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White Pass and Yukon Route 1971

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Artist
Edward Hardy Harrison (1926 – , Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Catalogue Number
HaT.12.01
Description
General colour: green, pink, yellow. In the foreground are thirty-one figures; children, adults, all going somewhere or playing or chatting. There are dogs and cats and crows. Behind them on the near side of the river are six shacks and an outhouse. On the other side of the river is a white boat, a…
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Artist
Edward Hardy Harrison (1926 – , Canadian)
Title
White Pass and Yukon Route 1971
Date
1971
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Dimensions
62.5 x 79.5 cm
Description
General colour: green, pink, yellow. In the foreground are thirty-one figures; children, adults, all going somewhere or playing or chatting. There are dogs and cats and crows. Behind them on the near side of the river are six shacks and an outhouse. On the other side of the river is a white boat, a train,a bridge, two churches, a government school and several more shacks. Behind are green hills and pink valleys. The sky is black with a red sun.
Subject
landscape, mountains
architecture, urban
figure, group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
Catalogue Number
HaT.12.01
Images
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Artist
Haitisle
Date
n.d.
Medium
tempera on paper
Catalogue Number
HaI.14.01
Description
Purple heather covers the centre left amongst green grasses, some yellow flowers; a small lake is in centre right; purple mountains in background; a clear sky tinged pick/yellow has a few blue/purple clouds. The painting is on a paper card which was glued onto another card. On the back is written: …
Artist
Haitisle
Title
Land of the Heather
Date
n.d.
Medium
tempera on paper
Dimensions
9.9 x 18.3 cm
Description
Purple heather covers the centre left amongst green grasses, some yellow flowers; a small lake is in centre right; purple mountains in background; a clear sky tinged pick/yellow has a few blue/purple clouds. The painting is on a paper card which was glued onto another card. On the back is written: Land of the Heather! Homeland of DMC (Dan McCowan).
Subject
landscape, mountains, lake
Scotland
Credit
Gift of Mary McCowan, Ladner, 1967
Catalogue Number
HaI.14.01
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