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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 296
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- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 5
- Arthur Lismer (1885 – 1969, Canadian) 1
- Frederick Andrew Bosley (1881 – 1942, American) 1
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- Lawren S. Harris (1885 – 1970, Canadian) 1
- Reinhold H. Palenske (1884 – 1955, American) 1
An Evolution in Leg Wear Commonly Known as Pants
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.755
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.755
- Description
- Simple sketches of different types of pants wore throughout a man’s life, ranging from different types of work (or lack there of) and his childhood. Beside each pair of pants they are labelled with a number and the type of pants that are drawn. In the BRC it says “AN EVOLUTION IN LEG WEAR COMMONLY …
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- Title
- An Evolution in Leg Wear Commonly Known as Pants
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Simple sketches of different types of pants wore throughout a man’s life, ranging from different types of work (or lack there of) and his childhood. Beside each pair of pants they are labelled with a number and the type of pants that are drawn. In the BRC it says “AN EVOLUTION IN LEG WEAR COMMONLY KNOWN AS PANTS. GO BY THE NUMBERS”verso: in the BRC there appears to be a sketch of a man signing, above him there are images of two people that have been cut off (making it difficult to tell what they are doing), and “ato min” written. To the left of the man signing there appears to be music notes and the letters “KT”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.755
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Around the World in One Month
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.746
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.746
- Description
- A simple sketch of a man in a fancy vehicle wearing a mask driving off. There appears to be a sign erased to the left of the car. The hood ornament looks like a little man with giant hands. In the TRC it says “AROUND THE WORLD IN ONE MONTH,” on the vehicle is says “WHITE CAR,” and it is signed in t…
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- Title
- Around the World in One Month
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 22.8 cm
- Description
- A simple sketch of a man in a fancy vehicle wearing a mask driving off. There appears to be a sign erased to the left of the car. The hood ornament looks like a little man with giant hands. In the TRC it says “AROUND THE WORLD IN ONE MONTH,” on the vehicle is says “WHITE CAR,” and it is signed in the BLC
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.746
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- Date
- 1925 – 1929
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.868
- Description
- Boxed off is a study of balance. There are six separate drawings to emphasis balance in architecture, specifically windows. Each one has a number and their style written below: “II ITALIAN BROCADES”, “V MARBLE INLAID”, “IV ITALIAN BROCADES”, “III FRENCH GOTHIC”, “VIII HARP LUTE”, and “VIII ENGLISH …
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- Title
- Balance
- Date
- 1925 – 1929
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.3 x 25.3 cm
- Description
- Boxed off is a study of balance. There are six separate drawings to emphasis balance in architecture, specifically windows. Each one has a number and their style written below: “II ITALIAN BROCADES”, “V MARBLE INLAID”, “IV ITALIAN BROCADES”, “III FRENCH GOTHIC”, “VIII HARP LUTE”, and “VIII ENGLISH GUITAR”. In the TRC “EB B-”, and it is signed by Peter near the BRC.
- Subject
- balance
- Gothic
- English Guitar
- Harp Lute
- French Gothic
- Italian Brocades
- Marble Inlaid
- window
- architecture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.868
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Brazeau Snowfield, Jasper
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- Date
- c. 1925
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- HaL.03.01
- Description
- Inscription reads: Brazeau Snowfield, Jasper. Sketchbook drawing by Lawren S. Harris (1885-1970). Presented to the Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, Alta. in memory of Peter & Catharine Whyte by Anne & Lawren P. Harris, June, 1979. Also written by Lawren P. Harris is the Following: I certify this work to…
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- Title
- Brazeau Snowfield, Jasper
- Date
- c. 1925
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 24.5 cm
- Description
- Inscription reads: Brazeau Snowfield, Jasper. Sketchbook drawing by Lawren S. Harris (1885-1970). Presented to the Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, Alta. in memory of Peter & Catharine Whyte by Anne & Lawren P. Harris, June, 1979. Also written by Lawren P. Harris is the Following: I certify this work to be an original sketchbook drawing by Lawren S. Harris, (1885-1970. Lawren P. Harris, May 22, 1979. Ottawa, Ontario.
- Credit
- Gift of Lawren P. Harris, Ottawa, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- HaL.03.01
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By Royal Appointment
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.467
- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on drawing
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.467
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a coach with two figures on the front and one on rear. [the inscription] BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT/ SAMA WARD COACH BUILDERPieces of a coach scattered with a man building a coach on left side.
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- Title
- By Royal Appointment
- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on drawing
- Dimensions
- 21.2 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a coach with two figures on the front and one on rear. [the inscription] BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT/ SAMA WARD COACH BUILDERPieces of a coach scattered with a man building a coach on left side.
