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Escape The Teeming World

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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.11
Description
Line drawing consisting of two separate drawings separated by a crease and a wavy line. At left, drawing similar to TuJ.03.10 (Lonesome Pine Cabins) with one cabin at centre. Below “LONESOME PINE CABINS RATES UNREASONABLE EVEN IF WE HAVE THEM FREE, IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH” is written in block letters …
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Escape The Teeming World
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
31.5 x 57.0 cm
Description
Line drawing consisting of two separate drawings separated by a crease and a wavy line. At left, drawing similar to TuJ.03.10 (Lonesome Pine Cabins) with one cabin at centre. Below “LONESOME PINE CABINS RATES UNREASONABLE EVEN IF WE HAVE THEM FREE, IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH” is written in block letters in pencil. At right is streetscape of an intersection full of people on foot, horseback, and in cars. Building signs include “SKILINE TOURS”, “INDIAN CURIOS,” “MT. ROYAL HOTEL,” “ESSO”, “GARAGE”. Mountains can be seen in the background. Above “ESCAPE THE TEEMING WORLD! COME TO THIS QUIET MOUNTAIN RESORT FOR YOUR HOLIDAYS” is written in block letters in pencil.
Subject
tourism
cabins
banff
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.11
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Silver City and Castle Mountain, B.C., 1887

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Artist
C. Firth
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.03
Description
Collection of low log buildings in an open field with A large mountain [Castle Mountain] rising up in the distance. Mountain appears hazy, almost unfinished.
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Artist
C. Firth
Title
Silver City and Castle Mountain, B.C., 1887
Date
1887
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
12.0 x 16.0 cm
Description
Collection of low log buildings in an open field with A large mountain [Castle Mountain] rising up in the distance. Mountain appears hazy, almost unfinished.
Subject
mountains
castle mountain
log cabins
town
Credit
Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
Catalogue Number
FiC.05.03
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1920 – 1950
Medium
pencil; water colour; on paper;
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.22
Description
Pressed paper flip-book style sketchbook with laminated light brown cover - “CO-MO SKETCH BOOK” and figure study sketch printed in black. “55¢” handwritten in black ink in top left corner. Sketch book contains two sketches: an unidentified Indigenous man with hair braided and tied with green wearin…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1920 – 1950
Medium
pencil; water colour; on paper;
Dimensions
30.5 x 22.2 cm
Description
Pressed paper flip-book style sketchbook with laminated light brown cover - “CO-MO SKETCH BOOK” and figure study sketch printed in black. “55¢” handwritten in black ink in top left corner. Sketch book contains two sketches: an unidentified Indigenous man with hair braided and tied with green wearing a red shirt with green accents around the neck, and a log building with trees along the left-hand side, a fence dissapearing off to the right, and moose antlers at the apex of the roof.
Subject
sketching
drawing
Indigenous Peoples
First Nations
buildings
log cabins
Peter Whyte;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.22
Images
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