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White Pass and Yukon Route 1971

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Artist
Edward Hardy Harrison (1926 – , Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Catalogue Number
HaT.12.01
Description
General colour: green, pink, yellow. In the foreground are thirty-one figures; children, adults, all going somewhere or playing or chatting. There are dogs and cats and crows. Behind them on the near side of the river are six shacks and an outhouse. On the other side of the river is a white boat, a…
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Artist
Edward Hardy Harrison (1926 – , Canadian)
Title
White Pass and Yukon Route 1971
Date
1971
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Dimensions
62.5 x 79.5 cm
Description
General colour: green, pink, yellow. In the foreground are thirty-one figures; children, adults, all going somewhere or playing or chatting. There are dogs and cats and crows. Behind them on the near side of the river are six shacks and an outhouse. On the other side of the river is a white boat, a train,a bridge, two churches, a government school and several more shacks. Behind are green hills and pink valleys. The sky is black with a red sun.
Subject
landscape, mountains
architecture, urban
figure, group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
Catalogue Number
HaT.12.01
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Artist
Edward Hardy Harrison (1926 – , Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Catalogue Number
HaT.12.02
Description
General colour: purple, red, green, yellow. Central image on a green ground is a building with two additions. Three chimneys, a crossed pole on the right behind, a stand with two oil drums on it at the front. The roof is red, the walls white and purple. In front are sixteen children and adults, two…
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Artist
Edward Hardy Harrison (1926 – , Canadian)
Title
The Yellow Car 1971
Date
1971
Medium
acrylic on canvas board
Dimensions
40.8 x 50.8 cm
Description
General colour: purple, red, green, yellow. Central image on a green ground is a building with two additions. Three chimneys, a crossed pole on the right behind, a stand with two oil drums on it at the front. The roof is red, the walls white and purple. In front are sixteen children and adults, two black dogs and a black cat, three crows picking at garbage near an overturned oil drum at right. The sky is purple with a red sun. On the horizon line at the right side is a yellow car up on blocks.
Subject
architecture, urban
figure, group
automobile
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
Catalogue Number
HaT.12.02
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1957
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.24
Description
General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Airdrie, Alberta
Date
1957
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 27.8 cm
Description
General colour: blue grey, brown, pink. Two elevators stand at the right side on the horizon. A train chugs past on the left. The foreround is brown fields - a fence appears from the left. The sky fills the upper two thirds and is spotted with clouds.
Subject
architecture, rural
landscape, prairie
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.24
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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1964
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.05
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Lower half is fields, farm buildings left, center and right. Two horses stand lower left. Upper half is distant blue mountains and clouded sky.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
The Homestead
Date
1964
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
15.2 x 22.8 cm
Description
General colour: brown, blue. Lower half is fields, farm buildings left, center and right. Two horses stand lower left. Upper half is distant blue mountains and clouded sky.
Subject
landscape
foothills
architecture, rural
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.05
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Oak Bay From Boathouse, Victoria, B.C

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1957 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.18
Description
General colour: blue, grey. A walkway with a fence runs in a crescent shape from lower center left to a third the way up the right side. A tree fills the left side and several more trees and a large white building fill the middle. Tide is out and figures walk the beach left and on the board walk al…
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Oak Bay From Boathouse, Victoria, B.C
Date
1957 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
24.0 x 31.0 cm
Description
General colour: blue, grey. A walkway with a fence runs in a crescent shape from lower center left to a third the way up the right side. A tree fills the left side and several more trees and a large white building fill the middle. Tide is out and figures walk the beach left and on the board walk also. Sky has clouds.
Subject
seascape, Pacific
architecture, urban
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.18
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Artist
Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)
Date
1973
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ShM.05.01
Description
Colour: green, grey. On the right side is the corner of a wooden building, flowers in the window box and on the ground. Grassy yard fills lower quarter. Three or our buildings are in the center. A truck is in front. Trees are behind and a mountain beyond. Sky fills the upper two corners.
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Artist
Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)
Title
Moffat's Dairy
Date
1973
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
33.0 x 50.0 cm
Description
Colour: green, grey. On the right side is the corner of a wooden building, flowers in the window box and on the ground. Grassy yard fills lower quarter. Three or our buildings are in the center. A truck is in front. Trees are behind and a mountain beyond. Sky fills the upper two corners.
Subject
landscape
mountain
architecture, rural
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
Catalogue Number
ShM.05.01
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Artist
Graham Noble Norwell (1901 – 1967, Canadian)
Date
c. 1945
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
NoG.05.02
Artist
Graham Noble Norwell (1901 – 1967, Canadian)
Title
Northern Lights
Date
c. 1945
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
16.6;26 x 20.1;31 cm
Subject
landscape
architecture, rural
sjyscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
NoG.05.02
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Artist
Nellie McCullagh
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MaN.05.01
Description
Yellow and pink mountains fill the top half of the watercolour, to the left of centre there is a cabin with a yellow glow coming from the window, behind the cabin are snow-covered trees.
Artist
Nellie McCullagh
Title
Landscape and cabin
Date
n.d.
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
23.5 x 30.5 cm
Description
Yellow and pink mountains fill the top half of the watercolour, to the left of centre there is a cabin with a yellow glow coming from the window, behind the cabin are snow-covered trees.
Subject
landscape
architecture, rural
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
MaN.05.01
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Going to Church 1907

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Artist
Irene McCaugherty (1914 – 1996, Canadian)
Date
1982
Medium
watercolour; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
McI.05.01
Description
The bottom quarter of the picture shows people walking all directions, all are dressed up, some have umbrellas and some have dogs on the leash. The next quarter is the road; there are four horse and buggy teams - two horse and two one horse buggies, there are people in them. Two couples with two ch…
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Artist
Irene McCaugherty (1914 – 1996, Canadian)
Title
Going to Church 1907
Date
1982
Medium
watercolour; ink on paper
Dimensions
20.3 x 54.5 cm
Description
The bottom quarter of the picture shows people walking all directions, all are dressed up, some have umbrellas and some have dogs on the leash. The next quarter is the road; there are four horse and buggy teams - two horse and two one horse buggies, there are people in them. Two couples with two children each are crossing the road at the left. The next quarter shows a string of houses and the church, with many more people walking. The top quarter of the picture is a pale blue sky.
Subject
architecture, urban
figure, group
animal, horse
transportation
Credit
Gift of Irene McCaugherty, Fort MacLeod, 1983
Catalogue Number
McI.05.01
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Artist
Marion Florence Nicoll (1909 – 1985, Canadian)
Date
1952
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
NiM.05.01
Description
A cottage dominates, almost filling the picture, a picket fence runs from edge to edge in front of the house, evergreen trees at back sides, a mountain side in background
Artist
Marion Florence Nicoll (1909 – 1985, Canadian)
Title
House in Canmore
Date
1952
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
30.0 x 31.7 cm
Description
A cottage dominates, almost filling the picture, a picket fence runs from edge to edge in front of the house, evergreen trees at back sides, a mountain side in background
Subject
architecture, urban
Credit
Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1978
Catalogue Number
NiM.05.01
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