"Artistry Revealed" found 23 records - Research Collections

Bow Glacier

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.04

Description: Colour: blue, green. The lower half is green grass with evergreens along the shore of the lake which appears at left of center. The upper half is blue and purple and white mountains. Sky goes along the top.

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Artist: Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)

Title: Bow Glacier

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 29.0 x 40.0 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green. The lower half is green grass with evergreens along the shore of the lake which appears at left of center. The upper half is blue and purple and white mountains. Sky goes along the top.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Rocky Mountains; glacier; Bow Glacier

Credit: Gift of Mary Hallock, Fort St. James, 1981

Catalogue Number: BwB.02.04

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Castleguard River Region

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.145

Description: The lower third is tall dark trees with a gap at the right side. Behind are blue trees. In the centre behind them is a brown hill and a ridge of purple mountains. Cloudy sky fills the top quarter.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Castleguard River Region

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.9 x 27.8 cm

Description: The lower third is tall dark trees with a gap at the right side. Behind are blue trees. In the centre behind them is a brown hill and a ridge of purple mountains. Cloudy sky fills the top quarter.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; forest; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.145

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Cathedral Mountain from Opabin Pass

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Artist: James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: MaJ.02.04

Description: Copy of inscription au verso:To Pete and Catherine (sic) Whyte, with congratulations (better late than never) with the hope that life will always be as pleasant for them both as for Pete in the sketch. From this humble fellow member in the Opabin Shale Splitter’s J .E. H. MacDonaldOct. 1, 1930

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Artist: James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)

Title: Cathedral Mountain from Opabin Pass

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 20.8 x 26.0 cm

Description: Copy of inscription au verso:To Pete and Catherine (sic) Whyte, with congratulations (better late than never) with the hope that life will always be as pleasant for them both as for Pete in the sketch. From this humble fellow member in the Opabin Shale Splitter’s J .E. H. MacDonaldOct. 1, 1930

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: MaJ.02.04

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Goat Mountain, Spray Valley

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.131

Description: Colour: blue, green, grey. At the lower left corner is a purple rock slope with three short trees on it. Behind on either side are green shores sloping down to a snowy river which goes from the lower right corner to the center. In the upper third in the distance are blue mountains three peaks and b…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Goat Mountain, Spray Valley

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.5 x 27.7 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green, grey. At the lower left corner is a purple rock slope with three short trees on it. Behind on either side are green shores sloping down to a snowy river which goes from the lower right corner to the center. In the upper third in the distance are blue mountains three peaks and blue sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; Goat Mountain; valley; Spray

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.131

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Lake Oesa

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Artist: James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)

Date: 1927

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: MaJ.02.03

Description: The shore of Lake Oesa is visible in the foreground at the bottom of the painting. It is quite rocky. A small shrub or plant is sprouting out of the rock on the right side of the shore. The turquoise Lake Oesa stretches across the canvas. The lake meets up with the headwall of the glacier which …

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Artist: James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)

Title: Lake Oesa

Date: 1927

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 26.0 x 20.6 cm

Description: The shore of Lake Oesa is visible in the foreground at the bottom of the painting. It is quite rocky. A small shrub or plant is sprouting out of the rock on the right side of the shore. The turquoise Lake Oesa stretches across the canvas. The lake meets up with the headwall of the glacier which forms the upper half of the painting. It is painted in shades of dark blue and purple. At the top of the painting, blue and white areas of the glacier are visible.

Subject: landscape; water; Canadian Rockies; Lake Oesa

Credit: Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979

Catalogue Number: MaJ.02.03

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: RuC.02.04

Description: General colour: lower half - green, upper half - blues, purples. A lake fills lower half of canvas. There's a cluster of trees in the lower left corner.Half way up is the far shore of trees rising to mountains. The center of the canvas leads to distant mountain and sky. In the lower right corner ar…

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Artist: Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)

Title: Lake O'Hara

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 76.0 x 91.0 cm

Description: General colour: lower half - green, upper half - blues, purples. A lake fills lower half of canvas. There's a cluster of trees in the lower left corner.Half way up is the far shore of trees rising to mountains. The center of the canvas leads to distant mountain and sky. In the lower right corner are three rocks.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; Lake O'Hara

