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W.H. McMahon Joins The Mounties 1885

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Artist
William Hastings McMahon (1864 – 1956, Canadian)
Date
1885 – 1956
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
McW.05.02 a-g
Description
Wood frame with white matting. 6 windows in the matting, 5 watercolour paintings and 1 photograph. Four of the watercolour paintings are in the four corners, a larger watercolour is places just about centre and the photograph is shown below. under each window is an inscription refrencing the image …
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Artist
William Hastings McMahon (1864 – 1956, Canadian)
Title
W.H. McMahon Joins The Mounties 1885
Date
1885 – 1956
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
Wood frame with white matting. 6 windows in the matting, 5 watercolour paintings and 1 photograph. Four of the watercolour paintings are in the four corners, a larger watercolour is places just about centre and the photograph is shown below. under each window is an inscription refrencing the image it is associated with. At the top is a large inscription reading “WHMcMahon Joins The Mounties. 1885.” All the writing is done in an ornate calligraphy.A: Image (top left): “The Raw Recruit” Viewer looks on into a blue room, facing a doorway and hallway. At the end of the hall a faded figure in blue pants and a red coat stand at attention. In the foreground, a soldier in a red coat, blue pants and white helmet stands in full profile view with rifle at his side. He faces the right side of the image. On the Right side a gentlemen (in a fine suit and hat) stands in full profile facing the left side of the image. He carries a suit case and walking stick. B: Image (bottom left): “First Uniform ill fitting” A man in a red coat, blue pants, and orange hat faces the viewer directly. The coat and pants are bumpy with lots of folds. in the back ground there are plain buildings and a dirt ground.C: Image (center top): “Who told you to dismount, Sir?” Blue skies look over a large area of dirt ground where a man sits in a brown shirt and blue pants. His right arm reaches down to his butt. His hat lays beside him on the right edge of the picture. In the center of the image a dark brown horse is painted mid-buck with the reins flying over his head and his ears pinned back. There is no rider on the saddle. Another man, in a red coat, stands in the distance on the left edge with his hand outstretched. In the background there is a large white building with a large British flag flying above. A faded fourth figure stands in the background. F: Image (Center bottom): “N.W.M.P. Barracks, Banff) It is a photograph (Can be found in archives V265/NA-66-37) Nine figures in brown uniforms stand in front of a yellow building with a brown roof. The man furthest to the left holds the reins of a dapple gray horse. A white dog sits between two of the center figures who are laying on the ground. Based off information at the Archives of Alberta the man laying down to the right of the dog is the artist, William Hastings McMahon. Two more horses pull a cart on the right edge. with a tenth figure in the cart. E: Image (top right): “Drill” A man in a red coat faces a line of marching soldiers in brown coats. He is slightly leaning forward and holds a long stick in his hands. Another figure in a red coat stands in the background. The surrounding environment is a mixtures of browns. Three faded buildings. D: Image (bottom right): “McMahon, N.W.M.P” A proud man faces the viewer directly. He is in a red coat, blue pants and black boots. The background is faded. One building is visible in the background and a woman figure in the far left. G: Frame and Calligraphy script on mat board
Subject
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
R.C.M.P
landscape
barrack
banff
mounties
North West Mounted Police
N.W.M.P
watercolour
Credit
Gift of Jack McMahon, Edmonton, 2018
Catalogue Number
McW.05.02 a-g
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Police Barracks in Banff

