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Jimmy Simpson's Cabin, Crowfoot Glacier

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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.140
Description
A cabin sitting in among a cluster of trees, lies to the left overlooking the shoreline in front. Several taller evergreens stand at the right hand side of the sketch also near the front bank. A green meadow lies in between. Crowfoot Glacier appears high above the turquoise green water. The glacier…
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Jimmy Simpson's Cabin, Crowfoot Glacier
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
28.0 x 35.5 cm
Description
A cabin sitting in among a cluster of trees, lies to the left overlooking the shoreline in front. Several taller evergreens stand at the right hand side of the sketch also near the front bank. A green meadow lies in between. Crowfoot Glacier appears high above the turquoise green water. The glacier can be seen in the upper levels of the mountains.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
lake
architecture, rural
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.140
Images
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