Credit: Purchased from Dorothy H. Wardle, Sidney, 1978

Catalogue Number: RuC.02.04

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.144

Description: Colour: green, purple, grey brown. There is a green-blue lake at the bottom. Trees on the far shore become grey-brown mountains and in the upper centre area is a glacier on a purple mountain. Blue sky fills the top right edge.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake O'Hara

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.5 x 27.5 cm

Description: Colour: green, purple, grey brown. There is a green-blue lake at the bottom. Trees on the far shore become grey-brown mountains and in the upper centre area is a glacier on a purple mountain. Blue sky fills the top right edge.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.144

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Lake O’Hara — late afternoon

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Artist: James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: MaJ.02.01

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Artist: James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)

Title: Lake O’Hara — late afternoon

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 26.3 x 21.0 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of George K.K. (Tommy) Link, Tucson, USA, 1979

Catalogue Number: MaJ.02.01

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Lake O'Hara, Opabin Dome

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.142

Description: Colour: purple, green. The lower edge is blue water. A piece of land with bushes comes out into it from the right side to the center. Behind are green trees which become a purple hill with more green trees on top. At the left side is a pass between the hill and the green slope going off left. In th…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lake O'Hara, Opabin Dome

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 9 x 11 cm

Description: Colour: purple, green. The lower edge is blue water. A piece of land with bushes comes out into it from the right side to the center. Behind are green trees which become a purple hill with more green trees on top. At the left side is a pass between the hill and the green slope going off left. In the upper left and right cornes are light purple mountains. Pale blue sky is upper center and left a bit.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.142

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Lake O’Hara, Rocky Mountains

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Artist: Herbert Raine (1875 – 1951, Canadian/British)

Date: c. 1932

Medium: etching on drypoint

Catalogue Number: RaH.04.01

Description: Black and white drypoint etching of Lake O’Hara. O’Hara is visible at the bottom of the print. Coniferous trees surround it. The edge of Opabin Plateau is visible above the lake. The view may be from Sargent’s Point. Mts. Lefroy and Victoria are seen above the lake.

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Artist: Herbert Raine (1875 – 1951, Canadian/British)

Title: Lake O’Hara, Rocky Mountains

Date: c. 1932

Medium: etching on drypoint

Description: Black and white drypoint etching of Lake O’Hara. O’Hara is visible at the bottom of the print. Coniferous trees surround it. The edge of Opabin Plateau is visible above the lake. The view may be from Sargent’s Point. Mts. Lefroy and Victoria are seen above the lake.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Lake O’Hara; Opabin Plateau; Sargent’s Point; Mt. Lefroy; Mt. Victoria

Credit: Purchased from Canadian Art Gallery, Canmore, 2003

Catalogue Number: RaH.04.01

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Molar Pass

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.09

Description: General colour: blue, brown. Rocks in lower left corner sit on a beach which goes along the bottom edge to the right. The water is calm and blue. The far shore slopes up to tall rocky cliffs on the right side. On the left these same cliffs are seen in the distance. The sky is clouded with a bit of …

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Molar Pass

Date: 1929

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 34.2 x 41.8 cm

Description: General colour: blue, brown. Rocks in lower left corner sit on a beach which goes along the bottom edge to the right. The water is calm and blue. The far shore slopes up to tall rocky cliffs on the right side. On the left these same cliffs are seen in the distance. The sky is clouded with a bit of blue at the upper left of center edge.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.09

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Mount Biddle at Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)

Date: 1925

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: HbA.02.01

Description: General colour: lower canvas: greens and purples, upper canvas: blues and purples. In the foreground there is water surrounded by rocks. In the middle ground there are trees rising to a mountain face which goes to the top of the canvas. Cloudy sky appears in the upper left corner.