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Artist
William Hastings McMahon (1864 – 1956, Canadian)
Date
1880 – 1929
Medium
watercolour, pen and ink on paper
Catalogue Number
McW.05.01
Description
Watercolour painting with pen and ink detailing. It is a landscape painting with 4 Mountains, blue skies, an evergreen forested area, leafy trees, bushes, a building with a red roof, yellow walls and a wood fence. The sky accounts for half the image surface, some mountain peaks and trees cross the …
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Artist
William Hastings McMahon (1864 – 1956, Canadian)
Title
Police Barracks in Banff
Date
1880 – 1929
Medium
watercolour, pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
19.05 x 30.48 cm
Description
Watercolour painting with pen and ink detailing. It is a landscape painting with 4 Mountains, blue skies, an evergreen forested area, leafy trees, bushes, a building with a red roof, yellow walls and a wood fence. The sky accounts for half the image surface, some mountain peaks and trees cross the center line and stretch into the sky. There are four birds, off centered, flying in the back ground. The forested area stretches over the mountain ranges, coming up just behind the building which is placed in the distance to the viewer. The left side of the image is surrounded by bushes and three large trees. There are four figures in the painting, two closer to the viewer with red coats, blue pants. They are placed in the middle at an opening in the gate. Another figure is on the right edge, riding a dark brown horse. the fourth figure is standing next to the building, too far to paint details. There is a white structure to the right of the building, Unidentified.
Subject
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
R.C.M.P
landscape
barrack
banff
Credit
Gift of Jack McMahon, Edmonton, 2018
Catalogue Number
McW.05.01
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Date
later than 1883
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CuJ.05.01
Description
General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.
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Artist
John Donaldson Curren (1852 – 1940, Canadian)
Title
Bogside Scotland
Date
later than 1883
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
14.25 x 18.75 cm
Description
General colour: green, orange. Central image is a house. Half of the roof is tiled with orange brick. There are trees to the left and behind. In front are fields and a cross the bottom, is a brown fence. Sky is grey.
Subject
landscape
architecture
rural
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CuJ.05.01
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Date
prior to 1905
Medium
photoengraving on paper
Catalogue Number
RuC.11.01
Description
Colour: greys as in a black and white photograph. At the waters edge in the center are two bull moose fighting. To the right, half way up in the background is a female moose looking on. Dead logs and grass fill the lower part of the picture.
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Artist
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American)
Title
Battling Moose
Date
prior to 1905
Medium
photoengraving on paper
Dimensions
30.1 x 50.4 cm
Description
Colour: greys as in a black and white photograph. At the waters edge in the center are two bull moose fighting. To the right, half way up in the background is a female moose looking on. Dead logs and grass fill the lower part of the picture.
Subject
landscape
animal, moose
Credit
Gift of W. J. Wright, Kamloops, 1969
Catalogue Number
RuC.11.01
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Artist
Sydney C. Vick (1855 – 1922, Canadian)
Date
c. 1890
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
ViS.02.04
Description
Colour: green. The left bank of the river fills the left lower corner. Three trees grow at the left side, two near the bottom and one small one up on some rocks two thirds the way up. The river comes up from the lower right corner. The far bank has trees and up beyond rise distant mountains. A patc…
Artist
Sydney C. Vick (1855 – 1922, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1890
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
17.0 x 10.4 cm
Description
Colour: green. The left bank of the river fills the left lower corner. Three trees grow at the left side, two near the bottom and one small one up on some rocks two thirds the way up. The river comes up from the lower right corner. The far bank has trees and up beyond rise distant mountains. A patch of sky can be seen in the upper right corner.
Subject
landscape
mountain
river
Credit
Gift of Helen Wells, Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
ViS.02.04
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1880
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.45
Description
Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Marble Halls
Date
1880
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
13.5 x 14 cm
Description
Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1986
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.45
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Summit of the Rockies and Mt. Field

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Artist
James Alfred Aitken (1846 – 1897, Scottish)
Date
c. 1886
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
AiJ.05.01
Description
The scene is comprised mainly of a mountain and a lake. The lake takes up approx. 1/2 of the work, and is cropped in the brc by the frame. The blc is the shoreline of the lake. On the right and left side of the piece, just above the lake, the beginning of two treed mountain sides head out of the…
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Artist
James Alfred Aitken (1846 – 1897, Scottish)
Title
Summit of the Rockies and Mt. Field
Date
c. 1886
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
The scene is comprised mainly of a mountain and a lake. The lake takes up approx. 1/2 of the work, and is cropped in the brc by the frame. The blc is the shoreline of the lake. On the right and left side of the piece, just above the lake, the beginning of two treed mountain sides head out of the picture frame. These two slopes frame a clear mountain in the background which is centered in the middle of the piece. They sky is quite cloudy.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Mt. Field
Credit
Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997
Catalogue Number
AiJ.05.01
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Young Willow Branches - Moon Crescent

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Artist
Takada Kakushu
Date
1881
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
KaD.03.01
Description
Willow branches fall into the page from the top edge, and one of these branches stretches all the way to the bottom center of the page. Through the leaves a crescent moon is visible.
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Artist
Takada Kakushu
Title
Young Willow Branches - Moon Crescent
Date
1881
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
32 x 35 cm
Description
Willow branches fall into the page from the top edge, and one of these branches stretches all the way to the bottom center of the page. Through the leaves a crescent moon is visible.
Subject
botanical
willow branches
landscape
moon
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KaD.03.01
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Untitled [Log Cabin in Snow]

