and mountains in background.brc: Band of shadows across riverOther cursive writing denotes details and colour scheme.

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

Title: Across the River

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 26.0 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of landscape with water in foreground and mountains in background.brc: Band of shadows across riverOther cursive writing denotes details and colour scheme.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.419

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Aftermath

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 2000

Medium: watercolour on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.45

Description: A thin green plant rises from the bottom centre, from a dark mass. The stem has several leaves part way up and at the top, with two white flowers.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Aftermath

Date: 2000

Medium: watercolour on arches paper

Dimensions: 151 x 50.5 cm

Description: A thin green plant rises from the bottom centre, from a dark mass. The stem has several leaves part way up and at the top, with two white flowers.

Subject: landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.45

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Agassiz, Yale District

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.422

Description: A drawing of a mountain stream by trees in foreground. Heavy shading/pencil use.Cursive writing denotes details and colour scheme.

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

Title: Agassiz, Yale District

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 26.0 cm

Description: A drawing of a mountain stream by trees in foreground. Heavy shading/pencil use.Cursive writing denotes details and colour scheme.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.422

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Aged Larch

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1935 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.289

Description: To the right of centre, the lower trunk of a large larch tree is visible. The trunk is outlined in black, and coloured brown and blue-grey (with touches of ochre and red-brown). In the upper half of the sketch, a few small branches, with brushstrokes indicating groups of yellow needles, are growing…

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Aged Larch

Date: 1935 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: To the right of centre, the lower trunk of a large larch tree is visible. The trunk is outlined in black, and coloured brown and blue-grey (with touches of ochre and red-brown). In the upper half of the sketch, a few small branches, with brushstrokes indicating groups of yellow needles, are growing from the tree's trunk. In the middleground are groups of younger (smaller) yellow trees, with tall dark green evergreens behind them. Beyond the trees is a flat area coloured tan-green.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.289

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Alder trees

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.461

Description: Pencil sketch of forested area with crosshatching and dark shadowing.“Alder” is written on a tree in the middle.

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

Title: Alder trees

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.5 x 26.0 cm

Description: Pencil sketch of forested area with crosshatching and dark shadowing.“Alder” is written on a tree in the middle.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.461

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All Things Bright and Beautiful (5 small sketches)

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.086 a-e

Description: There are 5 sketches of people working/digging.(a) The number 2 written at left, then “The Discovery!!”(b) The number 3 is written at left, then four figures labeled a, b, c, d. Writing underneath figures a-c says “going to it”. Figure d is labeled “rest!”(c) The number 4 is written at left, the…

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

Title: All Things Bright and Beautiful (5 small sketches)

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper board

Description: There are 5 sketches of people working/digging.(a) The number 2 written at left, then “The Discovery!!”(b) The number 3 is written at left, then four figures labeled a, b, c, d. Writing underneath figures a-c says “going to it”. Figure d is labeled “rest!”(c) The number 4 is written at left, then three figures labeled a, b, c. Above figure a is “at it again”. Above figure b is “ Rest!!” and above figure c is “going again! making (?) the dust fly!”(d) The number 5 is written at left, then four figures labeled a, b, c, d. Above figures a and b is written “going strong”. Above figure c is written “Rest!!!” Above figure d is written “Whioh (?). Whio. Whi..Wh..Lunch”(e) Image of field. “All things bright + beautiful. All things + ...”Curious scenes of some figures at different stages of working/digging at some task.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.086 a-e

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Alpine Hill with flora

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.366

Description: Image is of a hillside with some trees.Writing denotes details and colour scheme.There is a smaller framed image in the bottom right corner.