- Subject
- coach
- builder
- Sama Ward
- royal appointment
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.467
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Canton, China, Typical Street Scene
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- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.005
- Description
- A street scene with various intensities of red, yellow, and blue signs on buildings on both sides of the street with laundry strung between. At the right a figure in blue with a sandy coloured hat sits in a doorway by some bundles. At the left a man in a sandy coloured hat carries two yellow bundl…
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- Title
- Canton, China, Typical Street Scene
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 31.5 x 22.1 cm
- Description
- A street scene with various intensities of red, yellow, and blue signs on buildings on both sides of the street with laundry strung between. At the right a figure in blue with a sandy coloured hat sits in a doorway by some bundles. At the left a man in a sandy coloured hat carries two yellow bundles on a pole that he carries across his shoulders. In the background are numerous other figures.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.005
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Chinese Mothers, Canton, China
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- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.004
- Description
- A group of three adults stand center. Flanking the man in red in the center is a woman in beige to the left with a child on her back in a red pouch, and to the right another woman in light orange with a child on her back in a green pouch. Behind them is a step up on to an area where a figure in b…
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- Title
- Chinese Mothers, Canton, China
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.4 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- A group of three adults stand center. Flanking the man in red in the center is a woman in beige to the left with a child on her back in a red pouch, and to the right another woman in light orange with a child on her back in a green pouch. Behind them is a step up on to an area where a figure in blue sits playing a flute. Behind him in the background is another figure bending over a desk, pen in hand. Setting is washed in brown and green.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.004
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Dollar Ski Lacquer
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.413
- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.413
- Description
- Pencil drawing of skiers makign a dollar sign with their trails in the snow. Appears to be a design for a ski lacquer label.[top centre]Dollar Ski Lacquer[bottom]prepared by H A Gourley (chemist) Banff Canada, in the canadian rockies
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- Title
- Dollar Ski Lacquer
- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.2 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawing of skiers makign a dollar sign with their trails in the snow. Appears to be a design for a ski lacquer label.[top centre]Dollar Ski Lacquer[bottom]prepared by H A Gourley (chemist) Banff Canada, in the canadian rockies
- Subject
- ski
- lacquer
- label
- H A Gourley
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.413
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Easter Greeting
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.906
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.906
- Description
- A border 1.5-2.0 cm thick surrounds the outside edge of the paper that has been shaded in. Inside the border there is a loose drawing of daffodils. Below the flowers it says “EASTER GREETING”
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- Title
- Easter Greeting
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 14.9 cm
- Description
- A border 1.5-2.0 cm thick surrounds the outside edge of the paper that has been shaded in. Inside the border there is a loose drawing of daffodils. Below the flowers it says “EASTER GREETING”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.906
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Graphite Drawing
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.414
- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.414
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a some kind of crash. Oozing from the crash is a substance labelled OATMEAL. A male figure runs from the oatmeal.
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- Title
- Graphite Drawing
- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 17.2 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a some kind of crash. Oozing from the crash is a substance labelled OATMEAL. A male figure runs from the oatmeal.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.414
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Hockey Tonight
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.596
- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.596
- Description
- A pencil sketch of a poster advertising a Banff versus Calgary hockey game during the Banff Winter Carnival in 1921. The poster reads: HOCKEY TONIGHT/ BANFF VS CALGARY/ CANADA’S WINTER PLAYGROUND/ BANFF WINTER/ CARNIVAL/ JAN. 29TH TO FEB. 5TH 1921./ DONT FORGET YOUR KODAKA drawing of two crossed ho…
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- Title
- Hockey Tonight
- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- A pencil sketch of a poster advertising a Banff versus Calgary hockey game during the Banff Winter Carnival in 1921. The poster reads: HOCKEY TONIGHT/ BANFF VS CALGARY/ CANADA’S WINTER PLAYGROUND/ BANFF WINTER/ CARNIVAL/ JAN. 29TH TO FEB. 5TH 1921./ DONT FORGET YOUR KODAKA drawing of two crossed hockey sticks over a trophy accompany the text line of BANFF VS. CALGARY
- Subject
- hockey
- Banff
- Calgary
- Winter Carnival
- Kodak
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.596
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.950 h
- Description
- Figure drawing of person wearing gas mask walking with a cane. To viewers left, boxed in pencil “I am BLIND”
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- Title
- I am Blind
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- Figure drawing of person wearing gas mask walking with a cane. To viewers left, boxed in pencil “I am BLIND”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.950 h
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.927
- Description
- Calla lilies grow out of a lily pad with more growing behind them. There are tall grasses at the edge of the pond with a hill in the background. Below the drawing it says “THE LILIES”
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- Title
- The Lilies
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- Calla lilies grow out of a lily pad with more growing behind them. There are tall grasses at the edge of the pond with a hill in the background. Below the drawing it says “THE LILIES”
- Subject
- vegetation
- floral
- flower
- lily
- calla lilly
- lily pad
- water
- pond
- grass
- hill
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.927
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The Lone Pine Slopp
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.495
- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.495
- Description
- Three drawings, each enclosed in rectanges. The largest shows a man skiing on a hill with a tree. The other two show the man crashing into the tree.
