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Mountain landscape and police barracks

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Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of two framed paintings. One painting depicts a ranch or small farming community with horses in a fenced area and mountains visible in the background; second painting depicts a North-West Mounted Police barracks with a raised flag nearby and separate stables.
Date Range
[ca.1900-1920]
Reference Code
LUX / II / F2 / PC - 9 to 10
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Painting
Framed print
Part Of
Luxton family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
LUX
Series
LUX / II / F : Collected material
Sous-Fonds
LUX / II : Eleanor Luxton sous-fonds
Sub-Series
LUX / II / F2 : Photographs
Accession Number
LUX
Reference Code
LUX / II / F2 / PC - 9 to 10
GMD
Painting
Framed print
Responsibility
Artist(s) unknown
Date Range
[ca.1900-1920]
Physical Description
2 paintings : framed landscape ; 25 x 17 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of two framed paintings. One painting depicts a ranch or small farming community with horses in a fenced area and mountains visible in the background; second painting depicts a North-West Mounted Police barracks with a raised flag nearby and separate stables.
Material Details
Paintings are in identical wooden frames painted orange with geometric border design. Metal hanging wires are attached to back of each frame
Subject Access
Landscapes
Painting
Arts
Mountains
Homestead
Settlement
Language
N/A
Category
Land, settlement and immigration
Arts
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Date
1925 – 1950
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
103.05.0116
Description
A sturdy, blue cotton painter's smock with long sleeves, pleated at shoulder and back yoke and open the full length of the front with large white buttons on the left side. Long pocket on left breast stitched down the middle to form two compartments, for brushes, two large pockets on skirt, round co…
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Title
Painting Smock
Date
1925 – 1950
Material
fibre
Dimensions
57.0 x 102.5 cm
Description
A sturdy, blue cotton painter's smock with long sleeves, pleated at shoulder and back yoke and open the full length of the front with large white buttons on the left side. Long pocket on left breast stitched down the middle to form two compartments, for brushes, two large pockets on skirt, round collar, and button cuffs;. Small piece of white twill tape at centre back of neck.
Subject
households
hobbies
CRW
painting
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.05.0116
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Date
1920 – 1935
Material
skin; metal
Catalogue Number
104.39.1012
Description
Long, cylindrical, black leather carrying case with suitecase-type handle grip on side. Leather fastened together in a seam up the back by a series of black painted rivets approximately 3.0 apart. Leather cap fastened at one end with rivets and removable from other end to act as lid. Lid has sma…
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Title
Painting Portfolio
Date
1920 – 1935
Material
skin; metal
Dimensions
116.0 cm
Description
Long, cylindrical, black leather carrying case with suitecase-type handle grip on side. Leather fastened together in a seam up the back by a series of black painted rivets approximately 3.0 apart. Leather cap fastened at one end with rivets and removable from other end to act as lid. Lid has small leather strap across top, through which passes a long leather belt attached to the body of the case just below the lid and buckling to the case on the opposite side. Leather, suitcase grip handle fastened to middle of cylinder with two square metal loops through leather straps attached to the cylinder. A small, brown, leather belt passes loosely around the base beneath the handle, with a paper address tag "from Mount Royal Hotel, Banff, Alberta" attached.
Subject
hobbies
artists
Charlie Beil
Carl Rungius
Credit
Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
Catalogue Number
104.39.1012
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Artist
A. Nichol
Date
1922
Medium
oil paint on paper
Catalogue Number
NiA.02.01
Description
A portrait of George A. Stewart the first superintendent of Canadian National Park Banff 1885 - 1897. The picture shows a man sitting in a chair, facing left, his left arm on the arm rest, the right hand holding a cane. The gentleman himself has a receding hairline, collar length white hair, bushy …
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Artist
A. Nichol
Title
George A. Stewart
Date
1922
Medium
oil paint on paper
Dimensions
49.8 x 38.1 cm
Description
A portrait of George A. Stewart the first superintendent of Canadian National Park Banff 1885 - 1897. The picture shows a man sitting in a chair, facing left, his left arm on the arm rest, the right hand holding a cane. The gentleman himself has a receding hairline, collar length white hair, bushy sideburns and a connecting mustache. His coat is drab green. See artist's file for an article in the Crag and Canyon June 9, 1923 re the procurement and hanging of the portrait in the government museum.
Subject
portrait, male
Credit
Gift of Steve Kun, Banff, 1969
Catalogue Number
NiA.02.01
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Mount Biddle at Lake O'Hara