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

Title: Alpine Hill with flora

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 26.0 cm

Description: Image is of a hillside with some trees.Writing denotes details and colour scheme.There is a smaller framed image in the bottom right corner.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.366

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Alpine Rock Garden

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas on aluminum

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.240

Description: The foreground is predominant in this sketch, with dabs of bright red vegetation in the lower right quarter of the picture. Three groupings of trees, placed along a line in the upper half of the sketch, frame and divide the background into two sections. The left background section contains a peak w…

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Alpine Rock Garden

Date: 1930 – 1950

Medium: oil on canvas on aluminum

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: The foreground is predominant in this sketch, with dabs of bright red vegetation in the lower right quarter of the picture. Three groupings of trees, placed along a line in the upper half of the sketch, frame and divide the background into two sections. The left background section contains a peak with sunlight illuminating it from the left-hand side. The right background section contains a large white cloud, and a small triangular peak partially hidden by the grasses growing in the foreground.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.240

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Alpine trees and church

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.458

Description: A pencil drawing of an outline of small church in immediate right foreground. A line of pine trees forms the background.Bottom half of page is writing.Writing denotes details and colour scheme.

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

Title: Alpine trees and church

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.5 x 26.0 cm

Description: A pencil drawing of an outline of small church in immediate right foreground. A line of pine trees forms the background.Bottom half of page is writing.Writing denotes details and colour scheme.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.458

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Alpine Valley

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.334

Description: Patch of dark green blc, blue mountains with brush strokes of blue-green suggesting a green area below slopes, cloudy sky in light blue and off white.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Alpine Valley

Date: 1930 – 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.7 x 17.7 cm

Description: Patch of dark green blc, blue mountains with brush strokes of blue-green suggesting a green area below slopes, cloudy sky in light blue and off white.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.334

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Amaryllis #6

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1994

Medium: watercolour sumi-e on rice paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.59

Description: A thin green stem extends upwards from the bottom centre. Three red sketchy blooms extend from the bloom at the top. At the bottom there are three red stamps.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Amaryllis #6

Date: 1994

Medium: watercolour sumi-e on rice paper

Dimensions: 30.5 x 22.8 cm

Description: A thin green stem extends upwards from the bottom centre. Three red sketchy blooms extend from the bloom at the top. At the bottom there are three red stamps.

Subject: landscape; mountains

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.59

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Amaryllis #9

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1994

Medium: watercolour on rice paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.69

Description: A thin green stem extends upwards from the bottom centre. Three red sketchy blooms extend from the bloom at the top. At the bottom there are three red stamps.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Amaryllis #9

Date: 1994

Medium: watercolour on rice paper

Dimensions: 30.4 x 22.7 cm

Description: A thin green stem extends upwards from the bottom centre. Three red sketchy blooms extend from the bloom at the top. At the bottom there are three red stamps.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.69

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Apple Trees Behind the House

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.007

Description: Landscape with trees and shrubs across the frame. - one tree to the right below center has what could be described as apples on it. - hills of mountains in distance. - on the reverse side is a landscape of hills and mountains.

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

Title: Apple Trees Behind the House

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper board

Dimensions: 27.5 x 37 cm

Description: Landscape with trees and shrubs across the frame. - one tree to the right below center has what could be described as apples on it. - hills of mountains in distance. - on the reverse side is a landscape of hills and mountains.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.007

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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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Arched bridge and House

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.449

Description: Pencil drawing of a stream that leads under a small arched bridge into background where a simply drawn house appears behind trees.Verso: scalloped shape in pencil

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

Title: Arched bridge and House

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 12.5 x 10.0 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of a stream that leads under a small arched bridge into background where a simply drawn house appears behind trees.Verso: scalloped shape in pencil

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.449

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Arched Bridge at Tolperro

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.075

Description: Town scene close set buildings across the upper half, and a bridge with an arch shaped bottom with water underneath. - there are some men working on the bank on the water and some animals higher up on the bank in the forground.

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

Title: Arched Bridge at Tolperro

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 141 x 28 cm

Description: Town scene close set buildings across the upper half, and a bridge with an arch shaped bottom with water underneath. - there are some men working on the bank on the water and some animals higher up on the bank in the forground.