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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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Untitled

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

Date: 1972

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.32

Description: A building sits in the foreground with a mountain in back. A figure emerges from an open door. At the bottom left: “Canmore-72.”

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

Title: Untitled

Date: 1972

Medium: graphite on paper

Description: A building sits in the foreground with a mountain in back. A figure emerges from an open door. At the bottom left: “Canmore-72.”

Subject: landscape; Canadian; mountain

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.32

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5 Mile Banff

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

Date: 1972

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.31

Description: A mountain landscape sketch. Two peaks rise on the left, a rounded peak with tree coverage sits in the bottom right. Bottom left “5 Mile Banff July ‘72”, bottom right “Glyde.”

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

Title: 5 Mile Banff

Date: 1972

Medium: graphite on paper

Description: A mountain landscape sketch. Two peaks rise on the left, a rounded peak with tree coverage sits in the bottom right. Bottom left “5 Mile Banff July ‘72”, bottom right “Glyde.”

Subject: landscape; Canadian; mountain

Credit: Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997

Catalogue Number: GyH.03.31

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Untitled (Packhorse)

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Date: 1976

Catalogue Number: BeC.06.19 a-i

Description: Three identical plaster models of a horse (28.0 highx38.0cm wide head to tail)packed with diamond hitch; on right rump: “JF” combined and “barX6”; on right shoulder “circle over bar” made from a mold, a metal mold with sprues, a bronze ingot, three examples of the process and wax showing the proce…

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Artist: Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)

Title: Untitled (Packhorse)

Date: 1976

Description: Three identical plaster models of a horse (28.0 highx38.0cm wide head to tail)packed with diamond hitch; on right rump: “JF” combined and “barX6”; on right shoulder “circle over bar” made from a mold, a metal mold with sprues, a bronze ingot, three examples of the process and wax showing the process of lost wax process:(a) a plaster horse with a primer (rust coloured) painted on, marked with black felt pen on bottom of base “A”;(b) a plaster horse with a coat of white paint, marked with black felt pen on bottom of base “B”;(c) a plaster horse with a coat of brown paint, marked with black felt pen on bottom of base “C”.(d) a metal mold (45.0 highx38.0cm wide head to tail) with sprues and gates (the channels through which the molten bronze will travel to the artwork) to create the final bronze piece of artwork. It has a piece of masking tape on the bottom with “#1” written on in black felt pen.(e) a bronze ingot ( 5.0X6.0cm wide) that would be used in the bronze sculpture creation process(f) a piece of clay and plaster (3.5x5.5cm wide) made to show part of the the bronze sculpture creation process(g) a piece of clay and plaster (11.6x4.2cm wide) made to show part of the the bronze sculpture creation process(h) a piece of clay, plaster and metal ((11.0x3.5cm wide) made to show part of the the bronze sculpture creation process(i) pieces of wax (18.0.0x2.0cm wide) to show part of the the bronze sculpture casting process

Subject: sculpture; packhorse; Charlie Beil

Credit: Gift of Devonian Group of Charitable Foundations, 1979

Catalogue Number: BeC.06.19 a-i

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Strange Space

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Date: 1975

Medium: watercolour on arches paper

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.12

Description: Two watercolours framed in a diptych. Dominant colours are shades of brown, black.

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Artist: Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian)

Title: Strange Space

Date: 1975

Medium: watercolour on arches paper

Dimensions: 14 x 19 cm

Description: Two watercolours framed in a diptych. Dominant colours are shades of brown, black.

Subject: landscape; mountains; diptych

Credit: Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010

Catalogue Number: SiR.05.12

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Untitled [wall hanging]

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1970

Medium: fibre

Catalogue Number: AnM.08.033

Description: A fringed wool, wall hanging woven as a split-ply (two-ply) twining method, with fingers, in three colours: brown, green and beige. The weaving is done around and suspended from a small twig.

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [wall hanging]

Date: 1970

Medium: fibre

Dimensions: 16.0 x 16.0 cm

Description: A fringed wool, wall hanging woven as a split-ply (two-ply) twining method, with fingers, in three colours: brown, green and beige. The weaving is done around and suspended from a small twig.

Subject: crafts; weaving; Mary G. Andrews

Credit: Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009

Catalogue Number: AnM.08.033

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Untitled [blanket]

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1970

Catalogue Number: AnM.08.035

Description: A hand woven striped blanket with a fringe. It is plain weaving on a striped warp. The colours are brown, grey, taupe, copper, rust, and beige. On viewer’s left just above (1.0cm) the fringe and 1.0cm from the blanket edge, there is a polyester tag (1.50x4.50cm wide) stitched on. There is a shuttl…

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Artist: Mary Garnham Andrews (1916 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Untitled [blanket]

Date: 1970

Dimensions: 109.0 x 210.0 cm

Description: A hand woven striped blanket with a fringe. It is plain weaving on a striped warp. The colours are brown, grey, taupe, copper, rust, and beige. On viewer’s left just above (1.0cm) the fringe and 1.0cm from the blanket edge, there is a polyester tag (1.50x4.50cm wide) stitched on. There is a shuttle on the left strung with a piece of fibre leading to a spool on viewer’s right; written on the tag “Hand Woven BY Mary G. Andrews”

Subject: crafts; weaving; Mary G. Andrews

Credit: Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009

Catalogue Number: AnM.08.035

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Tunnel Contour in Four Parts

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Artist: Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)

Date: 1977

Medium: acrylic; wax on paper

Catalogue Number: AnS.12.01 a-d

Description: General colour: green. Superimposed on horizontal lines placed at regular intervals up the picture, are curved lines indicating topographic or contour symbols. When all four are hung together the lines meet to form one autonomous image.

