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Lady Minto and Cowboy in National Park, Banff, Canada

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Artist: A. Pearse

Date: 1901

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: PeA.03.01

Description: A realistic drawing in black and white; A mounted rider dressed in buckskins is talking with a lady standing near him; the lady has a long dress, ornate hat and an umbrella; to the right of the picture is a two-horse carriage with 3 people sitting in it; 2 helmeted riders and another man walking ne…

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Artist: A. Pearse

Title: Lady Minto and Cowboy in National Park, Banff, Canada

Date: 1901

Medium: ink on paper

Description: A realistic drawing in black and white; A mounted rider dressed in buckskins is talking with a lady standing near him; the lady has a long dress, ornate hat and an umbrella; to the right of the picture is a two-horse carriage with 3 people sitting in it; 2 helmeted riders and another man walking near the carriage; a herd of bison are near; trees and grass on the flats and up the mountain side; top left corner indicates a slightly cloudy sky.

Subject: Figure; female; Lady Minto; aristocracy; cowboy; Animal; buffalo; Transportation; carriage

Credit: Purchased from John J. Norris, Camberlay, England, 1980

Catalogue Number: PeA.03.01

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Hunters

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Artist: Parr (1893 – 1969, Canadian)

Date: 1909

Medium: stonecut on paper

Catalogue Number: PaR.04.01

Description: General colour: black on white. Three hunters in kayaks line up one above the other on the right side facing left. Three walrus with harpoons stuck in them are stacked one above the next on the left side. At the bottom to the left is a bear.

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Artist: Parr (1893 – 1969, Canadian)

Title: Hunters

Date: 1909

Medium: stonecut on paper

Dimensions: 55.1 x 75.6 cm

Description: General colour: black on white. Three hunters in kayaks line up one above the other on the right side facing left. Three walrus with harpoons stuck in them are stacked one above the next on the left side. At the bottom to the left is a bear.

Subject: figure, male, animal, walrus; bear; hunting

Credit: Purchased from Quest, Banff, 1966

Catalogue Number: PaR.04.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Fredrick S. Chattuses

Date: 1911

Medium: conté on paper

Catalogue Number: ChF.03.01

Description: Colour: black on white. A man facing right sits at a table lighted by a single lamp hanging above right.

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Artist: Fredrick S. Chattuses

Title: Untitled

Date: 1911

Medium: conté on paper

Dimensions: 48.7 x 33.6 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. A man facing right sits at a table lighted by a single lamp hanging above right.

Subject: figure, male

Credit: Gift of W. (family) Painter, 1975

Catalogue Number: ChF.03.01

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Nigatsu-do Temple

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Artist: Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)

Date: 1912

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: YoH.04.02

Description: Colour: brown, blue. The inner roof of the temple fills the top third of the picture. It is held up by four posts. Lights hang down. There are four people by the lower left corner of the building. Evening blue sky fills the backgrund across the center third

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Artist: Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)

Title: Nigatsu-do Temple

Date: 1912

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 25.7 x 36.7 cm

Description: Colour: brown, blue. The inner roof of the temple fills the top third of the picture. It is held up by four posts. Lights hang down. There are four people by the lower left corner of the building. Evening blue sky fills the backgrund across the center third

Subject: architecture; figure; group; religious

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

Catalogue Number: YoH.04.02

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Clearwater Lake

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Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Date: 1914

Medium: oil on paperboard

Catalogue Number: HuW.02.01

Description: In the foreground is a small lake coming from the left side, a man is working on a canoe on the shore. Grass and rocks dominate the foreground, forest behind. The centre of the painting is dominated by a mountain with snow-covered mountain range behind.

Artist: William Hutchinson (1874 – 1918, Canadian)

Title: Clearwater Lake

Date: 1914

Medium: oil on paperboard

Dimensions: 119.5 x 80.1 cm

Description: In the foreground is a small lake coming from the left side, a man is working on a canoe on the shore. Grass and rocks dominate the foreground, forest behind. The centre of the painting is dominated by a mountain with snow-covered mountain range behind.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake; figure; man; forest; canoe

Credit: Gift of Dorothy Hutchinson, Winnipeg, 1994

Catalogue Number: HuW.02.01

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This is Him Here He Comes.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1921

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.622

Description: Ink drawing of a male figure, rendered in a cartoon style, walking towards the viewer. He wears a brimmed hat and a smoking jacket with bow. To the right of the male figure is the inscription: THiS iS HiM/ HERE HE COMESSigned P.W. /21 at the bottom right of the figure

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: This is Him Here He Comes.

Date: 1921

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 22.0 x 14.5 cm

Description: Ink drawing of a male figure, rendered in a cartoon style, walking towards the viewer. He wears a brimmed hat and a smoking jacket with bow. To the right of the male figure is the inscription: THiS iS HiM/ HERE HE COMESSigned P.W. /21 at the bottom right of the figure

Subject: man; figure; bow; hat

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.622

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Pianist

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Artist: H. L. Stratton

Date: 1923

Medium: watercolour; ink on paper board

Catalogue Number: StH.05.01

Description: Almost blacked out pianist scene. Black background and piano, black suit on pianist. Only light areas on head and hands of pianist. Initialled .HLS.23. in pencil brc, pencilled on back Stratton 383W57 St..

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Artist: H. L. Stratton

Title: Pianist

Date: 1923

Medium: watercolour; ink on paper board

Dimensions: 20.5 x 19.7 cm

Description: Almost blacked out pianist scene. Black background and piano, black suit on pianist. Only light areas on head and hands of pianist. Initialled .HLS.23. in pencil brc, pencilled on back Stratton 383W57 St..

Subject: figure, male

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

Catalogue Number: StH.05.01

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Untitled [Two Men in Canoes]

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Artist: Frank Weston Benson (1862 – 1951, American)

Date: 1925

Medium: etching on paper

Catalogue Number: BnF.04.01

Description: Two men in two canoes pulled up on the left bank of a river which runs from lower right corner across to near the upper left corner where there are trees. The far bank goes up into the upper right corner. The sky is seen in the upper left area.

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Artist: Frank Weston Benson (1862 – 1951, American)

Title: Untitled [Two Men in Canoes]

Date: 1925

Medium: etching on paper

Dimensions: 29.7 x 19.8 cm

Description: Two men in two canoes pulled up on the left bank of a river which runs from lower right corner across to near the upper left corner where there are trees. The far bank goes up into the upper right corner. The sky is seen in the upper left area.