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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.085
Description
Scene with a number of sailboats in the varying distance, and three small fishing boats with figures working on them.“A composition with three small boats in the foreground and twelve larger sailboats beyond, this sketch supports the case for Japanese influence in Collings art.” -- “Charles John…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Boats near Devon
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
11.5 x 25.5 cm
Description
Scene with a number of sailboats in the varying distance, and three small fishing boats with figures working on them.“A composition with three small boats in the foreground and twelve larger sailboats beyond, this sketch supports the case for Japanese influence in Collings art.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
boats
water
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.085
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Coastal Village (sailboats in anchor on back)

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1900
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.312
Description
Front: a smattering of houses are along the curving cliff that runs from the brc out to middle of work. The cliff and sea is to the left.Back: a simple scene of four boats out in the water. Top third of image is sky.Some colours in writing dictating a colour scheme
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Coastal Village (sailboats in anchor on back)
Date
c. 1900
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20.0 x 26.0 cm
Description
Front: a smattering of houses are along the curving cliff that runs from the brc out to middle of work. The cliff and sea is to the left.Back: a simple scene of four boats out in the water. Top third of image is sky.Some colours in writing dictating a colour scheme
Subject
landscape
water
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.312
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1920
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.527
Description
Very faint rendition of a crag or rock face on the horizon with water in the foreground. Writing surrounding drawing denotes colour scheme and details.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Crag at Nipigon
Date
c. 1920
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25.0 x 18.5 cm
Description
Very faint rendition of a crag or rock face on the horizon with water in the foreground. Writing surrounding drawing denotes colour scheme and details.
Subject
text
writing
sketch
crag
rock
water
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.527
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Foothills of the Rockies

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1925
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.01
Description
Landscape, colourful rolling foothills in the forground. - in the immediate forground at the bl. is a spot of green brown grasses. - past that is a varying green plateau. - then a spot of trees onward to the purple/blue mountains in the distance. - the sky fades into a yellow to green shade.“Collin…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Foothills of the Rockies
Date
1925
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
27.3 x 37 cm
Description
Landscape, colourful rolling foothills in the forground. - in the immediate forground at the bl. is a spot of green brown grasses. - past that is a varying green plateau. - then a spot of trees onward to the purple/blue mountains in the distance. - the sky fades into a yellow to green shade.“Collings typically restricted his darkest tones in this late watercolour to minimal accents -- a streak of rich sienna merging with deep blue which works as a ‘base line’ and his the key to colour relationships in the rest of his picture. The overall pastel tones and broad, open river valley view combine to produce an effect of silent and awesome beauty.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
water
grass
plateau
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.01
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1927
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.19
Description
Scene of five sailboats at varying distance away sailing on a brisk sea of blue/green water, the sky has a shade of darkening blue/grey.“This view of sailboats, apparently racing, is related in mood and handing to Catalogue entry #187. [Celebration in Remembrance CoJ.05.22] Collings used cold tones…
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Heavy Seas
Date
c. 1927
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
15 x 31 cm
Description
Scene of five sailboats at varying distance away sailing on a brisk sea of blue/green water, the sky has a shade of darkening blue/grey.“This view of sailboats, apparently racing, is related in mood and handing to Catalogue entry #187. [Celebration in Remembrance CoJ.05.22] Collings used cold tones in both and rushing water to create a sense of drama.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
water
boats
sailboats
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.19
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1912
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.53
Description
The background of the image is dominated by a mountain range. In the centre a forest is lightly rendered. The foreground is composed of a pool of water that extends from the right of the image, and a triangle of land on the left. The image is primarily rendered in blue and green tones.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
On the Shuswap Lake
Date
1912
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
24.5 x 36.5 cm
Description
The background of the image is dominated by a mountain range. In the centre a forest is lightly rendered. The foreground is composed of a pool of water that extends from the right of the image, and a triangle of land on the left. The image is primarily rendered in blue and green tones.
Subject
landscape
water
mountains
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.53
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Our vanishing glaciers : the snows of yesteryear and the future climate of the mountain West

