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Artist
Emily Carr (1871 – 1945, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1940
Medium
watercolour; gouache on paper
Catalogue Number
CaE.05.01
Description
General colour: grey, brown. A wooden post dock comes out into the water in the lower right corner. At the left side is more dock with a few small boats tied up to posts out in the water. Four sail boats are in the center. Two points of land narrow the water two thirds up. The left bank has buildin…
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Artist
Emily Carr (1871 – 1945, Canadian)
Title
Victoria Harbour
Date
prior to 1940
Medium
watercolour; gouache on paper
Dimensions
10.5 x 16.2 cm
Description
General colour: grey, brown. A wooden post dock comes out into the water in the lower right corner. At the left side is more dock with a few small boats tied up to posts out in the water. Four sail boats are in the center. Two points of land narrow the water two thirds up. The left bank has buildings and trees on it. Beyond are distant mountains and grey sky.
Subject
landscape
seascape
Pacific Ocean
Emily Carr
Credit
Gift of C. M. Smith, 1968
Catalogue Number
CaE.05.01
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Tide Flats, Bella Coola

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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
1935
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.13
Description
General colour: green, grey. Lower third is green water - five posts are reflected in it on the left side. Across the bank are five tumps. Two mountains rise up in the background - the sky appears misty. Only one peak (on the right side) can be seen.signed in black lr: E. Lamarque 1935
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Artist
Ernest C. W Lamarque (1879 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Tide Flats, Bella Coola
Date
1935
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
25.4 x 35.2 cm
Description
General colour: green, grey. Lower third is green water - five posts are reflected in it on the left side. Across the bank are five tumps. Two mountains rise up in the background - the sky appears misty. Only one peak (on the right side) can be seen.signed in black lr: E. Lamarque 1935
Subject
landscape
mountains
seascape, Pacific
Ernest Lamarque
Credit
Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
Catalogue Number
LaE.05.13
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Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1957
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.19
Description
General colour: brown, grey. A row of eight trees crosses the picture - the foliage filling the upper left area and across the middle. Two or three figures can be seen in the left area. Back ground image is somewhat vague. The sky is cloudless.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia
Date
1957
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 27.8 cm
Description
General colour: brown, grey. A row of eight trees crosses the picture - the foliage filling the upper left area and across the middle. Two or three figures can be seen in the left area. Back ground image is somewhat vague. The sky is cloudless.
Subject
seascape, Pacific
trees
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.19
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Cadboro Bay Yacht Club, Victoria, British Columbia

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Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Date
1957 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.20
Description
General colour: grey. