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W.H. McMahon Joins The Mounties 1885
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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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.
- Credit
- Gift of Jack McMahon, Edmonton, 2018
- Catalogue Number
- McW.05.01
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- Date
- 1917
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.17
- Description
- Christmas tree with yellow star, red brick fireplace with fire
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1917
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- Christmas tree with yellow star, red brick fireplace with fire
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.17
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- Date
- 1913 – 1914
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.16
- Description
- green hills, white fence, white house with red roof
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1913 – 1914
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- green hills, white fence, white house with red roof
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.16
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- Date
- 1915
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.15
- Description
- Three women wearing pink and purple gowns sitting on yellow chairs addressing a figure wearing a pink pantsuit standing on a purple floor
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1915
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 30.2 cm
- Description
- Three women wearing pink and purple gowns sitting on yellow chairs addressing a figure wearing a pink pantsuit standing on a purple floor
- Subject
- fairy tale
- pink dress
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.15
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- Date
- c. 1915
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.14
- Description
- red and green dots with red squares. Inside red watercolour “A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU”
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1915
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- red and green dots with red squares. Inside red watercolour “A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU”
- Subject
- Christmas card
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.14
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- Date
- c. 1915
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.13
- Description
- warm climate scene with tropical tree’s and figures riding elephants. Under one elephant it read in caps graphite “MISS WOODHULL”
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1915
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- warm climate scene with tropical tree’s and figures riding elephants. Under one elephant it read in caps graphite “MISS WOODHULL”
- Subject
- elephant
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.13
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- Date
- c. 1915
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.12
- Description
- landscape scene with three rivers, multiple figures and a white and red windmill
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1915
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- landscape scene with three rivers, multiple figures and a white and red windmill
- Subject
- windmill
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.12
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- Date
- c. 1915
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.11
- Description
- Asian landscape drawing man in blue pulling chariot with mountain in background
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1915
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- Asian landscape drawing man in blue pulling chariot with mountain in background
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.11
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- Date
- 1915
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.10
- Description
- pink flowers with green leaves on brown branch
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1915
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- pink flowers with green leaves on brown branch
- Subject
- pink flowers
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.10
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- Date
- 1913 – 1914
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.09
- Description
- landscape with three trees, figure wearing red hood and wolf
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1913 – 1914
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- landscape with three trees, figure wearing red hood and wolf
- Subject
- little red ridding hood
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.09
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- Date
- 1918
- Medium
- charcoal on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.03.242
- Description
- shaded candle and small candle holder
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1918
- Medium
- charcoal on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- shaded candle and small candle holder
- Subject
- candle
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.03.242
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- Date
- 1919
- Medium
- charcoal on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.03.241
- Description
- darkly shaded grapes and leaves
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1919
- Medium
- charcoal on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- darkly shaded grapes and leaves
- Subject
- grape
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.03.241
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- Date
- c. 1917
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.08
- Description
- blue, green and orange designs
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1917
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- blue, green and orange designs
- Subject
- design
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.08
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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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View of Goat Mountain
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- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.01
- Description
- Colour: blue, green, yellow. Two people in a canoe paddle across the lake in the lower part of the picture. Two shore lines are seen on both sides. Beyond are yellow and green hills rising up to purple mountain One pear is prominent in the distance. Clear blue fills the top.This painting was lent t…
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- Title
- View of Goat Mountain
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 40.5 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, green, yellow. Two people in a canoe paddle across the lake in the lower part of the picture. Two shore lines are seen on both sides. Beyond are yellow and green hills rising up to purple mountain One pear is prominent in the distance. Clear blue fills the top.This painting was lent to the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1975 to be included in the exhibition The Railway: A patron of the Arts in Canada. The exhibition was circulated across the country for two years.
- Credit
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- BeS.05.01
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- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BrH.05.01
- Description
- General colour: red, yellow, blue. The left profile and torso of a boy dressed in a uniform. Blue pants with a yellow stripe and a red jacket and a blue hat. He holds a trumpet and faces left.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26 x 19 cm
- Description
- General colour: red, yellow, blue. The left profile and torso of a boy dressed in a uniform. Blue pants with a yellow stripe and a red jacket and a blue hat. He holds a trumpet and faces left.
- Credit
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- BrH.05.01
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Bogside Scotland
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- 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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- 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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- Date
- later than 1886
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- MrT.02.01
- Description
- General colour: green, brown. Central image is a wooden grave marker stuck at the end of a mound of dirt left of center. It reads Sacred to A.R. Underwood. Died July 31, 1886. It is shadowed by a tree whose double trunk is at the right side. Behind is woods, dark trees and light underbrush.
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- Title
- Pioneer Grave
- Date
- later than 1886
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 27.5 cm
- Description
- General colour: green, brown. Central image is a wooden grave marker stuck at the end of a mound of dirt left of center. It reads Sacred to A.R. Underwood. Died July 31, 1886. It is shadowed by a tree whose double trunk is at the right side. Behind is woods, dark trees and light underbrush.
- Subject
- landscape, forest
- historical
- Credit
- Purchased from Bashford's Corner Ltd, Calgary, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- MrT.02.01
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- 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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- 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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