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Date
1880 – 1900
Material
paper; wood
Catalogue Number
103.08.0299 a-i
Description
Eight small souvenir paper fans with thin bamboo handles. Red is most dominant colour on all fans. Fans (a-f) are palmate in shape while (g-i) are smaller and circular. All five have a little mirror placed upper left center, and a blue and yellow fan motif at the base where handle meets paper. (a) …
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Title
Miniature Fan Collection
Date
1880 – 1900
Material
paper; wood
Dimensions
14.5 cm
Description
Eight small souvenir paper fans with thin bamboo handles. Red is most dominant colour on all fans. Fans (a-f) are palmate in shape while (g-i) are smaller and circular. All five have a little mirror placed upper left center, and a blue and yellow fan motif at the base where handle meets paper. (a) image of Japanese woman, bottom left, in 3/4 profile facing right, Japanese male, upper right, faces woman. Small mirror makes up one side of a suspended box. Both figures have bright red lips. (b) Male figure bottom left, looks upwards towards figure of Japanese woman, upper left. Mirror in shape of full moon in background is partially hidden by midground post bearing Japanese calligraphy. (c) Two Japanese males in 3/4 profile facing each other, dressed in official looking clothing. Both are mustached. Mirror appears as one side of street lantern in background. (d) Image of Japanese woman, upper right, looking left toward male who wields a fan in his right hand, the mirror is a part of fan. (e) image of two Japanese women bottom left, faces in 3/4 profile, man wearing helmet upper right. Half moon shaped mirror upper left. (f) Japanese woman lower left, in 3/4 profile. Man in upper right looking down. Mirror in upper left corner in shape of lantern. (g) Small round fan with scene painted on both sides. One side, similar to (a-d) shows male Japanese figure looking right toward female figure, upperight. Small mirror hangs on stand, upper right center. On reverse is red circle with blue, white, and purple cloud like background above yellow fan shape. . Green calligraphy, left center, framed by three consecutive frames. (h) small round fan with scene painted on both sides. On front is similar design to (b) with male figure looking up towards female figure. Round mirror. Same design on back as (g). (i) small round fan with small square mirror and man in lower left corner looking up at woman.
Subject
households
miniatures
figure
female
male
Japanese
Edith Morse Robb
E. S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0299 a-i
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1937
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.16
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Central image is a man standing in a cart drawn by two horses. Behind this are two elevators. To the left is a fence and in the background another elevator. To the right is a tower and a train steaming by to the right. The sky is blue with a few clouds.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Tinder Den
Date
1937
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
27.0 x 38.0 cm
Description
General colour: blue, brown. Central image is a man standing in a cart drawn by two horses. Behind this are two elevators. To the left is a fence and in the background another elevator. To the right is a tower and a train steaming by to the right. The sky is blue with a few clouds.
Subject
landscape
rural
animal, horse
figure, male
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.16
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Artist
Sydney C. Vick (1855 – 1922, Canadian)
Date
c. 1890
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
ViS.02.05
Description
Colour: brown, mauve. Central image is a bucking pack horse. To the left is a pack horse going away from the viewer and a rider on a black horse facing out.To the right are two more pack horses running to the center, and a rider on a horse behind. Underfoot is prairie scrub and behind in the distan…
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Artist
Sydney C. Vick (1855 – 1922, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1890
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
47.3 x 62.1 cm
Description
Colour: brown, mauve. Central image is a bucking pack horse. To the left is a pack horse going away from the viewer and a rider on a black horse facing out.To the right are two more pack horses running to the center, and a rider on a horse behind. Underfoot is prairie scrub and behind in the distance purple mountains.
Subject
landscape, mountain
animal, horse
activity, packing
figure, male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
ViS.02.05
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
BeC.03.02
Description
Sketches of a man standing, a man running and a horse's fetlock and hoof on one side of fold; 4 sketches of horses on the other. The reverse on the sheet has two sketches of saddles, the other side of the fold has sketches of horses, one saddled (no bridle) one running, and the head and eye of anot…
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1930
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
18.3 x 30.9 cm
Description
Sketches of a man standing, a man running and a horse's fetlock and hoof on one side of fold; 4 sketches of horses on the other. The reverse on the sheet has two sketches of saddles, the other side of the fold has sketches of horses, one saddled (no bridle) one running, and the head and eye of another.
Subject
figure, man
animal, horse
Credit
Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
Catalogue Number
BeC.03.02
Images
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Untitled [cowboy roping horse]

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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
watercolour on pressed paper
Catalogue Number
BeC.05.01
Description
A cowboy wearing a blue shirt, brown vest, green neckerchief, orange/yellow chaps, a holster and gun, in bottom right of picture, has roped a horse on front legs, center left. The roped horse is falling forward. Six other horses are running in the background, a lot of dust in corral. The sky is yel…
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [cowboy roping horse]
Date
1930
Medium
watercolour on pressed paper
Dimensions
32.5 x 25.4 cm
Description
A cowboy wearing a blue shirt, brown vest, green neckerchief, orange/yellow chaps, a holster and gun, in bottom right of picture, has roped a horse on front legs, center left. The roped horse is falling forward. Six other horses are running in the background, a lot of dust in corral. The sky is yellow. The roped horse has a brand on left shoulder: lazy N over bar one.
Subject
figure, cowboy
animal, horse
Credit
Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
Catalogue Number
BeC.05.01
Images
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