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Artist: Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)

Title: Mount Biddle at Lake O'Hara

Date: 1925

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 87 x 76.5 cm

Description: General colour: lower canvas: greens and purples, upper canvas: blues and purples. In the foreground there is water surrounded by rocks. In the middle ground there are trees rising to a mountain face which goes to the top of the canvas. Cloudy sky appears in the upper left corner.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Lake O'Hara; Mount Biddle

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: HbA.02.01

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Mount Thompson

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.143

Description: Colour: green, purple blue. In the lower third grass grows along the bottom edge and a row of trees cross form left to right leaving a gap between them at the right side. Behind is a purple blue mountain which rises to the right leaving the upper left area to clouds and sky.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mount Thompson

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.5 x 27.5 cm

Description: Colour: green, purple blue. In the lower third grass grows along the bottom edge and a row of trees cross form left to right leaving a gap between them at the right side. Behind is a purple blue mountain which rises to the right leaving the upper left area to clouds and sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountains

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.143

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Povungnituk

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

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.246

Description: View of a coastal village. Similar to WyC.01.245. In the centre is a small light blue-green house, with a brick-red roof. A grey tent with touches of blue sits in front of the house. Three clotheslines, with wash coloured red, pale orange, pale ochre, and blue, hang about the house. In the lower le…

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

Title: Povungnituk

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: View of a coastal village. Similar to WyC.01.245. In the centre is a small light blue-green house, with a brick-red roof. A grey tent with touches of blue sits in front of the house. Three clotheslines, with wash coloured red, pale orange, pale ochre, and blue, hang about the house. In the lower left corner are two buildings with quick indications of two small figures between them. One of the figures is stooping over to pick something off the ground. Many other buildings are scattered over the rough ground of grass, exposed rock and dirt paths. In the far background in the upper left is a indication of pale blue-grey water. The sky is light grey.

Subject: landscape; rural; architecture

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.246

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Povungnituk

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

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.255

Description: View of a grey-brown church encompassed by houses. The church is located in the foreground to the right of centre. The only side of the church which is in full view has no windows or doors. The church's bell tower has an orange cross upon it. There is an indication of a dirt road leading up to the …

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

Title: Povungnituk

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: View of a grey-brown church encompassed by houses. The church is located in the foreground to the right of centre. The only side of the church which is in full view has no windows or doors. The church's bell tower has an orange cross upon it. There is an indication of a dirt road leading up to the left side of the church. The houses about the church are coloured blue-green, blue, ochre or white, with details in brown or black. The sky fills three-quarters of the picture. It is a medium blue tone behind the homes, but there is a mass of grey cloud with light yellow highlights directly behind the church bell. The upper sky contains plumes of cloud divided by fairly distinct lines of blue sky (composed of loose brushstrokes placed side by side). The lines of blue sky seem to radiate outwards, like wheel spokes, from a point to the left of the picture's centre. Signed, in the lower right, Catherine R. Whyte '68.

Subject: landscape; architecture; rural

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.255

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Rocks, Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1961

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.011

Description: Colour: grey, green, brown, blue, white. Foreground is grey and brown slabs of rock. At the right side is a dark rock cliff and behind a grey mountain peak.Clouds come down in swirls of white revealing two patches of clear blue.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Rocks, Lake O'Hara

Date: 1961

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 76.5 x 63.5 cm

Description: Colour: grey, green, brown, blue, white. Foreground is grey and brown slabs of rock. At the right side is a dark rock cliff and behind a grey mountain peak.Clouds come down in swirls of white revealing two patches of clear blue.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.011

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Stream Coming from Peyto Lake

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1962

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.40

Description: A blue/green stream is centre bottom and dissappears in centre of picture; autumn colours on both banks; evergreen trees also both banks; mountains in background centre of picture; cloudy sky; brc inked markings appears to have been signed and dated then inked out; inscription on brc of mat: Happy …

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Stream Coming from Peyto Lake

Date: 1962

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 14.0 x 18.0 cm

Description: A blue/green stream is centre bottom and dissappears in centre of picture; autumn colours on both banks; evergreen trees also both banks; mountains in background centre of picture; cloudy sky; brc inked markings appears to have been signed and dated then inked out; inscription on brc of mat: Happy Xmas & Happy New Year from Simpson clan 1962-63. Credit both The Banff Centre and Mrs.J. I. Brewster in any exhibition of publication of the collection, either in whole or in part. Banff Centre catalogue numbers: 81 0308 A; 20661.