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Artist
Sydney C. Vick (1855 – 1922, Canadian)
Date
c. 1890
Medium
oil on wood
Catalogue Number
ViS.02.03
Description
Winter scene with snow and a cabin in the forground. A row of tall evergreen trees directly behind the cabin fill almost the rest of the painting. 3 tree stumps in the bottom left corner.
Artist
Sydney C. Vick (1855 – 1922, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Log Cabin in Snow]
Date
c. 1890
Medium
oil on wood
Description
Winter scene with snow and a cabin in the forground. A row of tall evergreen trees directly behind the cabin fill almost the rest of the painting. 3 tree stumps in the bottom left corner.
Subject
landscape
winter
cabin
trees
Credit
Gift of Alice Fulmer, Victoria, 1966
Catalogue Number
ViS.02.03
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Artist
Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)
Date
1835
Medium
pencil; ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
PoS.09.01
Description
A paper album containing artworks done in ink, pencil and watercolour (?). The album is primarly made up of a brown marbled pattern, with red leather (?) or tape (?) on the spine and corners. Inside the front cover on the center of the page, there is an inscription that reads “Serena M. Potts / 183…
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Artist
Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)
Title
Drawing Album
Date
1835
Medium
pencil; ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
24.5 x 34.5 cm
Description
A paper album containing artworks done in ink, pencil and watercolour (?). The album is primarly made up of a brown marbled pattern, with red leather (?) or tape (?) on the spine and corners. Inside the front cover on the center of the page, there is an inscription that reads “Serena M. Potts / 1835”. Pages contain artworks of flora and fauna, including birds, butterflies, flowers, plants and landscape scenes, both in colour and in black and white. Some of the drawings share a page with another, while others are one drawing/painting per page.
Subject
flora
fauna
bird
butterfly
plant
flower
landscape
botanical drawings
black and white
ink
graphite
drawing
painting
sketchbook
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
PoS.09.01
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Artist
Priscilla Morgan Potts (1815 – , American)
Date
1830
Medium
pen and ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
PoM.03.01
Description
Landscape scene with a small, lght yellow house in the centerl, surrounded by leafy trees. In the foreground, 4 animals, likely cattle, are grazing. A river runs through the right hand side, with a large rocky cliff in the far background. The sky is blue, but cloudy. A yellow field is seen to the l…
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Artist
Priscilla Morgan Potts (1815 – , American)
Title
Pen And Ink Drawing
Date
1830
Medium
pen and ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
19.0 x 24.0` cm
Description
Landscape scene with a small, lght yellow house in the centerl, surrounded by leafy trees. In the foreground, 4 animals, likely cattle, are grazing. A river runs through the right hand side, with a large rocky cliff in the far background. The sky is blue, but cloudy. A yellow field is seen to the left, but the rest of the grassy areas are green.Inscription reads “P. M. Potts / W. B. School / 1830”. Based on other items in the collection, it can be inferred that this was created during the artist’s time at the Washington Boarding School.
Subject
landscape
pastoral
building
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
PoM.03.01
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Artist
Marmaduke Matthews (1837 – 1913, British)
Date
c. 1887
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
MaM.02.01
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Artist
Marmaduke Matthews (1837 – 1913, British)
Title
Bow River
Date
c. 1887
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
33.0 x 67.8 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
river
Credit
Purchased from Kennedy Galleries , New York, USA, 1980
Catalogue Number
MaM.02.01
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The Canadian Pacific Railway

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Artist
William Notman (1826 – 1891)
Date
1886
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
NoW.04.02
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Artist
William Notman (1826 – 1891)
Title
The Canadian Pacific Railway
Date
1886
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
40 x 28.2 cm
Subject
landscape
mountains
CPR
Credit
Purchased from Prints Old and Rare, San Francisco, USA, 1979
Catalogue Number
NoW.04.02
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Mount Sir Donald Station

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Artist
William Notman (1826 – 1891)
Date
1889
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
NoW.04.01
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Artist
William Notman (1826 – 1891)
Title
Mount Sir Donald Station
Date
1889
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
33.5 x 22.6 cm
Subject
landscape
mountains
CPR
Credit
Purchased from Prints Old and Rare, San Francisco, USA, 1979
Catalogue Number
NoW.04.01
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Ejiri, View of Miho, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido

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Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858, Japanese)
Date
1834
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
HiU.04.01
Description
Harbour scene, houses in foreground, boats and sailboats in harbour, some out at sea, mountains to the left center. The sky at the horizon is pink, a orange stripe runs along top of picture.
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Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858, Japanese)
Title
Ejiri, View of Miho, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
Date
1834
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
25.9 x 36.4 cm
Description
Harbour scene, houses in foreground, boats and sailboats in harbour, some out at sea, mountains to the left center. The sky at the horizon is pink, a orange stripe runs along top of picture.
Subject
landscape
lake
mountains
view of Miho
boats
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HiU.04.01
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Yokkaichi, Mie River, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido

