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Tracking the Moose

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Artist: Cornelius David Krieghoff (1815 – 1872, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1878

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: KrC.02.02

Description: General colour: grey, green, blue, pink. A figure wearing snow shoes, a green coat with a red sash and a red tam with feathers in it, carries a rifle over his right shoulder and trudges to the left. Behind to the right is a snow covered rock. To the left are trees. Grey clouds in a pink and blue sk…

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Artist: Cornelius David Krieghoff (1815 – 1872, Canadian)

Title: Tracking the Moose

Date: prior to 1878

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 21.9 x 26.1 cm

Description: General colour: grey, green, blue, pink. A figure wearing snow shoes, a green coat with a red sash and a red tam with feathers in it, carries a rifle over his right shoulder and trudges to the left. Behind to the right is a snow covered rock. To the left are trees. Grey clouds in a pink and blue sky come down to meet a distant hill.

Subject: figure, male; winter; hunting

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

Catalogue Number: KrC.02.02

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Moccasin Seller

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Artist: Cornelius David Krieghoff (1815 – 1872, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1878

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: KrC.02.01

Description: General colour: grey. A heavily cloaked figure wearing snow shoes and carrying a basket on her back from her forehead and with mocassins clasped in her right hand, trudges to the right in front of chunks of snow covered ice. In the distance on the left is an embankment with a flag flying at the top…

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Artist: Cornelius David Krieghoff (1815 – 1872, Canadian)

Title: Moccasin Seller

Date: prior to 1878

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 26.3 x 21.8 cm

Description: General colour: grey. A heavily cloaked figure wearing snow shoes and carrying a basket on her back from her forehead and with mocassins clasped in her right hand, trudges to the right in front of chunks of snow covered ice. In the distance on the left is an embankment with a flag flying at the top. The sky is grey with a patch of blue in the upper left area.

Subject: figure, female; winter

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

Catalogue Number: KrC.02.01

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Twelve Symphonies

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Artist: Utagawa Yoshitora

Date: 1853

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: YoU.04.01 a-c

Description: This print features 9 woman and 1 man playing musical instruments in a room with a green floor, yellow walls, and a large window which spans through all the panels. Through the window a tree with blossoms can be noticed. Lamps and dishes of goodies are lain about. The first panel contains three w…

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Artist: Utagawa Yoshitora

Title: Twelve Symphonies

Date: 1853

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 37.5 x 73.5 cm

Description: This print features 9 woman and 1 man playing musical instruments in a room with a green floor, yellow walls, and a large window which spans through all the panels. Through the window a tree with blossoms can be noticed. Lamps and dishes of goodies are lain about. The first panel contains three woman kneeling on the floor facing the right. The woman in the blc is playing a drum. Between the first and second panel spans a colourful gong type instrument on a black stand. In the second panel kneel three people (2 women and one man) The man is playing a flute. The third panel has three women: one playing a long stringed instrument.

Subject: figures; group; women; man; activity; musical gathering

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

Catalogue Number: YoU.04.01 a-c

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La Bergere

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Artist: Charles Émile Jacque (1813 – 1894, French)

Date: 1850 – 1890

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: JqC.04.01

Description: Label on paper backing from Frederick Keppel & Co., Inc. New York La Bergere, original etching by Ch. Jacque. signed proof very rare scene of shepherd resting against tree, two grazing cows. Signed on paper brc Ch. Jaque.

Artist: Charles Émile Jacque (1813 – 1894, French)

Title: La Bergere

Date: 1850 – 1890

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 24.9 x 19.2 cm

Description: Label on paper backing from Frederick Keppel & Co., Inc. New York La Bergere, original etching by Ch. Jacque. signed proof very rare scene of shepherd resting against tree, two grazing cows. Signed on paper brc Ch. Jaque.