topic:"rural" found 95 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Near Nanton, Alberta

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.15

Description: General colour: grey, brown, blue. Cattle munch grass along the lower edge. There is a building on the right side, a few trees to its left. Way in the distance are blue mountains. The upper three quarters is clouds.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Near Nanton, Alberta

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 18.1 x 23.8 cm

Description: General colour: grey, brown, blue. Cattle munch grass along the lower edge. There is a building on the right side, a few trees to its left. Way in the distance are blue mountains. The upper three quarters is clouds.

Subject: landscape; rural; animal

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.15

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Tinder Den

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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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Untitled

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.07

Description: General colour: pencil. Road narrows from bottom edge to center. Scattered telegraph poles run along the left side of the road. A grain elevator stands at the right side.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: prior to 1965

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 19.0 x 24.0 cm

Description: General colour: pencil. Road narrows from bottom edge to center. Scattered telegraph poles run along the left side of the road. A grain elevator stands at the right side.

Subject: landscape; prairie; architecture; rural

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.07

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Draining Mill - Norfolk

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.12

Description: Black and white drawing of a windmill. The windmill is drawn in the centre left of the image on a slight hill. The arms of the windmill are viewed from the side. A bit of a fence is visible in the brc. In the distance on the blc there is a farmhouse. Clouds are drawn in the sky.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Draining Mill - Norfolk

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Description: Black and white drawing of a windmill. The windmill is drawn in the centre left of the image on a slight hill. The arms of the windmill are viewed from the side. A bit of a fence is visible in the brc. In the distance on the blc there is a farmhouse. Clouds are drawn in the sky.

Subject: architecture; windmill; landscape; rural; England; Norfolk

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001

Catalogue Number: LaC.03.12

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Appledore-Devon

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour; graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.39

Description: In the foreground is a shore area where two people are in a rowboat. Green grass is in the bottom left corner. In the bottom right corner two more row boats lay empty. Water from the river or sea stretches across the image. A wall extends into the water and people are walking on it. Across the…

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Appledore-Devon

Date: n.d.

Medium: watercolour; graphite on paper

Description: In the foreground is a shore area where two people are in a rowboat. Green grass is in the bottom left corner. In the bottom right corner two more row boats lay empty. Water from the river or sea stretches across the image. A wall extends into the water and people are walking on it. Across the water is a low hill and land with a town on it. Stands of trees are scattered around and a church tower is visible. The sky is blue with white and grey clouds in it.

Subject: landscape; rural; England; Devon

Credit: Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.39

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Old English Windmill

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.04.04

Description: In the centre left of the image a windmill towers over some smaller buildings scattered around its base. One of the blades is cropped at the top of the image. From the bottom of the image a road runs up to the windmill. Hedges run along the left side of the road, while a grassy knoll is on the r…

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Old English Windmill

Date: n.d.

Medium: ink on paper

Description: In the centre left of the image a windmill towers over some smaller buildings scattered around its base. One of the blades is cropped at the top of the image. From the bottom of the image a road runs up to the windmill. Hedges run along the left side of the road, while a grassy knoll is on the right. The print is slightly faded in hues of brown and taupe.