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1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1911
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.322
Description
Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
1908 Railway Tunnel (Continental Divide on back)
Date
c. 1911
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 35.5 cm
Description
Front: the entrance to a railway tunnel is on the left, and muontain and trees surround it. Above the entrance is written “1908” and then his writing for a colour scheme in the brc.Back: mountains and trees surround a valley running through the picture. Writing in the brc: “VICTORIA RIDGE OVER 10,000feet, 33 BELOW zero, CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FEB 23”
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.322
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Artist
Peggy Dixon
Date
1985
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
DiP.03.04
Description
An antelope faces to the right in fully body profile. Grass lines the bottom of the image. At the lower right corner of the matt “IP 33.” On the back of the image is an erased sketch of a person riding a horse on the right, and a person holding a rope on the left.
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Artist
Peggy Dixon
Title
Antelope Buck
Date
1985
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
12.5 x 20.3 cm
Description
An antelope faces to the right in fully body profile. Grass lines the bottom of the image. At the lower right corner of the matt “IP 33.” On the back of the image is an erased sketch of a person riding a horse on the right, and a person holding a rope on the left.
Subject
antelope
grass
Credit
Gift of Peggy Dixon, Milk River, 2012
Catalogue Number
DiP.03.04
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Artist
Sylvia Richman
Date
1982
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
RiS.03.01
Description
Mountain shapes in foreground, blue/purple, reds, green, brown, black outlines, top half of picture is multicoloured - red left center with yellows, browns and greens. Top right corner is very muted.
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Artist
Sylvia Richman
Title
Banff Revisited IV
Date
1982
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
15.0 x 18.3 cm
Description
Mountain shapes in foreground, blue/purple, reds, green, brown, black outlines, top half of picture is multicoloured - red left center with yellows, browns and greens. Top right corner is very muted.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of Sylvia Richman, 1983
Catalogue Number
RiS.03.01
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1900 – 1965
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.03
Description
General colour: white, blue, orange, green on brown. A mountain with purple, blue and orange slopes on the left. A bank of green on the right and snow and rock face above and center. Vague blue and cream shadings in the sky.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Bow Glacier
Date
1900 – 1965
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
24.0 x 30.4 cm
Description
General colour: white, blue, orange, green on brown. A mountain with purple, blue and orange slopes on the left. A bank of green on the right and snow and rock face above and center. Vague blue and cream shadings in the sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.03.03
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Churchyard, Sandwich Kent

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1909
Medium
graphite on paper board
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.083
Description
Scene with a stone wall to the left and some trees to the right and a church in the middle background.“This sketch probably dates from 1909 when the Collings family lived in Sandwich in the year prior to their emigration to Canada.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda …
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Churchyard, Sandwich Kent
Date
c. 1909
Medium
graphite on paper board
Dimensions
28.5 x 38 cm
Description
Scene with a stone wall to the left and some trees to the right and a church in the middle background.“This sketch probably dates from 1909 when the Collings family lived in Sandwich in the year prior to their emigration to Canada.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda HeathOn the back is a sketch of the port side of a ship with a life boat of pulleys.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.083
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1905
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.268
Description
A vague outline or image of an animal.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Cow ?
Date
c. 1905
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
4.5 x 9.5 cm
Description
A vague outline or image of an animal.
Subject
landscape
animal
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.268
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1905
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.255
Description
A rough sketch of a group of 5-6 cows with their backs to the viewer.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Cow Sketches
Date
c. 1905
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
18 x 22.5 cm
Description
A rough sketch of a group of 5-6 cows with their backs to the viewer.
Subject
landscape
animal, cows
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.255
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1905
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.264
Description
Sketch is of seven cows standing and laying down amongst grass.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Cows on Hillside
Date
c. 1905
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
10 x 15 cm
Description
Sketch is of seven cows standing and laying down amongst grass.
Subject
landscape
animal, cows
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.264
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Artist
Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)
Date
1981
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
BuD.03.16
Description
Letter to Jon in black india ink. “454 EAST 8TH AVE APT 204VANCOUVER BCV5T 1S7, 4:20PM, APRIL 5/81DEAR JON:YOUR EPIC POEM HAS BEEN OF GREAT, GREAT INSPIRATION. I HAD DONE NO WORK OF MY OWN SINCE LAST SUMMER, WHEN I DID THE ONE HUNDRED DRAWINGS OF VANCOUVER GIRLS, CEASING ABOUT AUGUST 9TH. BUT WHEN …
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Artist
Dennis Burton (1933 – 2013, Canadian)
Title
Dear Jon
Date
1981
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
58.45 x 43.2 cm
Description
Letter to Jon in black india ink. “454 EAST 8TH AVE APT 204VANCOUVER BCV5T 1S7, 4:20PM, APRIL 5/81DEAR JON:YOUR EPIC POEM HAS BEEN OF GREAT, GREAT INSPIRATION. I HAD DONE NO WORK OF MY OWN SINCE LAST SUMMER, WHEN I DID THE ONE HUNDRED DRAWINGS OF VANCOUVER GIRLS, CEASING ABOUT AUGUST 9TH. BUT WHEN I HEARD YOUR KELSEY UNCALCIFIED, I FRIED! THE HEAT OF THE POWER OF THE IMAGERY PROMPTED SERIES 1 & 11, THE BEST OF WHICH ARE ENCLOSED HEREWITH. THIS IS PERHAPS NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED, NOT WHAT YOU FORESAW, BUT IT IS MY IMMEDIATE TWO-WEEK RESPONSE TO THE WORK. I RECALLED MY DRIVE WEST THIS LAST TIME_SEPT. 1RST TO 5TH ‘79 PLUS THE RECALLS OF THE TRIPS WEST WARD AND EASTWARD = 1950 (4) 1951 (4) 1952 (4) 1953 (4) 1955 (2) 1956 (0) 1957 (4) 1958 (2) 1959 (0) 1960 (0) 1961 (2) 1962 (0) 1963 (3) 1964 (0) 1965 (0) 1966 (2) 1967 (2) 1968 (2) 1969 (2) 1970 (0) 1971 (2) 1971 (2) 1972 (2) 1973 (2) 1974 (2) 1975 (2) 1976 (2) 1977 (0) 1978 (2) 1979 (4). BY AIR * BY TRAIN * ALL THE REST BY AUTOMOBILE, VIA U.S.A, VIA CANADA, 1980 * (2) TOTAL 59 TIMES!SO SERIES 1 : 17 OF 25 AND SERIES 11: 8 OF 26. I DECIDED TO DISREGARD THE LIMITATIONS OF NUMBERS OF COLOURS.THESE WERE EXECUTED IN CHIN-CHIN AND PELIKAN INDIA INK IN PR. PH MARTINS CONCENTRATED TRANSPARENT WATER COLOUR (INKS) ON CARTRIDGE PAPER 18” X 24”LOVE, WRITE SOON HENRY HNRKELSEY KLES BOOK OF : DENNIS BURTON”
Subject
Henry Kelsey
Jon Whyte
Hommage
Credit
Gift of Katherine Govier, Toronto, 2020
Catalogue Number
BuD.03.16
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1905
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.256
Description
A sketch of 2 dogs laying down near a garden.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Dogs in Garden
Date
c. 1905
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
18 x 22.5 cm
Description
A sketch of 2 dogs laying down near a garden.
Subject
landscape
animal, dogs
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.256
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