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Artist
Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)
Date
1938
Medium
pencil on paper
Catalogue Number
RbC.03.01
Description
a close up sketch of the side of a building. The building has shaker siding on the top 2/3 and horizontal siding at the bottom. There are two windows and the rightmost side of the building is on stilts. Beside the building are leafy plants, the edge of another smaller building, and telephone poles.…
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Artist
Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)
Title
Exshaw
Date
1938
Medium
pencil on paper
Dimensions
24.0 x 35.5 cm
Description
a close up sketch of the side of a building. The building has shaker siding on the top 2/3 and horizontal siding at the bottom. There are two windows and the rightmost side of the building is on stilts. Beside the building are leafy plants, the edge of another smaller building, and telephone poles. Mountains are in the background.
Subject
Exshaw, Alberta
Credit
Gift of Ron Robinson, Nelson, 2023
Catalogue Number
RbC.03.01
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Artist
Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)
Date
c. 1938
Medium
pencil on paper
Catalogue Number
RbC.03.02
Description
Pencil sketch of a white house with metal looking roof. Small wooden outbuilding attached to right side of house. In the background is a mountain with sparse tree cover.
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Artist
Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)
Title
Exshaw Area
Date
c. 1938
Medium
pencil on paper
Dimensions
22.5 x 30.0 cm
Description
Pencil sketch of a white house with metal looking roof. Small wooden outbuilding attached to right side of house. In the background is a mountain with sparse tree cover.
Subject
Exshaw Alberta
Credit
Gift of Ron Robinson, Nelson, 2023
Catalogue Number
RbC.03.02
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Figure Skating Scrapbook Pages

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Part Of
Jimmy Simpson family fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of a collection of loose pages, most likely originally part of a scrapbook. The pages do not have a cover. Includes clippings about figure skaters, particularly Sonja Henie, and skating shows.
Date Range
1931-1933
Reference Code
M78 / 285
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Scrapbook
Textual records
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Part Of
Jimmy Simpson family fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M78 / V16 / V577
Sous-Fonds
M78
Sub-Series
IV / A / 2 Simpson Sisters professional papers: Scrapbooks
Accession Number
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Reference Code
M78 / 285
GMD
Scrapbook
Textual records
Date Range
1931-1933
Physical Description
1.5 cm of textual records (36 pages ; 21 x 26 cm)
History / Biographical
See fonds level description.
Scope & Content
File consists of a collection of loose pages, most likely originally part of a scrapbook. The pages do not have a cover. Includes clippings about figure skaters, particularly Sonja Henie, and skating shows.
Name Access
Henie, Sonja
Subject Access
Activities
Advertising
Alberta Winter Games
Awards
Banff Skating Club
Banff Winter Carnival
Community events
Newspaper
Performance
Public entertainment
Skating
Geographic Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Calgary
Toronto
Edmonton
Ottawa
Chicago
Saskatoon
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Ontario
United States of America
Canada
Language
English
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
Electronic Resources
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Artist
Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)
Date
c. 1939
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
RbC.04.01
Description
A wooden church with singular tall tower topped with a cross. One person is on horseback in front of the church, another stands in shadow by the door, and two lean against the side of the building. Mountains are in the background. Church has been coloured with orange and blue paint, mountains with …
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Artist
Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)
Title
Morley Church
Date
c. 1939
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
11.5 x 16.5 cm
Description
A wooden church with singular tall tower topped with a cross. One person is on horseback in front of the church, another stands in shadow by the door, and two lean against the side of the building. Mountains are in the background. Church has been coloured with orange and blue paint, mountains with blue, and trees and low hills in green.
Subject
Morley
McDougall United Church
Alberta
Credit
Gift of Ron Robinson, Nelson, 2023
Catalogue Number
RbC.04.01
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Artist
Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)
Date
ca. 1941 – 1942
Medium
watercolour; ink; pencil on paper
Catalogue Number
RbC.09.01
Description
A black coil bound sketchbook. Inside the front cover “Cliff Robinson 1009-13 Ave West, Calgary. Morley, Alta” has been written in ink. The sketchbook contains ink, watercolour, and pencil works that illustrate rural scenes [Morley/Mini Thni], studies of plants and animals, buildings, tipis, a sund…
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Artist
Clifford Foard Robinson (1916 – 1992, Canadian)
Title
untitled
Date
ca. 1941 – 1942
Medium
watercolour; ink; pencil on paper
Dimensions
31.0 x 25.0 cm
Description
A black coil bound sketchbook. Inside the front cover “Cliff Robinson 1009-13 Ave West, Calgary. Morley, Alta” has been written in ink. The sketchbook contains ink, watercolour, and pencil works that illustrate rural scenes [Morley/Mini Thni], studies of plants and animals, buildings, tipis, a sundance lodge, RCMP Barracks, Haida symbols, Loose linocuts of villages, a church have been placed between pages. Near the back is a letter to members of the Society of Canadian Painter-etchers and Engravers and a list of paintings exhibited by the Art Gallery of Toronto April 11 - May 3 1942
Subject
Stoney
Indigenous
Haida
birds
animals
Alberta
Mini Thni
RCMP
Credit
Gift of Ron Robinson, Nelson, 2023
Catalogue Number
RbC.09.01
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