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At Glacier

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

Date: prior to 1931

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.032

Description: Mountain scene with surrounding mountains and a valley lake. - appears to be something man-made stretching across the lake from forground to the background.

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

Title: At Glacier

Date: prior to 1931

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20 x 26 cm

Description: Mountain scene with surrounding mountains and a valley lake. - appears to be something man-made stretching across the lake from forground to the background.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.032

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Athabasca Valley and River, B.C.

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Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Date: 1914

Medium: oil on paperboard

Catalogue Number: HuW.02.03

Description: Mountain range dominates top half of the picture, small glacier on one mountain. Foreground is a dark blue river with white currents. Forest at centre right and centre left. Yellow tinged river valley.

Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Title: Athabasca Valley and River, B.C.

Date: 1914

Medium: oil on paperboard

Dimensions: 90.6 x 103.5 cm

Description: Mountain range dominates top half of the picture, small glacier on one mountain. Foreground is a dark blue river with white currents. Forest at centre right and centre left. Yellow tinged river valley.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; river; valley; Athabasca

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, Winnipeg, 1994

Catalogue Number: HuW.02.03

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Axe and Stump

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1917 – 1929

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.557

Description: Pencil drawing of a stump with an axe left in it in the foreground. A squirrel aits on the blunt edge of the axe blade and another sits on a branch in the trees of the background. AXE AND STUMP [tlc, with STUMP underlined]

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Axe and Stump

Date: 1917 – 1929

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 15.1 x 22.5 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of a stump with an axe left in it in the foreground. A squirrel aits on the blunt edge of the axe blade and another sits on a branch in the trees of the background. AXE AND STUMP [tlc, with STUMP underlined]

Subject: axe; stump; squirrel; trees

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.557

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Bank of Heathers

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.410

Description: Pencil sketch of rocky landscape with trees in middle ground and mountains in background.

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

Title: Bank of Heathers

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 26.0 cm

Description: Pencil sketch of rocky landscape with trees in middle ground and mountains in background.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.410

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Banks of Fraser

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.464

Description: Pencil drawing of a body of water in the mid and foreground with trees and bushes on either side. Writing denotes details and colour scheme. Along bottom, in cursive: Banks -- Fraser

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

Title: Banks of Fraser

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 19.5 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of a body of water in the mid and foreground with trees and bushes on either side. Writing denotes details and colour scheme. Along bottom, in cursive: Banks -- Fraser

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.464

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Barn and Storage Tower

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.519

Description: Pencil drawing of a rural scene where a path leads into the distance with a fence separating it from a wood structure and tower. There is a large tree behind the structure. Construction of building suggests it maybe a fort or barn.

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

Title: Barn and Storage Tower

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on board

Dimensions: 37.5 x 27.0 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of a rural scene where a path leads into the distance with a fence separating it from a wood structure and tower. There is a large tree behind the structure. Construction of building suggests it maybe a fort or barn.

Subject: landscape; barn; trail; path; fence; tower

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.519

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Bath Creek

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

Date: c. 1915

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.358

Description: A rough sketch of a close up of a creek. Water and some grass is in foreground, midground is water, and rocks with trees behind them denote the shoreline.There are two small framed images along the bottom. The bottom left is drawn in heavily with pencil. The second is faint and to the right.Ther…

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

Title: Bath Creek

Date: c. 1915

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 27.5 x 20.5 cm

Description: A rough sketch of a close up of a creek. Water and some grass is in foreground, midground is water, and rocks with trees behind them denote the shoreline.There are two small framed images along the bottom. The bottom left is drawn in heavily with pencil. The second is faint and to the right.There is writing all over denoting the colour scheme.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.358

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Bathcombe Cove

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.439

Description: Pencil drawing of a cliff face with cross hatching and a rough structure in background. tlc: Bathcombe Cove

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

Title: Bathcombe Cove

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 26.0 x 20.0 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of a cliff face with cross hatching and a rough structure in background. tlc: Bathcombe Cove

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.439

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The Battle of Cressy

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1792

Medium: engraving on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.03

Description: A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: The Battle of Cressy

Date: 1792

Medium: engraving on paper

Dimensions: 18.0 x 28.5 cm

Description: A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back paper reads “Johnson Art Galleries Limited Pictures Fine Framing. Montreal 634 St. Catherine West.”

