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English Plough Horses

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Artist: Norah Drummond-Davies (1862 – 1949, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: DmN.02.02

Description: General colour: brown. Central image is two horses, (one white, one brown) pulling a plough (man walks behind) towards the left side of the picture. In the upper right corner is a large tree and some bush. On the left side is more woods and sky beyond.

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Artist: Norah Drummond-Davies (1862 – 1949, Canadian)

Title: English Plough Horses

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 24.8 x 35.5 cm

Description: General colour: brown. Central image is two horses, (one white, one brown) pulling a plough (man walks behind) towards the left side of the picture. In the upper right corner is a large tree and some bush. On the left side is more woods and sky beyond.

Subject: landscape; animal, horse; figure; male; farming

Credit: Gift of Robert Peyto, Shawnigan Lake, 1967

Catalogue Number: DmN.02.02

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Ernest Grant, Chief of the Ravens

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Artist: Sir Aubrey Alexander Creed (1912 – 1998, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on fibre

Catalogue Number: CrA.02.01

Description: General Colour: pale blue, rust and white on black velvet. A man's face, looking to the right is placed left of center. Behind him filling the right side of the picture looms a large black raven. At the bottom of the painting is a mask with the profile of a bird hinged to both sides of it. The left…

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Artist: Sir Aubrey Alexander Creed (1912 – 1998, Canadian)

Title: Ernest Grant, Chief of the Ravens

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on fibre

Dimensions: 39.2 x 49.2 cm

Description: General Colour: pale blue, rust and white on black velvet. A man's face, looking to the right is placed left of center. Behind him filling the right side of the picture looms a large black raven. At the bottom of the painting is a mask with the profile of a bird hinged to both sides of it. The left and right sides of the frame represent the two sides of a bird.

Subject: portrait; male; Ernest Grant

Credit: Gift of Sir Aubrey Alexander Creed, Kitimat, 1971

Catalogue Number: CrA.02.01

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Fred Brewster 1957

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Artist: Edward Goodall (1909 – 1982, Canadian)

Date: 1957

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: GoE.03.02

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Head and upper torso of a man sitting in a chair. His left profile. He wears a beret on the back of his head. His shirt is plaid - sleves rolled up. He has a short mustache.

Artist: Edward Goodall (1909 – 1982, Canadian)

Title: Fred Brewster 1957

Date: 1957

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 24.4 x 19.3 cm

Description: General colour: pencil on white. Head and upper torso of a man sitting in a chair. His left profile. He wears a beret on the back of his head. His shirt is plaid - sleves rolled up. He has a short mustache.

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Fred Brewster, Banff, 1970

Catalogue Number: GoE.03.02

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Fred Brewster, Jasper, Alberta 1940

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Artist: Andreas Roth

Date: 1940

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: RtA.03.01

Description: Man's head and shoulders looking right. He has a small short mustache. His shirt is open at the neck.

Artist: Andreas Roth

Title: Fred Brewster, Jasper, Alberta 1940

Date: 1940

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 17.7 x 25.5 cm

Description: Man's head and shoulders looking right. He has a small short mustache. His shirt is open at the neck.

Subject: portrait; male

Credit: Gift of Fred Brewster, Banff, 1970

Catalogue Number: RtA.03.01

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George McLean

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.024

Description: Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: George McLean

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 40.5 x 51 cm

Description: Colour: blue, brown, red. The head and shoulders on a man facing left. He has short hair and wears a hat. There is a red scarf around his neck. The background is blue.

Subject: portrait; male; George McLean; Walking Buffalo; Indigenous

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.024

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Guy Thomas

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Date: 1945

Medium: pastel on paper

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.04

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Artist: Nicholas Raffael de Grandmaison (1892 – 1978, Canadian)

Title: Guy Thomas

Date: 1945

Medium: pastel on paper

Dimensions: 43 x 30 cm

Subject: portrait; male; Guy Thomas

Credit: Gift of Sonia de Grandmaison, West Vancouver, 1980

Catalogue Number: DgN.03.04

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Hommage

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Artist: Charles Fraser Comfort (1900 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: CfC.01.01

Description: An oil painting entitled “Hommage” as an hommage to Manet’s “Le Dejeuner Sur L’Herbe”.Blue and white label on back reads:Royal Canadian Academy of Arts YEAR 1968ARTISTS NAME Charles F. Comfort LLD RCAADDRESS 28 Blvd. Alexandre Tache Hull P.Q.TITLE HOMMAGE PRICE: $4500.ooSIZE H X W 59” x 72” M…

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Artist: Charles Fraser Comfort (1900 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Hommage

Date: 1968

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 128.0 x 184.0 cm

Description: An oil painting entitled “Hommage” as an hommage to Manet’s “Le Dejeuner Sur L’Herbe”.Blue and white label on back reads:Royal Canadian Academy of Arts YEAR 1968ARTISTS NAME Charles F. Comfort LLD RCAADDRESS 28 Blvd. Alexandre Tache Hull P.Q.TITLE HOMMAGE PRICE: $4500.ooSIZE H X W 59” x 72” MEDIUM oil on CanvasRed sticker underneath Member R.C.Awritten trhc in black felt pen: #44 See narrative for information regarding the painting.

Subject: picnic lunch; nude, female; male

Credit: Gift of , 2003

Catalogue Number: CfC.01.01

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Indian Scouts

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Artist: Norah Drummond-Davies (1862 – 1949, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: DmN.02.01

Description: Colour: brown, green, blue. Three scouts (two on horses) stand on a rise of grass and rocks, overlooking a distant valley to the right and behind. The sky is yellow near the horizon.

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Artist: Norah Drummond-Davies (1862 – 1949, Canadian)

Title: Indian Scouts

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 69.5 x 54.2 cm

Description: Colour: brown, green, blue. Three scouts (two on horses) stand on a rise of grass and rocks, overlooking a distant valley to the right and behind. The sky is yellow near the horizon.