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Purple Crocus

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: 1987

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BwA.05.04

Description: Two crocus flowers with stems and leaves, and some grass and stems on a black background. The crocus in the foreground is drooping to the viewer’s left; the open/inside part of the petals are lilac, the underside/outside are purple and the centres yellow and gold. The crocus on top is turned away f…

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Purple Crocus

Date: 1987

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 31.0 x 23.5 cm

Description: Two crocus flowers with stems and leaves, and some grass and stems on a black background. The crocus in the foreground is drooping to the viewer’s left; the open/inside part of the petals are lilac, the underside/outside are purple and the centres yellow and gold. The crocus on top is turned away from the viewer showing mostly the outside of the petals and some yellow inside. The crocus stems and feathery leaves are green and brown. The other grasses and stems are rust, yellow and brown.

Subject: botanical; flower; crocus

Credit: Purchased from mid, Banff, 2009

Catalogue Number: BwA.05.04

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Wood Lily

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Date: 1987

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: BwA.05.05

Description: General colours orange, green, yellow, brown, grey and white on a black background. A single wood lily with stem and leaves and other stems/grass. The single flower head is centred but leaning toward the viewer’s left. The petals are light and dark orange, dots of brown as they turn yellow towards …

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Artist: Annora Brown (1899 – 1987, Canadian)

Title: Wood Lily

Date: 1987

Medium: watercolour on paper

Description: General colours orange, green, yellow, brown, grey and white on a black background. A single wood lily with stem and leaves and other stems/grass. The single flower head is centred but leaning toward the viewer’s left. The petals are light and dark orange, dots of brown as they turn yellow towards the base. The petals narrow on the ends and at the base giving a see-through aspect; the black background is visible through the base of the flower head. The stamens are brown and grey and the stems is two shades of green. The narrow, long leaves are light green with darker green running through. There are other stems or grasses of white and green.

Subject: botanical; flower; wood lily

Credit: Purchased from mid, Banff, 2009

Catalogue Number: BwA.05.05

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The First Flower in Spring

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Date: 1972

Medium: acrylic on canvas board

Catalogue Number: StS.12.01

Description: On a yellow background a standing woman bends to down at a flower. She is wearing a decorated blanket over her shoulders and carrying a young child on her back.Au verso: On a PLYTEX canvas foundation board. A Gainsborough Gallery Ltd. Calgary Alberta sticker lhtc. The Bay price sticker “”529 A $1.4…

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Artist: Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)

Title: The First Flower in Spring

Date: 1972

Medium: acrylic on canvas board

Dimensions: 50.5 x 60.5 cm

Description: On a yellow background a standing woman bends to down at a flower. She is wearing a decorated blanket over her shoulders and carrying a young child on her back.Au verso: On a PLYTEX canvas foundation board. A Gainsborough Gallery Ltd. Calgary Alberta sticker lhtc. The Bay price sticker “”529 A $1.45 lhbc

Subject: figures; Indigenous; woman; baby; botanical; flower; symbols

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

Catalogue Number: StS.12.01

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July 1924 Olive McDonnell -left

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Part Of: Olive McDonnell Allan fonds

Scope & Content: 1 digital copy print; Image of Olive McDonnell and friend on hike in Banff National Park

Date Range: 1924

Reference Code: V772 / 1

Description Level: 6 / Item

Part Of: Olive McDonnell Allan fonds

Description Level: 6 / Item

Accession Number: 7837

Reference Code: V772 / 1

Date Range: 1924

Physical Description: 1 photograph: print.

Scope & Content: 1 digital copy print; Image of Olive McDonnell and friend on hike in Banff National Park

Subject Access: Banff; Leisure; Flower collecting

Related Material: Hiking trousers in Heritage Collection

Title Source: Title based on contents

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1924 Memorabilia

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Part Of: Olive McDonnell Allan fonds

Scope & Content: 1 pamphlet E. S. Dowding ; 3 pages from calendar used as trip diary (July, August, September 1924) ; 3 watercolour sketches (7"x10") - Picea Engelmann, Douglas fir, Pinus Strobus ;

Date Range: 1924

Reference Code: M549 / 2 to 6

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Olive McDonnell Allan fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Accession Number: 7837

Reference Code: M549 / 2 to 6

Date Range: 1924

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records.

Scope & Content: 1 pamphlet E. S. Dowding ; 3 pages from calendar used as trip diary (July, August, September 1924) ; 3 watercolour sketches (7"x10") - Picea Engelmann, Douglas fir, Pinus Strobus ;

Subject Access: Banff; Leisure; Flower collecting

Related Material: Hiking trousers in Heritage Collection

Title Source: Title based on contents

Content Details: 2 - Pinus Strobus watercolour sketch 3 - Douglas fir watercolour sketch 4 - Picea Engelmann watercolour sketch 5 - Pamphlet: "The Regional and Seasonal Distribution of Potassium in Plant Tissues" by E. S. Dowding. Note at top right "With the author's compliments." 6 - 3 calendar pages, each day in July documented with travel location. At top right "Olive McDonnell's Car Trip Model T Ford Car."