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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
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1918
Medium
coloured charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.03.245
Description
landscape with bright blue sky and green grass and trees
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1918
Medium
coloured charcoal on paper
Dimensions
15.0 x 26.0 cm
Description
landscape with bright blue sky and green grass and trees
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.03.245
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.624
Description
A pencil drawing of an oak tree appearing behind a fence that cuts across a plains landscape. There are clouds in the sky.Across the top edge is the inscription: THE DEAD OAKSigned in brc PETER WHITE on verso, upside down is written in cursive Perspective V
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
7.5 x 29.5 cm
Description
A pencil drawing of an oak tree appearing behind a fence that cuts across a plains landscape. There are clouds in the sky.Across the top edge is the inscription: THE DEAD OAKSigned in brc PETER WHITE on verso, upside down is written in cursive Perspective V
Subject
landscape
tree
oak
dead
fence
clouds
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.624
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Artist
Adeline Baxter (1881 – 1959)
Date
c. 1917
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BxA.05.01
Description
Colour: green, blue. A green valley with a peak at the left and a ridge at the right. Two peaks in the distance at center meet blue sky with two clouds.
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Artist
Adeline Baxter (1881 – 1959)
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1917
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.0 x 24.0 cm
Description
Colour: green, blue. A green valley with a peak at the left and a ridge at the right. Two peaks in the distance at center meet blue sky with two clouds.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Canmore area
Credit
Gift of T. (Mrs.) B. Williams, Victoria, 1970
Catalogue Number
BxA.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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The Source of the Bow

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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1936
Medium
woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
PhW.04.14
Description
Colour: black with white. Lower area is water tumbling between black rocks which arch up overhead. The water can be seen going back up center into the rocks to a third down from the top.Same as PhW.04.54
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Artist
Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian)
Title
The Source of the Bow
Date
prior to 1936
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
11.6 x 17.5 cm
Description
Colour: black with white. Lower area is water tumbling between black rocks which arch up overhead. The water can be seen going back up center into the rocks to a third down from the top.Same as PhW.04.54
Subject
landscape
waterfall
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969
Catalogue Number
PhW.04.14
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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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Hotakayama- Hodakayama

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Artist
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)
Date
1916
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
YoH.04.10
Description
Colour: purple, yellow, green. The lower half is water surrounded by green trees on the left and yellow bushes across the center. The upper half is purple mountains with dark forest on the left.
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Artist
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)
Title
Hotakayama- Hodakayama
Date
1916
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
24.6 x 37.0 cm
Description
Colour: purple, yellow, green. The lower half is water surrounded by green trees on the left and yellow bushes across the center. The upper half is purple mountains with dark forest on the left.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
YoH.04.10
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Artist
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)
Date
1916
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
YoH.04.13
Description
Colour: blue grey, sand, purple brown. In the upper part of the picture and down the left side are rocks. The water comes out of them from the upper left down into the lower area and half way up the right side.
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Artist
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)
Title
Nakatsu River
Date
1916
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
24.8 x 37.1 cm
Description
Colour: blue grey, sand, purple brown. In the upper part of the picture and down the left side are rocks. The water comes out of them from the upper left down into the lower area and half way up the right side.
Subject
landscape
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
YoH.04.13
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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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Houses with Twin Trees

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
prior to 1931
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.030
Description
Scene of a house with two trees in the immediate forground to the right and left of center. - further behind is a house which fills the space between the two trees and as far as the right edge. - two windows and a door on the immediate front, and a window and door on the side.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Houses with Twin Trees
Date
prior to 1931
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
19 x 25 cm
Description
Scene of a house with two trees in the immediate forground to the right and left of center. - further behind is a house which fills the space between the two trees and as far as the right edge. - two windows and a door on the immediate front, and a window and door on the side.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.030
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
prior to 1931
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.539
Description
Landscape scene with a marshy area in the forground, with grass-like reed shapes growing out of it. - the is a building in the background with two chimneys and another building further to the right.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Pond and Farmhouse
Date
prior to 1931
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20 x 24.5 cm
Description
Landscape scene with a marshy area in the forground, with grass-like reed shapes growing out of it. - the is a building in the background with two chimneys and another building further to the right.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.539
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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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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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Steep Valley, Glacier

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
prior to 1931
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.033
Description
Mountain scene with three mountains one in the middle distance, the second closest to the right, and the third to the left. - there is lake or stream in the middle forground of the mountains with trees surrounding it.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Steep Valley, Glacier
Date
prior to 1931
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20 x 26 cm
Description
Mountain scene with three mountains one in the middle distance, the second closest to the right, and the third to the left. - there is lake or stream in the middle forground of the mountains with trees surrounding it.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.033
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Garden Homes of B.C.

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
prior to 1931
Medium
graphite on cardboard package
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.034
Description
Scene of a pathway or road with tail slim trees on either side reaching up to the top edge where they disappear. - darkly shaded grey areas on the trees. - a blue spot of pigment 15.5cm from the br. along that edge.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Garden Homes of B.C.
Date
prior to 1931
Medium
graphite on cardboard package
Dimensions
26 x 20.5 cm
Description
Scene of a pathway or road with tail slim trees on either side reaching up to the top edge where they disappear. - darkly shaded grey areas on the trees. - a blue spot of pigment 15.5cm from the br. along that edge.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.034
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
prior to 1931
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.037
Description
Landscape scene with a spindly tree dominating the forground, with brush and shrubs leading into the background, and a square shaped building in the far right background.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Tree by Castle
Date
prior to 1931
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
19 x 23.5 cm
Description
Landscape scene with a spindly tree dominating the forground, with brush and shrubs leading into the background, and a square shaped building in the far right background.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.037
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Wrecks of Klondike Times

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
prior to 1931
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.038
Description
A cabin in the forground center/right, one door in the center framed wall. - a stream runs along the cabin begining in the distance. - mountains in the distance.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Wrecks of Klondike Times
Date
prior to 1931
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20.5 x 26 cm
Description
A cabin in the forground center/right, one door in the center framed wall. - a stream runs along the cabin begining in the distance. - mountains in the distance.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.038
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