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On the Hunt

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

Date: prior to 1931

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.040

Description: Scene with figures busying about under and around makeshift shelters. - one figure has a hat on that has been coloured blue with a blue ink. - there is a pail in the forground right.

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

Title: On the Hunt

Date: prior to 1931

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 18.5 x 25 cm

Description: Scene with figures busying about under and around makeshift shelters. - one figure has a hat on that has been coloured blue with a blue ink. - there is a pail in the forground right.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.040

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Rest Time for Pack Train

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

Date: c. 1922

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.094

Description: Scene of some pack horses outside the front part of a house, two trees behind and mountains in the distance.“Collings visited Australia. Perhaps, true to form, he explored the ‘outback’ as the two buildings in this sketch are characteristic of that region.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” …

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

Title: Rest Time for Pack Train

Date: c. 1922

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 8 x 10 cm

Description: Scene of some pack horses outside the front part of a house, two trees behind and mountains in the distance.“Collings visited Australia. Perhaps, true to form, he explored the ‘outback’ as the two buildings in this sketch are characteristic of that region.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.094

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Melora

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

Date: c. 1890

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.097

Description: Profile portrait of the bust of a woman with her head gazing downwards.“The woman’s head is bowed as though she is preoccupied with something in front of her; perhaps it is the artist’s wife, Mellora, playing the piano. The woman’s eyes and mouth, and tendrils of hair at the nape are treated sensit…

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

Title: Melora

Date: c. 1890

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25 x 18 cm

Description: Profile portrait of the bust of a woman with her head gazing downwards.“The woman’s head is bowed as though she is preoccupied with something in front of her; perhaps it is the artist’s wife, Mellora, playing the piano. The woman’s eyes and mouth, and tendrils of hair at the nape are treated sensitively while flowers in the background underscore her femininity.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: portrait; Mellora Collings

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.097

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Cabin in Old Burn at Seymour Arm

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.157

Description: Landscape containing a central house, flaged by trees, four tree stumps fill right side, suggestions of four or more trees to the left of the house, hills in the distance make up the horizon line, references to colour fill the sky.

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

Title: Cabin in Old Burn at Seymour Arm

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 18.5 x 25 cm

Description: Landscape containing a central house, flaged by trees, four tree stumps fill right side, suggestions of four or more trees to the left of the house, hills in the distance make up the horizon line, references to colour fill the sky.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1985

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.157

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Mill by Quarry

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.218

Description: Sweeping curve in foreground takes you into the centre of the drawing where there is a building on the left, partially hidden by a hill, ontop of the hill is the lighthouse-type structure, on right side there are more houses, hill in the distance is broken by a single standing tree.“Collings is kno…

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

Title: Mill by Quarry

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 30.7 x 25.7 cm

Description: Sweeping curve in foreground takes you into the centre of the drawing where there is a building on the left, partially hidden by a hill, ontop of the hill is the lighthouse-type structure, on right side there are more houses, hill in the distance is broken by a single standing tree.“Collings is known to have traveled on Vancouver Island. This may have been sketched in Nanaimo.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; quarry; lighthouse; Nanaimo

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1983

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.218

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Lower Valleys Glacier Bed, Lake Louise

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.233

Description: Valley area centre with mountains on either side, rocks in foreground right, four trees on mountain side right, one large tree on same plane as other trees left, mountains from a V in distance, valley continues at the base of the V.“Sketching Lake Louise was de rigour for artists in Canada in the f…

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

Title: Lower Valleys Glacier Bed, Lake Louise

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 19.8 x 25.7 cm

Description: Valley area centre with mountains on either side, rocks in foreground right, four trees on mountain side right, one large tree on same plane as other trees left, mountains from a V in distance, valley continues at the base of the V.“Sketching Lake Louise was de rigour for artists in Canada in the first decades of the twentieth century. Collings chose an unusual view looking down towards the lake through a narrow, sinuous valley. The resulting “starburst” composition is contained by uncompromisingly vertical trees on either side.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; Lake Louise; trees; valley

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1983

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.233

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Rusty Disk

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

Date: c. 1885

Medium: graphite on paper board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.071

Description: Drawing of a farming disc, the first few discs are show as the disappear into the piece, and the seat sits high up on the piece.“An unlikely combination of practical entrepreneur and preoccupied artist, Collings was involved with farm machinery sales between 1882 and 1888 in England. A writer who i…

