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Annotated copy of Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rockies

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Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Scope & Content: File consists of one copy of the book "Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rockies" (1907) with a note written on the first page from the illustrator Mary Schaffer to Molly (Wright) Adams in December 1907.

Date Range: 1907

Reference Code: M8 / accn. 2023.63

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Published record

Part Of: Archives General File Collection

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M8; V8; S8

Sous-Fonds: M8

Accession Number: 2023.63

Reference Code: M8 / accn. 2023.63

GMD: Published record

Date Range: 1907

Physical Description: 1 volume

Scope & Content: File consists of one copy of the book "Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rockies" (1907) with a note written on the first page from the illustrator Mary Schaffer to Molly (Wright) Adams in December 1907.

Name Access: Warren, Mary Schaffer; Schaffer, Mary; Wright, Mary; Adams, Molly

Subject Access: Artist; Art; Flowers; Plants; Mountains; Publication; Environment

Geographic Access: Canadian Rocky Mountains

Language: English

Category: Environment

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Monkey Eating Mikan

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Artist: Kawamura Hiroshi

Date: c. 1800

Medium: ink and colour on silk

Catalogue Number: HiK.05.01

Description: This piece features a monkey in a domestic setting. The monkey is wearing a vest of Japanese design and peeling an orange. To the monkey’s right are two flower pots. The image is mounted with blue and gold decorative silk.

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Artist: Kawamura Hiroshi

Title: Monkey Eating Mikan

Date: c. 1800

Medium: ink and colour on silk

Dimensions: 56.0 x 78.0 cm

Description: This piece features a monkey in a domestic setting. The monkey is wearing a vest of Japanese design and peeling an orange. To the monkey’s right are two flower pots. The image is mounted with blue and gold decorative silk.

Subject: animal; monkey and still life; potted plants

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: HiK.05.01

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1910 – 1915

Medium: graphite; watercolour; on paper;

Catalogue Number: WyP.09.11

Description: Small handmade sketchbook with pink flowers and green leaves on a branch painted on the cover, bordered on the top and bottom by horizontal black bars and clusters of four pink dots, repeated. “Pete White” is written in faint pencil in the top left corner. A piece of yellow thread holds the book to…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1910 – 1915

Medium: graphite; watercolour; on paper;

Dimensions: 15.0 x 11.3 cm

Description: Small handmade sketchbook with pink flowers and green leaves on a branch painted on the cover, bordered on the top and bottom by horizontal black bars and clusters of four pink dots, repeated. “Pete White” is written in faint pencil in the top left corner. A piece of yellow thread holds the book together. Contents include birds, plants, simple landscapes, and flowers.