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Artist: Stephen Andrews (1922 – 1995, Canadian)

Title: Tunnel Contour in Four Parts

Date: 1977

Medium: acrylic; wax on paper

Dimensions: 76.0 x 55.7 cm

Description: General colour: green. Superimposed on horizontal lines placed at regular intervals up the picture, are curved lines indicating topographic or contour symbols. When all four are hung together the lines meet to form one autonomous image.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Mount Rundle; cartography; topography

Credit: Purchased from Stephen Andrews, Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: AnS.12.01 a-d

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Kayaks and Caribou

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Artist: Luke Anguhadluq (1895 – 1982, Canadian)

Date: 1971

Medium: stonecut on paper

Catalogue Number: AgS.04.01

Description: Ten kayaks float on the right side to left of center. One kayak is upside down. Nine caribou head off to the left. All figures are black on a white ground.Bottom text line reads: Kayaks and Caribou 22/46 1971 Angosaglo, Skseegah [Skseegah, Dkseegah, Dksugah, Akseegah; Aksugah?]

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Artist: Luke Anguhadluq (1895 – 1982, Canadian)

Title: Kayaks and Caribou

Date: 1971

Medium: stonecut on paper

Dimensions: 61.7 x 99.1 cm

Description: Ten kayaks float on the right side to left of center. One kayak is upside down. Nine caribou head off to the left. All figures are black on a white ground.Bottom text line reads: Kayaks and Caribou 22/46 1971 Angosaglo, Skseegah [Skseegah, Dkseegah, Dksugah, Akseegah; Aksugah?]

Subject: transportation; kayak; animal; caribou; hunting

Credit: Purchased from Quest, Banff, 1972

Catalogue Number: AgS.04.01

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Seal Hunter

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Artist: Anna Kingwatsiak (1911 – 1971, Canadian)

Date: 1970

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: AnA.04.01

Description: A figure with arms outstretched, holding a stick in one hand, a line in the other, stands in the upper half of the picture. A seal viewed from above with it's head in the hole fills the bottom half. Left of the figures head is the artists seal.

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Artist: Anna Kingwatsiak (1911 – 1971, Canadian)

Title: Seal Hunter

Date: 1970

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 52.7 x 30.1 cm

Description: A figure with arms outstretched, holding a stick in one hand, a line in the other, stands in the upper half of the picture. A seal viewed from above with it's head in the hole fills the bottom half. Left of the figures head is the artists seal.

Subject: figure, male; activity, hunting; animal, fish

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971

Catalogue Number: AnA.04.01

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Untitled [Flower Series]

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1977

Medium: watercolour; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.02

Description: General colour: blue, grey. Two stalks of blue flowers - four blooms and several buds. There are two grey lines that come in from opposite sides of the circle. One blue stripe comes in at the upper left.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: Untitled [Flower Series]

Date: 1977

Medium: watercolour; ink on paper

Dimensions: 38.5 x 33.4 cm

Description: General colour: blue, grey. Two stalks of blue flowers - four blooms and several buds. There are two grey lines that come in from opposite sides of the circle. One blue stripe comes in at the upper left.

Subject: botanical; flowers

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.02

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Trout Stream Quilt

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Date: 1977

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.01

Description: General colour: blue, grey on white. A striped stuffed bedspread, on which a bubbling river pours out of and over the left end. Three green fish can be seen moving up the falls.

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Artist: Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)

Title: Trout Stream Quilt

Date: 1977

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 49.3 x 49.3 cm

Description: General colour: blue, grey on white. A striped stuffed bedspread, on which a bubbling river pours out of and over the left end. Three green fish can be seen moving up the falls.

Subject: animal; mythological; craft; quilt

Credit: Purchased from Dundurn Press, 1977

Catalogue Number: ArP.05.01

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View of Goat Mountain

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

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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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

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.

Subject: landscape, lake, mountain; Vermilion Lake ?; figure, male

Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966

Catalogue Number: BeS.05.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Harry Brett ( – 1925, Canadian)

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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Artist: Harry Brett ( – 1925, Canadian)

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.

Subject: NWMP; figure; male

Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tabuteau, Banff, 1966

Catalogue Number: BrH.05.01

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Prairie Anemone

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: 1971

Medium: ink on cloth

Catalogue Number: BwA.04.03

Description: General colour: purple, green, brown, yellow. Three purple flowers with yellow centers, and one bud, lean to the left filling the foreground. Behind is green and brown grass on purple.

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Prairie Anemone

Date: 1971

Medium: ink on cloth

Dimensions: 14.9 x 17 cm

Description: General colour: purple, green, brown, yellow. Three purple flowers with yellow centers, and one bud, lean to the left filling the foreground. Behind is green and brown grass on purple.