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

Title: Rusty Disk

Date: c. 1885

Medium: graphite on paper board

Dimensions: 25 x 30 cm

Description: Drawing of a farming disc, the first few discs are show as the disappear into the piece, and the seat sits high up on the piece.“An unlikely combination of practical entrepreneur and preoccupied artist, Collings was involved with farm machinery sales between 1882 and 1888 in England. A writer who interviewed the artist in 1924 had the impression that Collings envisaged farm equipment as means for creating an enormous painting-like but three-dimensional “landscape.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; machinery; machine; green; rims; circulars

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.071

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Orchard Valley

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.04

Description: Landscape with a tree in the forground left, a spindly branched tree, and a similar shaped one 1/3 the size opposite it to the right. - there is a pond of lake behind these across the center of the frame, and gentle sloping green land further back. - blue sky on the upper 1/3 of the frame with wisp…

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

Title: Orchard Valley

Date: c. 1920

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 31 x 23 cm

Description: Landscape with a tree in the forground left, a spindly branched tree, and a similar shaped one 1/3 the size opposite it to the right. - there is a pond of lake behind these across the center of the frame, and gentle sloping green land further back. - blue sky on the upper 1/3 of the frame with wisps of yellowing/grey clouds across.“A pleasant painting full of tender greens and spring blossoms, this view of an apple orchard, possibly in the Okanagan area, exhibits a moderate impasto effect. Darkest tones have been restricted to a few branches and detail in a town across the lake, suggesting the late date although Collings brushstrokes do not follow the contours of his images.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.02.04

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Old Road and Tree

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

Date: 1910 – 1931

Medium: graphite on paper board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.001

Description: Landscape, tree at left from top to bottom road crossing diagonally from left to right and disappearing. Rock-like shape at top right quarter. Writing on back.

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

Title: Old Road and Tree

Date: 1910 – 1931

Medium: graphite on paper board

Dimensions: 19.5 x 24 cm

Description: Landscape, tree at left from top to bottom road crossing diagonally from left to right and disappearing. Rock-like shape at top right quarter. Writing on back.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.001

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Niagara Falls

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

Date: c. 1923

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.36

Description: Scene looking out over the falls with bluish mist rising from the depths below, beyond the falls to the other side the landscape horizon is a mixing of reds, yellows, blues, and green.“A small, grey paint sport mars this luminous blue interpretation of the famous falls.” -- “Charles John Colling…

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

Title: Niagara Falls

Date: c. 1923

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 11 x 19.5 cm

Description: Scene looking out over the falls with bluish mist rising from the depths below, beyond the falls to the other side the landscape horizon is a mixing of reds, yellows, blues, and green.“A small, grey paint sport mars this luminous blue interpretation of the famous falls.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1983

Catalogue Number: CoJ.05.36

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Sedum lanceolatum (Lanceleaf/Spearleaf Stonecrop)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1885 – 1905

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.29

Description: A small painting of a plant; the brown roots have long thin tendrils; a clump of small leaves at the base; thick long stems with yellow flowers.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Sedum lanceolatum (Lanceleaf/Spearleaf Stonecrop)

Date: 1885 – 1905

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.5 cm

Description: A small painting of a plant; the brown roots have long thin tendrils; a clump of small leaves at the base; thick long stems with yellow flowers.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.29

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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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Montia (Claytonia) parvifolia (Small-leaved Springbeauty)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1885 – 1905

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.23

Description: A single plant; brown root with tendrils and 9 stems emanating from it; the stems have small leaves; five have small pink flowers and/or buds.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Montia (Claytonia) parvifolia (Small-leaved Springbeauty)

Date: 1885 – 1905

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 17.5 cm

Description: A single plant; brown root with tendrils and 9 stems emanating from it; the stems have small leaves; five have small pink flowers and/or buds.

Subject: botanical; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.23

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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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Moneses uniflora (blue one) Epilobium palustre (pink one)

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Date: 1885 – 1905

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ScM.05.25

Description: Two different plants on the page; to the left two mostly green plants, with leaves near the roots; a long stem is topped with a white five-petalled flower with orange stamins; other is a single plant with long leaves and small four-pink flowers.

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Artist: Mary Schäffer (1861 – 1939, Canadian)

Title: Moneses uniflora (blue one) Epilobium palustre (pink one)

Date: 1885 – 1905

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 17.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Two different plants on the page; to the left two mostly green plants, with leaves near the roots; a long stem is topped with a white five-petalled flower with orange stamins; other is a single plant with long leaves and small four-pink flowers.