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- Title
- The Lone Pine Slopp
- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 21.8 cm
- Description
- Three drawings, each enclosed in rectanges. The largest shows a man skiing on a hill with a tree. The other two show the man crashing into the tree.
- Subject
- skiing
- crash
- accident
- tree
- Lone Pine Slopp
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.495
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LiA.03.01
- Description
- This drawing is a stylistically loose portrayal of a mountain scene. This scene is comprised only of mountains and rock - no trees or such other landscape. There is a peak in TLC and the mountain slopes downward to another smaller peak in the TRC. The foreground of the piece is comprised of many…
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- Title
- Mt. Biddle
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Description
- This drawing is a stylistically loose portrayal of a mountain scene. This scene is comprised only of mountains and rock - no trees or such other landscape. There is a peak in TLC and the mountain slopes downward to another smaller peak in the TRC. The foreground of the piece is comprised of many loose rocks that are piled on top of one another and recede into the background. The line quality of the drawing in the foreground is much heavier and more detailed than the background. Shading in the piece is done mostly with cross-hatching.
- Subject
- Landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Mountains
- Credit
- Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- LiA.03.01
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Mt. Sir Donald
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- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.283
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a mountain capped with snow. The silhouette of trees act as a screen in the foreground. A hand drawn frame in pencil encircles the drawing.MT. SIR DONALD [centre bottom] CANADIAN ROCKIES [brc]appears to have an erased signature in bottom right corner, with “Pete...” Peter White 1…
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- Title
- Mt. Sir Donald
- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.5 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a mountain capped with snow. The silhouette of trees act as a screen in the foreground. A hand drawn frame in pencil encircles the drawing.MT. SIR DONALD [centre bottom] CANADIAN ROCKIES [brc]appears to have an erased signature in bottom right corner, with “Pete...” Peter White 1921 [brc, above CANADIAN ROCKIES]
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.283
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Nearing Calgary from Regina
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.399
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.399
- Description
- Landscapes where the focal point is in betwwern the artist / viewer and the hill or mountain in the background of each drawing . Writing denotes details and colour scheme.Writing on back: “nearing Calgary from Regina - March 12th - 28”
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- Title
- Nearing Calgary from Regina
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- Landscapes where the focal point is in betwwern the artist / viewer and the hill or mountain in the background of each drawing . Writing denotes details and colour scheme.Writing on back: “nearing Calgary from Regina - March 12th - 28”
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.399
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Nerner and Sam Castella
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.463
- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.463
- Description
- A pencil drawing of two figures that appear to be hammering on a slope.NERNER AND SAM CASTELLA [below drawing]HOWARD SMITH VICTORY BONDS [wm]
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- Title
- Nerner and Sam Castella
- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.3 x 20.2 cm
- Description
- A pencil drawing of two figures that appear to be hammering on a slope.NERNER AND SAM CASTELLA [below drawing]HOWARD SMITH VICTORY BONDS [wm]
- Subject
- figures
- hammering
- Nerner and Sam Castella
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.463
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On the Columbia between Revelstoke and Arrow Lakes
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.106
- Date
- c. 1925
- Medium
- graphite on oil paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.106
- Description
- Scene with a lake in the forground center moving back over sloping forests to the mountain in the background.“It is not surprising that this soft, moody sketch shows some wear as Collings seems to have been travelling by canoe. The artist would have been well into his seventies on this trip.” -- …
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- Title
- On the Columbia between Revelstoke and Arrow Lakes
- Date
- c. 1925
- Medium
- graphite on oil paper
- Dimensions
- 26 x 20 cm
- Description
- Scene with a lake in the forground center moving back over sloping forests to the mountain in the background.“It is not surprising that this soft, moody sketch shows some wear as Collings seems to have been travelling by canoe. The artist would have been well into his seventies on this trip.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.106
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- Date
- c. 1925
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.112
- Description
- Scene of a river with swiftly moveing water and with trees to its rear bank.“Collings focused increasingly on the centre of his pictures in his late work, leaving the edges ‘open’ as in this example.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
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- Title
- Pine Portage
- Date
- c. 1925
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 27.5 cm
- Description
- Scene of a river with swiftly moveing water and with trees to its rear bank.“Collings focused increasingly on the centre of his pictures in his late work, leaving the edges ‘open’ as in this example.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.112
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