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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Date
1925
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
HbA.02.01
Description
General colour: lower canvas: greens and purples, upper canvas: blues and purples. In the foreground there is water surrounded by rocks. In the middle ground there are trees rising to a mountain face which goes to the top of the canvas. Cloudy sky appears in the upper left corner.
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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Title
Mount Biddle at Lake O'Hara
Date
1925
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
87 x 76.5 cm
Description
General colour: lower canvas: greens and purples, upper canvas: blues and purples. In the foreground there is water surrounded by rocks. In the middle ground there are trees rising to a mountain face which goes to the top of the canvas. Cloudy sky appears in the upper left corner.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Lake O'Hara
Mount Biddle
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
HbA.02.01
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Date
1924
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
HbA.02.05
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Artist
Aldro T. Hibbard (1886 – 1972, American)
Title
Late Afternoon
Date
1924
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
90.5 x 100 cm
Subject
landscape, mountains, river
winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HbA.02.05
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.09
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Rocks in lower left corner sit on a beach which goes along the bottom edge to the right. The water is calm and blue. The far shore slopes up to tall rocky cliffs on the right side. On the left these same cliffs are seen in the distance. The sky is clouded with a bit of …
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Molar Pass
Date
1929
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
34.2 x 41.8 cm
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Rocks in lower left corner sit on a beach which goes along the bottom edge to the right. The water is calm and blue. The far shore slopes up to tall rocky cliffs on the right side. On the left these same cliffs are seen in the distance. The sky is clouded with a bit of blue at the upper left of center edge.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.09
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Old Saints, Church Street

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1925
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.26
Description
blc is a woman in a long red dress and white apron and green shawl. She is carrying something and going to meet a young girl on a sidewalk. Crossing the street lower mid-centre is a man in brown and young girl in pink. There are buildings to the left and right of street, trees at the end. Most of t…
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Old Saints, Church Street
Date
1925
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26.5 x 35.6 cm
Description
blc is a woman in a long red dress and white apron and green shawl. She is carrying something and going to meet a young girl on a sidewalk. Crossing the street lower mid-centre is a man in brown and young girl in pink. There are buildings to the left and right of street, trees at the end. Most of the buildings appear to be homes but you can see a square castle or church spire poking out mid-centre. Cloudy sky. Street is in shadow from the right.
Subject
urban
building
church
figure
people
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.26
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.04
Description
Mountain scene with large prominent peak [Mt. Edith] at right centre. brown rocky slopes with sparse trees on either side, forming a large canyon. a river is in the foreground at the bottom of the canyon. blue sky with pink showing underneath sparsely applied paint. signed “A.C. Leighton bottom” ri…
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Mount Edith
Date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
60.0 x 76.0 cm
Description
Mountain scene with large prominent peak [Mt. Edith] at right centre. brown rocky slopes with sparse trees on either side, forming a large canyon. a river is in the foreground at the bottom of the canyon. blue sky with pink showing underneath sparsely applied paint. signed “A.C. Leighton bottom” right corner. plaque on back of frame reads “Mount Edith, 1928 by A. C. Leighton” and a paper label adds “Banff” to the above.
Subject
mount edith
mountains
banff
landscape
Credit
Gift of Robert Fulton, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
LaC.02.04
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Artist
Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)
Date
c. 1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
BwB.02.01
Description
General colour: blue, purple, green. Creek is surrounded on all sides by snow covered rocks and shrubs. The water comes down from the upper right of center to the lower center and of right near the bottom. In the lower left corner is a bare branched bush. Across the top is snow covered evergreens. …
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Artist
Belmore Browne (1880 – 1954, American)
Title
Baker Creek
Date
c. 1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
90.2 x 100.2 cm
Description
General colour: blue, purple, green. Creek is surrounded on all sides by snow covered rocks and shrubs. The water comes down from the upper right of center to the lower center and of right near the bottom. In the lower left corner is a bare branched bush. Across the top is snow covered evergreens. Clear sky and a distant hill in the upper right corner.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
winter
Baker Creek
Credit
Gift of Evelyn Browne, Durham, USA, 1968
Catalogue Number
BwB.02.01
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