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
Sandford, Robert W.
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
Edition
First
Call Number
03.4 Sa5o
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Author
Sandford, Robert W.
Responsibility
Robert W. Sandford
Edition
First
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Water
Watersheds
Rivers
Glaciers
Hydrology
Hydrology - Alberta
Rocky Mountains
Climate change
Abstract
Written by one of the most respected experts in water and water-associated climate science and featuring stunning photography collected over the past four decades, Our Vanishing Glaciers explains and illustrates why water is such a unique substance and how it makes life on this planet possible. Focusing on the Columbia Icefield, the largest and most accessible mass of ice straddling the Continental Divide in western North America, and featuring photographs, illustrations, aerial surveys and thermal imaging collected over more than 40 years of the author’s personal observations, the book reveals the stunning magnitude of glacial ice in western Canada. Citing evidence to suggest that in the Canadian Rocky Mountain national parks alone, as many as 300 glaciers may have disappeared since 1920, this large-format, fully illustrated coffee table book graphically illustrates the projected rate of glacier recession in the mountain West over the rest of this century and serves as a profound testament to the beauty and importance of western Canada’s water, ice and snow. (from publisher's website)
Contents
1. The wonder of water -- 2. What winter does to water -- 3. Ecology as defined by winter water -- 4. How ice fields and glaciers form -- 5. Canada's most accessible glaciers -- 6. The death of Peyto glacier : A case for more comprehensive -- 7. The Columbia ice field today -- 8. Glaciers in a changing climate -- 9. What we stand to lose -- 10. Water, climate and the National Parks ideal.
Notes
Winner, 2017 Lane Anderson Award for Best Canadian Science Writing
ISBN
9781771602020
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
03.4 Sa5o
Location
Reading Room
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
Websites
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A Pastoral Between B.C. Mountains

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1915
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.54
Description
This image is composed of grey, orange, and blue tones. The background of the image is composed of mountains on the left, and a dark grey sky. The centre of image is dominated by blue vertical shapes. Two brown sections sit in the centre and right foreground.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
A Pastoral Between B.C. Mountains
Date
c. 1915
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
14 x 19 cm
Description
This image is composed of grey, orange, and blue tones. The background of the image is composed of mountains on the left, and a dark grey sky. The centre of image is dominated by blue vertical shapes. Two brown sections sit in the centre and right foreground.
Subject
landscape
water
bush
mountains
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.54
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Peeps from the 'Briny' Deal

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on board
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.67
Description
A large anchor in front with a wharf or pier up to the right. Some boats mid-ground at left and a town at top.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Peeps from the 'Briny' Deal
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on board
Dimensions
51.5 x 39 cm
Description
A large anchor in front with a wharf or pier up to the right. Some boats mid-ground at left and a town at top.
Subject
port
water
pier
boats
anchor
Charles John Collings;
Credit
Gift of Mark Rivette, Vernon, 2015
Catalogue Number
CoJ.05.67
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Rain comin' down : water, memory and identity in a changed world

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25257
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2019
Author
Sandford, Robert W.
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
Edition
First
Call Number
03.5 Sa5r
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Author
Sandford, Robert W.
Responsibility
Robert W. Sandford
Edition
First
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2019
Physical Description
330 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Water
Watersheds
Rivers
Glaciers
Hydrology
Hydrology - Alberta
Rocky Mountains
Climate change
Abstract
Robert Sandford has spent a lot time watching and thinking about water. This was not because he was predisposed to do so, but because the importance of water gradually caught up with who he was and what he was doing with his life. As this self-reflective book demonstrates, when one takes up the serious study of water, one cannot but be surprised at how far that interest can take you: from the very origins of the cosmos right down to the unique structure and remarkable qualities of water as a molecule. It takes you to the depths of the oceans, to the upper reaches of the Earth’s atmosphere, and into the centres of storms. You fall to Earth with raindrops, travel tiny streams and great rivers, go round and round in lakes and ponds. Your study takes you down to the very roots of trees, into the soil, along the dark, dank banks of underground rivers. It takes you from one person’s thirst to the thirst of nations; from the demographics of the past to how those may drastically change in the absence of water in decades to come. Following water takes one back and forth in time, linking us to what the Earth was like in the past; what it is now; and how water will shape what it will be in the future. (from publisher's website)
Contents
Invocation - Rain comin' down
Celestial rivers
Rivers of cold
Rivers of heat
Rivers of words
The heart of dryness
Irrigating Eden
Rivers of memory
Rivers of ice
As the world burns
Learning from the burning: The summer of 2018
Afterword - Rivers of hope
Appendix - a Canadian National Glacier Act
Bookshelf
ISBN
9781771603171
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
03.5 Sa5r
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
Websites
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