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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Date
1940
Medium
charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
ThM.03.04
Description
A charcoal drawing from the chest up of an alpine ibex. The ibex is facing to his right, long horns curve gracefully back.
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Title
Alpine Ibex
Date
1940
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
25.0 x 20.5 cm
Description
A charcoal drawing from the chest up of an alpine ibex. The ibex is facing to his right, long horns curve gracefully back.
Subject
animal
alpine ibex
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ThM.03.04
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An Awkward Juxtaposition

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Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.11
Description
A man wearing a dark jacket, white pants, a hat down over his eyes, a cane and a cigarette in a long holder, stands facing left under a sign which reads Curios.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
An Awkward Juxtaposition
Date
n.d.
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25.8 x 20.2 cm
Description
A man wearing a dark jacket, white pants, a hat down over his eyes, a cane and a cigarette in a long holder, stands facing left under a sign which reads Curios.
Subject
figure, male
cartoon
Credit
Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.11
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
ThM.02.02
Description
General colour: green, yellow, brown, blue. An antelope stands at the left side facing right. There is grass and shurbs in the foreground which become part of a slope which fills the lower three quarters. At the horizion mountains can be seen. Sky above is blue.
Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Title
Antelope
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
30.5 x 40.7 cm
Description
General colour: green, yellow, brown, blue. An antelope stands at the left side facing right. There is grass and shurbs in the foreground which become part of a slope which fills the lower three quarters. At the horizion mountains can be seen. Sky above is blue.
Subject
landscape, prairie
animal, antelope
Credit
Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1970
Catalogue Number
ThM.02.02
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Artist
Unknown
Date
later than 1900
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.04
Description
A realistic rendering of a walking grizzly bear. His head is turned slightly to the left. Open mouth shows white teeth and a pink tongue.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Bear
Date
later than 1900
Dimensions
13.0 x 8.0 x 24.0 cm
Description
A realistic rendering of a walking grizzly bear. His head is turned slightly to the left. Open mouth shows white teeth and a pink tongue.
Subject
amimal, bear
grizzly bear
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.04
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1910
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.40
Description
A large wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Big Horn Sheep
Date
1910
Dimensions
24.5 x 29.0 cm
Description
A large wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
Subject
animal
mountain sheep
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.40
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Artist
Unknown
Date
c. 1910
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.36
Description
A wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Bighorn Sheep
Date
c. 1910
Dimensions
14.5 x 16.0 cm
Description
A wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
Subject
animal
Bighorn Sheep
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.36
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Artist
Unknown
Date
c. 1930
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.43
Description
grey stone sculpture of a sitting bird. Tail feathers and facial features inscribed.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Bird
Date
c. 1930
Dimensions
3.0 x 3.5 cm
Description
grey stone sculpture of a sitting bird. Tail feathers and facial features inscribed.
Subject
animal
bird
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.43
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1910
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.37
Description
A wooden scultpure of a bison.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Buffalo
Date
1910
Dimensions
19.5 x 25.5 cm
Description
A wooden scultpure of a bison.
Subject
animal
buffalo
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.37
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Date
1944
Medium
charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
ThM.03.03
Description
General colour: white and black on grey. The left profile of a caribou drawn in the centre of the picture.
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Title
Caribou
Date
1944
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
21.5 x 14.0 cm
Description
General colour: white and black on grey. The left profile of a caribou drawn in the centre of the picture.
Subject
animal
caribou
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ThM.03.03
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1950 – 1970
Medium
oil on board
Catalogue Number
UnK.02.10
Description
A brownish eagle with yellow beak and feet is in the center of the picture, he is feeding a young eagle. The foreground is dark brownish hills, the sky is blue with white clouds.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Eagle Feeding Young
Date
1950 – 1970
Medium
oil on board
Dimensions
45.7 x 65.5 cm
Description
A brownish eagle with yellow beak and feet is in the center of the picture, he is feeding a young eagle. The foreground is dark brownish hills, the sky is blue with white clouds.
Subject
animal, bird
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.02.10
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Great Diamond Island

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Artist
Unknown
Date
1908
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
UnK.02.08
Description
Thick, large trees (3) in woods; unsigned Great Diamond Island Aug.1/08 on canvas edge plus illegible writing on side, canvas edge.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Great Diamond Island
Date
1908
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
43.2 x 30.5 cm
Description
Thick, large trees (3) in woods; unsigned Great Diamond Island Aug.1/08 on canvas edge plus illegible writing on side, canvas edge.
Subject
landscape, forest
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.02.08
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Date
1944
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
ThM.03.01
Description
Colour: grey on white. A caribou head looking left.
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Title
Head of a Caribou
Date
1944
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20.3 x 12.5 cm
Description
Colour: grey on white. A caribou head looking left.
Subject
animal
caribou
Credit
Gift of Forrest (Pat) Oliver Brewster, Banff, 1967
Catalogue Number
ThM.03.01
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1870 – 1875
Medium
charcoal; graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.01
Description
A head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
John Brewster
Date
1870 – 1875
Medium
charcoal; graphite on paper
Dimensions
47.0 x 39.0 cm
Description
A head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster.
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.01
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Mount Thorington 1968