Subject: activity; war; figure; group; animal; horse

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.04.03

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B.C.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1917 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.516

Description: A pencil and ink drawing of a map of British Columbia. Notable is Highway 1 and the significant places through which it passes.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: B.C.

Date: 1917 – 1966

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 22.5 x 15.1 cm

Description: A pencil and ink drawing of a map of British Columbia. Notable is Highway 1 and the significant places through which it passes.

Subject: British Columbia; Highway 1; Revelstoke; Vancouver; Hope; geography

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.516

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Below Agassiz (B.C.)

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.462

Description: Pencil drawing of a landscape that is roughly sketched. There appear to be two tree trunks to right side of middle-ground and mountains in the background.tlc in cursive: Below Agassiz

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

Title: Below Agassiz (B.C.)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 25.5 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of a landscape that is roughly sketched. There appear to be two tree trunks to right side of middle-ground and mountains in the background.tlc in cursive: Below Agassiz

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.462

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Bench Lands [sic], Invermere

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.436

Description: A landscape scene with a fence in the foreground, grass mid-ground and mountains and hills in the background.Cursive writing denotes details and colour scheme.tlc: Bench Lands[sic] Invermere

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

Title: Bench Lands [sic], Invermere

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on board

Dimensions: 28.5 x 35.5 cm

Description: A landscape scene with a fence in the foreground, grass mid-ground and mountains and hills in the background.Cursive writing denotes details and colour scheme.tlc: Bench Lands[sic] Invermere

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.436

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The Bending Columbia

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.401

Description: Landscapes where the focal point is in between the artist / viewer and the hill or mountain in the background of each drawing .

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

Title: The Bending Columbia

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on board

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Landscapes where the focal point is in between the artist / viewer and the hill or mountain in the background of each drawing .

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.401

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Bennalt Portage

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

Date: prior to 1931

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.031

Description: Scene with mountains in the background and a bridge leading across a river below this to the below right of center there is a building at the right end of the bridge just behind.

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

Title: Bennalt Portage

Date: prior to 1931

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20.5 x 26 cm

Description: Scene with mountains in the background and a bridge leading across a river below this to the below right of center there is a building at the right end of the bridge just behind.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.031

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Berry Head

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

Date: prior to 1931

Medium: graphite on paper board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.029

Description: Appears to be a coastal scene with cliffs in the forground looking out over the water, there is a few small tree here. - out on the water is a upcropping of lone rock.“A coast scene sketched from a bluff, this is in an earlier coarser style of Collings.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalo…

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

Title: Berry Head

Date: prior to 1931

Medium: graphite on paper board

Dimensions: 19 x 25.5 cm

Description: Appears to be a coastal scene with cliffs in the forground looking out over the water, there is a few small tree here. - out on the water is a upcropping of lone rock.“A coast scene sketched from a bluff, this is in an earlier coarser style of Collings.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.029

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Big Horn Sheep

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Artist: Unknown

Date: 1910

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.40

Description: A large wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Big Horn Sheep

Date: 1910

Dimensions: 24.5 x 29.0 cm

Description: A large wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.

Subject: animal; mountain sheep

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: UnK.06.40

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Bird bath and stone building

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.484

Description: Pencil drawing of a garden scene with a bird bath or stone basin in the foreground, a body of water in the middle, leading back to a stome building in background. Trees and bushes frame the drawing.

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

Title: Bird bath and stone building

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 26.0 x 21.0 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of a garden scene with a bird bath or stone basin in the foreground, a body of water in the middle, leading back to a stome building in background. Trees and bushes frame the drawing.

Subject: landscape; building; basin; bird bath

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.484

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Box and hill

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.378

Description: A hill dominates image. Some fencing runs up the hill on the right. The foreground is mostly grass. There is a small box-like structure in the foreground.

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

Title: Box and hill

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 19.5 x 24.0 cm

Description: A hill dominates image. Some fencing runs up the hill on the right. The foreground is mostly grass. There is a small box-like structure in the foreground.