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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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Bill Neish

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: 1936

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.10

Description: A portrait of a man, facing in three quarter profile to the left. He wears a cowboy hat and a knotted scarf around his neck. Inscribed at the bottom left “Bill Nish Warden”, signed “Glyde” at bottom right. On back “Bow Lake, 1936 with Reg Harvey.”

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Artist: Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Bill Neish

Date: 1936

Medium: graphite on paper

Description: A portrait of a man, facing in three quarter profile to the left. He wears a cowboy hat and a knotted scarf around his neck. Inscribed at the bottom left “Bill Nish Warden”, signed “Glyde” at bottom right. On back “Bow Lake, 1936 with Reg Harvey.”

Subject: Bill Neish; portrait; warden

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.10

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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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Boats in Harbour

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

Date: c. 1885

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.289

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

Title: Boats in Harbour

Date: c. 1885

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 8 x 19 cm

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.289

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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.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.378

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Branches

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.504

Description: Two sidedThe naked upper branches of a tree on front sideVerso: a tree trunk with shrubs at its base gets cut off at top of page

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

Title: Branches

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 22.3 x 17.5 cm

Description: Two sidedThe naked upper branches of a tree on front sideVerso: a tree trunk with shrubs at its base gets cut off at top of page

Subject: tree; landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.504

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Bright Green Between Slopes

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.435

Description: Rough drawing of mountain scape with grass in foreground. Other writing denotes colour scheme and other details.

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

Title: Bright Green Between Slopes

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on board

Dimensions: 23.0 x 27.0 cm

Description: Rough drawing of mountain scape with grass in foreground. Other writing denotes colour scheme and other details.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.435

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Brush and water

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.393

Description: A rough sketch of brush and water.

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

Title: Brush and water

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 14.0 x 19.5 cm

Description: A rough sketch of brush and water.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.393

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Building and Tree

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

Date: c. 1890

Medium: graphite on board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.516

Description: Drawing of a building in the background, framed by trees in the foreground.

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

Title: Building and Tree

Date: c. 1890

Medium: graphite on board

Dimensions: 28.0 x 38.0 cm

Description: Drawing of a building in the background, framed by trees in the foreground.

Subject: building; trees; foliage

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.516

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Burnt trees

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

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.457

Description: Pencil sketch of remains of trees with charred bark and trees appear to have been cut or burnt down. Light drawing of rocky horizon in background.Writing denotes details and colour scheme.

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

Title: Burnt trees

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 18.5 x 25.0 cm

Description: Pencil sketch of remains of trees with charred bark and trees appear to have been cut or burnt down. Light drawing of rocky horizon in background.Writing denotes details and colour scheme.

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.457

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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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The Campbell's are Coming Hurrah' Hurrah'

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1939 – 1945

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.461

Description: A pencil drawing of a scene where a truck drives to the viewer’s left, while a plane/stork with parcel above. Animals chase the truck. On the right side there is a cabin labeled WUTHURING HEIGHTS, but crossed out[right side] -7Cbinchr... [left edge]The Campbell's are Coming Hurrah' Hurrah' [brc][bl…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: The Campbell's are Coming Hurrah' Hurrah'

Date: 1939 – 1945

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 21.3 x 27.7 cm

Description: A pencil drawing of a scene where a truck drives to the viewer’s left, while a plane/stork with parcel above. Animals chase the truck. On the right side there is a cabin labeled WUTHURING HEIGHTS, but crossed out[right side] -7Cbinchr... [left edge]The Campbell's are Coming Hurrah' Hurrah' [brc][blc in cursive] Peter Whyte

Subject: RAF; plane; stork; cabin; Campbells; Wuthuring Heights

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.461

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Canadian Highlanders Are With You

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1939 – 1945

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.757

Description: Two images of what appears to be sketches for propaganda posters for World War II. The top image is a Canadian Highlander standing on a hill in a poised stance holding a lee enfield. In the background there is a mountain range, and below his feet is says “CANADIAN HIGHLANDERS ARE WITH YOU.” In the …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Canadian Highlanders Are With You

Date: 1939 – 1945

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.3 x 16.2 cm

Description: Two images of what appears to be sketches for propaganda posters for World War II. The top image is a Canadian Highlander standing on a hill in a poised stance holding a lee enfield. In the background there is a mountain range, and below his feet is says “CANADIAN HIGHLANDERS ARE WITH YOU.” In the second image it is the Highlander again looking out to the mountain range with his back to the viewer.