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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas board
Catalogue Number
ThM.02.01
Description
Colour: blue, purple. Rocks come out of the snow in the lower right and across the bottom. Snow leads up to a rock peak at upper center. Distant range is off to the right. Sky fills in the upper area.
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Title
Mount Thorington 1968
Date
1968
Medium
oil on canvas board
Dimensions
44.1 x 59.7 cm
Description
Colour: blue, purple. Rocks come out of the snow in the lower right and across the bottom. Snow leads up to a rock peak at upper center. Distant range is off to the right. Sky fills in the upper area.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1969
Catalogue Number
ThM.02.01
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Date
1946
Medium
charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
ThM.03.02
Description
General colour: black and white on grey. The head and shoulders of a mountain goat. His two black horns reaching up into the top of the picture and his head turned out.
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Title
Mountain Goat
Date
1946
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
45.5 x 28.8 cm
Description
General colour: black and white on grey. The head and shoulders of a mountain goat. His two black horns reaching up into the top of the picture and his head turned out.
Subject
animal
mountain goat
Credit
Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1969
Catalogue Number
ThM.03.02
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1899
Medium
ink; graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.06
Description
Colour: black on white; a wounded bison with three arrows in his side and blood coming out of his mouth, kneels in the center of the picture;to the left and right are large leafless trees; a huge sun sits halfway on the horizon of rolling hills; in the background to the right, six figures with stic…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Neolithic Age
Date
1899
Medium
ink; graphite on paper
Dimensions
10.7 x 18.4 cm
Description
Colour: black on white; a wounded bison with three arrows in his side and blood coming out of his mouth, kneels in the center of the picture;to the left and right are large leafless trees; a huge sun sits halfway on the horizon of rolling hills; in the background to the right, six figures with sticks run up from behind a tree; to the left, in the background are two bears.
Subject
animal, buffalo
hunting
Credit
Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1970
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.06
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Old Banff Springs Hotel

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Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on wood
Catalogue Number
UnK.02.11
Description
A painting on a solid piece of wood of the early Banff Springs Hotel, probably 1888 circa. The Bow River runs in the left foreground of picture. It is a realistic painting of the mountains, Sulphur, Goat and the back of Rundle. The colours are darkish greens, blue river, the sky is yellowish (the …
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Old Banff Springs Hotel
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
37.3 x 115.2 cm
Description
A painting on a solid piece of wood of the early Banff Springs Hotel, probably 1888 circa. The Bow River runs in the left foreground of picture. It is a realistic painting of the mountains, Sulphur, Goat and the back of Rundle. The colours are darkish greens, blue river, the sky is yellowish (the sky looks unfinished).
Subject
landscape
Banff Springs Hotel
Canadian Rockies
architecture
river
Credit
Purchased from Thomas N. Lackey, Halifax, 1983
Catalogue Number
UnK.02.11
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Profile of a Young Girl

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Artist
Unknown
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.02
Description
A graphite sketch of a young girl, sitting in profile. The sketch is in a black and gold frame with a hook at the top for hanging.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Profile of a Young Girl
Date
c. 1890
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
6.0 x 7.0 cm
Description
A graphite sketch of a young girl, sitting in profile. The sketch is in a black and gold frame with a hook at the top for hanging.
Subject
portrait
child
girl
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.02
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Date
prior to 1970
Medium
charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
ThM.03.05
Description
A left profile drawing of a Rocky Mountain Goat.
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Artist
J. Monroe Thorington (1894 – 1989, American)
Title
Rocky Mountain Goat
Date
prior to 1970
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
38.0 x 23.0 cm
Description
A left profile drawing of a Rocky Mountain Goat.
Subject
animal, mountain goat
Credit
Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1969
Catalogue Number
ThM.03.05
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Small lake in Mountains

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Artist
Unknown
Date
1978
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.13
Description
A pencil drawing of a small lake in the foreground, the immediate foreground is marshy and some trees, this surrounds the lake; mountains in background; a few clouds indicated. A small brass plaque with the drawing reads: To Lillian Gest In Appreciation The Lake O'Hara Trails Club 1979.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Small lake in Mountains
Date
1978
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
22.5; 26.7 x 26.7; 32.1 cm
Description
A pencil drawing of a small lake in the foreground, the immediate foreground is marshy and some trees, this surrounds the lake; mountains in background; a few clouds indicated. A small brass plaque with the drawing reads: To Lillian Gest In Appreciation The Lake O'Hara Trails Club 1979.
Subject
landscape
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Lillian Gest, Philadelphia, USA, 1986
Catalogue Number
UnK.03.13
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