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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.14
Description
A line of 8 people standing with their backs to the viewer against a rail. A sign that says “VIEW POINT” is at left pointing towards the centre of the painting. In the foreground the ground is littered with trash. Mountains in the background. “SCENIC GRANDEUR” is written in block letters below and …
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Scenic Grandeur
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
50.0 x 64.0 cm
Description
A line of 8 people standing with their backs to the viewer against a rail. A sign that says “VIEW POINT” is at left pointing towards the centre of the painting. In the foreground the ground is littered with trash. Mountains in the background. “SCENIC GRANDEUR” is written in block letters below and again in pen at bottom edge. JD Turner signed at bottom right.
Subject
tourism
mountains
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.14
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1956 – 1956
Medium
graphite; watercolour; on paper;
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.23
Description
Flip book-style coil-bound sketchbook with pressed paper covers. “REEVES, Series 60, SKETCH BOOK” printed on the cover in black. Also written on the cover in pencil [upside-down at the bottom] is “MRS. ELMER GAUMDROUE, (MUSEUM) DAWSON, Y.T. YUKON.” Contents include sketches of various buildings ar…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1956 – 1956
Medium
graphite; watercolour; on paper;
Dimensions
26.1 x 17.3 cm
Description
Flip book-style coil-bound sketchbook with pressed paper covers. “REEVES, Series 60, SKETCH BOOK” printed on the cover in black. Also written on the cover in pencil [upside-down at the bottom] is “MRS. ELMER GAUMDROUE, (MUSEUM) DAWSON, Y.T. YUKON.” Contents include sketches of various buildings around the town of Dawson, Yukon done during July 1956, a car Peter & Catharine helped pull out of a ditch in Northern BC, figure studies of people and animals, and buildings/attractions around Fairbanks and Homer, Alaska.
Subject
sketching
drawing
buildings
travel
automobiles
tourism
Dawson City
Yukon
Alaska
Peter Whyte
Catharine Robb Whyte;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.23
Images
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Untitled [Bears in Campsite]

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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.13
Description
Tent in centre with two brown bears at right. One bear has his head inside the tent through a flap. At left, a man in yellow pajamas and a woman in a nightgown are leaping out of the tent. Trees and dark sky behind.
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Artist
John Davenall Turner (1900 – 1980, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Bears in Campsite]
Date
n.d.
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
50.0 x 64.0 cm
Description
Tent in centre with two brown bears at right. One bear has his head inside the tent through a flap. At left, a man in yellow pajamas and a woman in a nightgown are leaping out of the tent. Trees and dark sky behind.
Subject
camping
tourism
bears
Credit
Gift of John Davenall Turner (Estate), 2020
Catalogue Number
TuJ.03.13
Images
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