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Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858, Japanese)
Date
1834
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
HiU.04.02
Description
A waterfront scene. A breakwater runs from left bottom corner to the right and off it is a brown plank bridge. A bald-headed man in blue is chasing a yellow hat to the left bottom corner on the breakwater, another person is on the bridge, he has on a yellow coat and light orange hat. A lone bushy b…
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Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858, Japanese)
Title
Yokkaichi, Mie River, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
Date
1834
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
25 x 36 cm
Description
A waterfront scene. A breakwater runs from left bottom corner to the right and off it is a brown plank bridge. A bald-headed man in blue is chasing a yellow hat to the left bottom corner on the breakwater, another person is on the bridge, he has on a yellow coat and light orange hat. A lone bushy branched tree is in centre of picture, a row of reeds runs through centre of picture, some brown topped houses are to left centre. Dark royal blue and green lower part of picture, aqua marine in centre, blue sky line. A stripe of red/brown runs along top of picture.
Subject
landscape
river
Mie River
figure
male
activity,running
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HiU.04.02
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Sudden Shower at Shono, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido

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Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858, Japanese)
Date
1834
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
HiU.04.03
Description
A steep green hill runs from bottom right to centre left, three men, two carrying a sedan chair with a person inside are going uphill, the three have hatsson, the leader has a yellow cape and a yellow cover is over the chair. Two people, one with a yellow cape the other with a yellow umbrella are g…
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Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858, Japanese)
Title
Sudden Shower at Shono, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
Date
1834
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
25 x 36 cm
Description
A steep green hill runs from bottom right to centre left, three men, two carrying a sedan chair with a person inside are going uphill, the three have hatsson, the leader has a yellow cape and a yellow cover is over the chair. Two people, one with a yellow cape the other with a yellow umbrella are going downhill. Rooftops in right foreground. Silhouettes of trees, three rows, go from top right to centre left. More trees in immediate foreground.
Subject
landscape
Shono
figure
group
activity
walking
rain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HiU.04.03
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The Tenryu River at Mitsuke, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido

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Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858, Japanese)
Date
1834
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
HiU.04.04
Description
Two boats, two people in one of them, are nosed up to sandbar. The sandbar runs through middle of picture. More boats and men on other side of sandbar. Some men are on the bar loading a llama. Two rows of trees are silhouetted top left. The water is blue, a strip of dark blue runs across top of pic…
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Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858, Japanese)
Title
The Tenryu River at Mitsuke, from the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido
Date
1834
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
22 x 34 cm
Description
Two boats, two people in one of them, are nosed up to sandbar. The sandbar runs through middle of picture. More boats and men on other side of sandbar. Some men are on the bar loading a llama. Two rows of trees are silhouetted top left. The water is blue, a strip of dark blue runs across top of picture.
Subject
landscape
river
Tenryu River
activity
boating
figures
male
female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HiU.04.04
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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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Artist
D. Clark
Date
1888
Medium
watercolour on heavy paper
Catalogue Number
CiD.05.01
Description
The oldest known painting of the Banff townsite. It shows Stoney Squaw to the left, Cascade to the right with Brewster in background. A false fronted building in left foreground has Groceries, dry goods, L.C. Fulmer written on front, bigger building to the right foreground Banff Hotel, Keefe, ????.…
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Artist
D. Clark
Title
Part of Old Banff
Date
1888
Medium
watercolour on heavy paper
Dimensions
21 x 35.5 cm
Description
The oldest known painting of the Banff townsite. It shows Stoney Squaw to the left, Cascade to the right with Brewster in background. A false fronted building in left foreground has Groceries, dry goods, L.C. Fulmer written on front, bigger building to the right foreground Banff Hotel, Keefe, ????. A log structure to centre left, a small red building centre right, five trees in centre, numerous stumps. The grass and trees are green. Along the bottom of the picture is inscribed: Part of original Banff Siding 29? 1888 Cascade Mtn 8K - D Clark, Agent CPR.Siding 29 was established in 1883 at the base of Cascade Mtn. The CPR moved the station to its current Banff location in 1889 and by 1897 all the residents of the old town had moved to the new town of Banff. Eleanor Luxton, Banff Canada’s First National Park... pg. 68
Subject
landscape
Banff
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
CiD.05.01
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