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Cards

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Date: 1905

Material: paper

Catalogue Number: 108.01.1007

Description: A red paper box embossed in gold lettering "British Columbia Souvenir Playing Cards, Published by Clarke & Stuart, Vancouver, B.C. On the back is a Joker with Evening, Harrison Lake. The cards inside the box have one coloured scene of a mountain and lake set in a ring of maple leaves and on each ot…

Title: Cards

Date: 1905

Material: paper

Dimensions: 7.0 x 9.5 cm

Description: A red paper box embossed in gold lettering "British Columbia Souvenir Playing Cards, Published by Clarke & Stuart, Vancouver, B.C. On the back is a Joker with Evening, Harrison Lake. The cards inside the box have one coloured scene of a mountain and lake set in a ring of maple leaves and on each other side is a different black and white scene of the west at that time. Also 1 (unbacked) card which is the description of the views.

Subject: souvenir; entertainment; card; landscape; mountain

Credit: Gift of Rory Flanagan, Jasper, 1987

Catalogue Number: 108.01.1007

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Playing Cards

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Date: 1905

Material: paper

Catalogue Number: 108.01.1008

Description: A set of souvenir playing cards; 54 cards, 4 full suits, plus 1 Joker, 1 blank card, and 1 (unbacked) card which is the description of the 52 views and one person (Joker) in the set. Set in a deep blue slip case, goldstamped, some splitting on one seam of inner case. Back of cards is Mt. Sir Donald…

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Title: Playing Cards

Date: 1905

Material: paper

Dimensions: 7.0 x 9.5 cm

Description: A set of souvenir playing cards; 54 cards, 4 full suits, plus 1 Joker, 1 blank card, and 1 (unbacked) card which is the description of the 52 views and one person (Joker) in the set. Set in a deep blue slip case, goldstamped, some splitting on one seam of inner case. Back of cards is Mt. Sir Donald set in a ring of maple leaves. Dated as 1905 on basis of the views.

Subject: souvenir; entertainment; card; landscape; mountain; Canadian Pacific Railway

Credit: Purchased from Rockland Books, Victoria, 1991

Catalogue Number: 108.01.1008

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Banff Springs Hotel 1903

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: 1903

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: BeS.04.01

Description: A giclee print repo of F.M. Bell-Smith’s “Banff Springs Hotel 1903” painting. The painting is a landscape of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel nestled in the mountains. In the background are mountains with their peaks hidden in cloud. To the left of the hotel is the Bow River. In the foreground is a…

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Banff Springs Hotel 1903

Date: 1903

Medium: print on paper

Dimensions: 30.1 x 45.8 cm

Description: A giclee print repo of F.M. Bell-Smith’s “Banff Springs Hotel 1903” painting. The painting is a landscape of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel nestled in the mountains. In the background are mountains with their peaks hidden in cloud. To the left of the hotel is the Bow River. In the foreground is a field with a path on the left. On the path is a figure or possibly two figures (a woman and child?). The path leads to a line of trees and behind the trees a hotel with orange-brown roofing can be seen. The colour palette is primarily green, blue and yellow. The artist signature is in the bottom left hand corner, “FM Bell Smith”.

Subject: BSH; landscape; F.M. Bell-Smith

Credit: Gift of Kerry Guenter, 2007

Catalogue Number: BeS.04.01

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Banff Springs Hotel 1903

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Date: 1903

Medium: print on paper

Catalogue Number: BeS.04.02

Description: A giclee print repo of F.M. Bell-Smith’s “Banff Springs Hotel 1903” painting. The painting is a landscape of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel nestled in the mountains. In the background are mountains with their peaks hidden in cloud. To the left of the hotel is the Bow River. In the foreground is a…

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Artist: Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith, R. C. A. (1846 – 1923, Canadian)

Title: Banff Springs Hotel 1903

Date: 1903

Medium: print on paper

Dimensions: 30.4 x 45.8 cm

Description: A giclee print repo of F.M. Bell-Smith’s “Banff Springs Hotel 1903” painting. The painting is a landscape of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel nestled in the mountains. In the background are mountains with their peaks hidden in cloud. To the left of the hotel is the Bow River. In the foreground is a field with a path on the left. On the path is a figure or possibly two figures (a woman and child?). The path leads to a line of trees and behind the trees a hotel with orange-brown roofing can be seen. The colour palette is primarily green, blue and yellow. The artist signature is in the bottom left hand corner, “FM Bell Smith”.

Subject: Banff Springs Hotel; landscape; F.M. Bell-Smith

Credit: Gift of Kerry Guenter, 2007

Catalogue Number: BeS.04.02

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Woolen Stocking

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1912

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.019

Description: Sketch of two lace up shoes in the center of the frame with a wooden stump to the left, and a small stumpy tree to the right. - the writing of the paper is in the left side and goes across the bottom of the drawing. - three shaded spots or lines about 5 cm. long in the tr. corner.“These stockings, …

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Woolen Stocking

Date: c. 1912

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 20 x 26 cm

Description: Sketch of two lace up shoes in the center of the frame with a wooden stump to the left, and a small stumpy tree to the right. - the writing of the paper is in the left side and goes across the bottom of the drawing. - three shaded spots or lines about 5 cm. long in the tr. corner.“These stockings, nailed incongruously to fence rails and in company with an old pair of hook and eye boots, would have appealed enormously to Collings’ whimsical sense of humour.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

Subject: landscape; stocking; fence; boots

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.019

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Churchyard, Sandwich Kent

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1909

Medium: graphite on paper board

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.083

Description: Scene with a stone wall to the left and some trees to the right and a church in the middle background.“This sketch probably dates from 1909 when the Collings family lived in Sandwich in the year prior to their emigration to Canada.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda …

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Churchyard, Sandwich Kent

Date: c. 1909

Medium: graphite on paper board

Dimensions: 28.5 x 38 cm

Description: Scene with a stone wall to the left and some trees to the right and a church in the middle background.“This sketch probably dates from 1909 when the Collings family lived in Sandwich in the year prior to their emigration to Canada.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda HeathOn the back is a sketch of the port side of a ship with a life boat of pulleys.