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Date
1950
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.09.1233 a,b
Description
A commemorative silver band that can be nailed onto a walking stick. The rectangular silver is shaped into a circular form, each end has two holes (.03cm from each edge, 1.50cm apart) to put nails through and attach it to a walking stick. There is a piece of wire threaded through the holes to keep …
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Title
Commemorative Band
Date
1950
Material
metal
Dimensions
2.5 x 9.3 cm
Description
A commemorative silver band that can be nailed onto a walking stick. The rectangular silver is shaped into a circular form, each end has two holes (.03cm from each edge, 1.50cm apart) to put nails through and attach it to a walking stick. There is a piece of wire threaded through the holes to keep piece of metal in a circular shape. The middle of the band has the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies logo; a shield- shaped crest with the letters “SLTH” on top, a hiking boot crossed by a walking stick or alpenstock, and underneath it a “C”, the bottom of the walking stick passing between, and then the “R”. To the viewer’s right of the crest, inscribed on the bottom are the words “BIRKS STERLING”.Re: inventory 2014 s/b (a) and (b) because there is a box.
Subject
sports
hiking
commemorative
Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Vaux family
Credit
Gift of Molly Vaux, New York, USA, 2007
Catalogue Number
103.09.1233 a,b
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1952
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.375
Description
The blue lake in the center of this image is surrounded by green trees. Behind the lake the mountains are partically covered with trees and some are light brown in color with no trees. The sky above the lake and mountains is pale blue with some white clouds. The foreground area has a road that begi…
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Barrier Lake
Date
1952
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.2 x 30.3 cm
Description
The blue lake in the center of this image is surrounded by green trees. Behind the lake the mountains are partically covered with trees and some are light brown in color with no trees. The sky above the lake and mountains is pale blue with some white clouds. The foreground area has a road that begins on the left and follows threw to the right, with a dip down in the bottom center area.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake
Barrier Lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.375
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.10
Description
General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Molar Pass
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26.5 x 38.0 cm
Description
General colour: blue, grey. Rocks go along the bottom edge and out from the left in big boulders. These mark the edge of a pool of water. A piece of land with boulders comes out from the right one third up. Behind are blue mountains partly hidden by enveloping clouds.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.10
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untitled [Canadian Rockies]

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1954 – 1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.50
Description
This piece is comprised of a portion of a snow covered mountain range at a high altitude. The mountains are cropped at both the left and right side and at the bottom of the work. The piece is divided into thirds; The bottom third of the work is devoid of most snow, and dark brown in colour. The …
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
untitled [Canadian Rockies]
Date
1954 – 1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
This piece is comprised of a portion of a snow covered mountain range at a high altitude. The mountains are cropped at both the left and right side and at the bottom of the work. The piece is divided into thirds; The bottom third of the work is devoid of most snow, and dark brown in colour. The middle third is snow covered and rocky, the top third is an intense blue sky with cloud formation around a peak near the TR.
Subject
Landscape
Mountains
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Harry I. Van Rensselaer, 1997
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.50
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1954 – 1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.51
Description
A small lake or stream is in the foreground at the centre right. Bushes surround it in both of the lower corners. A line of trees stretches across the centre of the image. They appear to form an arc. The trees appear to be closer on either side of the image and further away in the middle. A mo…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Bow Lake]
Date
1954 – 1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A small lake or stream is in the foreground at the centre right. Bushes surround it in both of the lower corners. A line of trees stretches across the centre of the image. They appear to form an arc. The trees appear to be closer on either side of the image and further away in the middle. A mountain capped in snow is in the background. The sky is blue and has clouds in it.
Subject
Landscape
Mountains
Canadian Rockies
Lake
Bow Lake
Credit
Gift of Harry I. Van Rensselaer, 1997
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.51
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Untitled [Christmas Card], 1954

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.63
Description
Two hills, one on either side of the image form a valley. A river or road appears to run through the valley. Trees are visible in the bottom left corner of the image and further in the background along the slope of the right hand side of the valley. The right side of the valley is straw coloured…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Christmas Card], 1954
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
Two hills, one on either side of the image form a valley. A river or road appears to run through the valley. Trees are visible in the bottom left corner of the image and further in the background along the slope of the right hand side of the valley. The right side of the valley is straw coloured. Far in the background, framed by either side of the valley is a snow-capped mountain. The sky is pale blue and white.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Christmas card
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.63
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Untitled [Christmas Card]

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.64
Description
A blue sky with yellow clouds above a snow-capped mountain which takes up the left centre of the painting. In front of the mountain is a yellowish-green grassy area with trees running horizontally across the centre of the painting. The trees create a border between the slope of the mountain and t…
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Christmas Card]
Date
1954
Medium
watercolour on paper
Description
A blue sky with yellow clouds above a snow-capped mountain which takes up the left centre of the painting. In front of the mountain is a yellowish-green grassy area with trees running horizontally across the centre of the painting. The trees create a border between the slope of the mountain and the grassy area.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Christmas card
Credit
Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.64
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.199
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake
Date
1954
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.2 x 30.2 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
lake, Bow Lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.199
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Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1954
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.424
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Lake
Date
1954
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.1 x 30.2 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
glacier
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.424
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Lake Louise, Mount Lefroy and Mount Victoria

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.079
Description
Colour: white, blue, brown. The lower edge is rocks with a tree standing on the left side and a dead bush on the right. The lake is frozen to a third the way up. Snow and treed mountain slopes rise up beyond. The glacier can be seen on the right. A patch of blue sky is at the upper edge in the cent…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake Louise, Mount Lefroy and Mount Victoria
Date
1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: white, blue, brown. The lower edge is rocks with a tree standing on the left side and a dead bush on the right. The lake is frozen to a third the way up. Snow and treed mountain slopes rise up beyond. The glacier can be seen on the right. A patch of blue sky is at the upper edge in the center.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
glacier
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.079
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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