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Boats, Winches and Pulleys

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1870

Medium: graphite on paper board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.035

Description: The frame has been divided into three squares, from top left to right; - no. 1 12.5x9cm. has two pole shapes and wires running from it. - the no. 2, 9x10cm. is shaded shapes. - the third in the shape of a backwards L could be the front part of a ship with the anchor winch shown and a large block an…

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Boats, Winches and Pulleys

Date: c. 1870

Medium: graphite on paper board

Dimensions: 26.5 x 18.5 cm

Description: The frame has been divided into three squares, from top left to right; - no. 1 12.5x9cm. has two pole shapes and wires running from it. - the no. 2, 9x10cm. is shaded shapes. - the third in the shape of a backwards L could be the front part of a ship with the anchor winch shown and a large block and tackle on cable above. Marks; the cardboard has been cracked through the vertical middle.“Collings spent the first 40 years of his life in South Devon, only a few miles from the coast. Harbour views, often with boats, dominate his early work. This studious sketch, with the paper divided into three sections to accommodate mast, reflection, and winch details, was probably made when the artist was about 20.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.035

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Procession of Daimyo (Feudal Lords)

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Artist: Sakurai Seppo (1753 – 1824, Japanese)

Date: prior to 1880

Medium: silk

Catalogue Number: SeP.15.01

Description: A three-dimensional silk scene of various insects in procession depicting a feudal lord going up to the capital city. The insects and all elements of the picture are hand made of silk on a silk background. Extremely fine work, exceptional detail. Leading the procession are 3 grasshoppers (heralds) …

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Artist: Sakurai Seppo (1753 – 1824, Japanese)

Title: Procession of Daimyo (Feudal Lords)

Date: prior to 1880

Medium: silk

Dimensions: 40.0 x 84.0 cm

Description: A three-dimensional silk scene of various insects in procession depicting a feudal lord going up to the capital city. The insects and all elements of the picture are hand made of silk on a silk background. Extremely fine work, exceptional detail. Leading the procession are 3 grasshoppers (heralds) followed by: 2 wasps carrying blue flowers, 2 crickets carrying morning glory flowers, 2 grasshoppers (big and strong) carrying biggest standards, 2 mantis carrying chest, 4 bearers (grasshoppers, 2 carrying, 2 backups) carrying a golden beetle (feudal lord) in a fine insect cage, 8 dancers (wasps), one lagging behind, 1 large grasshopper bearing beetle (parade marshall), 11 wasps and grasshoppers carrying food staples. i.e. honeycone, rice, wheat, beans, persimmon hill left foreground and right background with light brush strokes depicting grasses. Gold powder used as scenery highlights. Ref. pp 14-15, Vol.I,E.S. Morse Japan Day by Day, Houghton Mifflin Co., Riverside Press Cambridge, Boston and New York, 1917. Same artist, Seppo, made fans 103.08.0261 in Whyte House - WH-U2 sw.

Subject: mythological; insect

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

Catalogue Number: SeP.15.01

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Bow River, Banff

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

Date: prior to 1887

Medium: oil on pressed paperboard

Catalogue Number: BeS.02.02

Description: A view of the Bow River, the river covers most of the bottom half of the picture, 4 white (tents?) structures on bank, middle of picture. A line of evergreens runs through center of picture, mountains (Borgeau Range), some snow,in background, the sky is blue with lots of white clouds.

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

Title: Bow River, Banff

Date: prior to 1887

Medium: oil on pressed paperboard

Dimensions: 11.9 x 21.7 cm

Description: A view of the Bow River, the river covers most of the bottom half of the picture, 4 white (tents?) structures on bank, middle of picture. A line of evergreens runs through center of picture, mountains (Borgeau Range), some snow,in background, the sky is blue with lots of white clouds.

Subject: landscape, river, Bow River; mountain, Bourgeau Range

Credit: Purchased from Sotheby Parke Bernet (Canada) Ltd, Toronto, 1982

Catalogue Number: BeS.02.02

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The Ottertails

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

Date: prior to 1880

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BeS.05.02

Description: Ottertails Mountain range, blue grey with snow in crevases, some blue sky but mostly cloudy, foreground spruce trees and rocks in lower left, mostly green with yellow.

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

Title: The Ottertails

Date: prior to 1880

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 16.7 x 24.3 cm

Description: Ottertails Mountain range, blue grey with snow in crevases, some blue sky but mostly cloudy, foreground spruce trees and rocks in lower left, mostly green with yellow.

Subject: landscape, mountain; Ottertails Mountain range

Credit: Purchased from Sotheby Parke Bernet (Canada) Ltd, Toronto, 1982

Catalogue Number: BeS.05.02

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Portrait of General U. S. Grant

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Artist: William E. Marshall

Date: 1868

Medium: engraving on paper

Catalogue Number: MaW.04.02

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of General U. S. Grant. He is facing to his left, dressed in dark suit and tie. An oval mat frames the portrait.

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Artist: William E. Marshall

Title: Portrait of General U. S. Grant

Date: 1868

Medium: engraving on paper

Dimensions: 53.0 x 41.0 cm

Description: A head and shoulders portrait of General U. S. Grant. He is facing to his left, dressed in dark suit and tie. An oval mat frames the portrait.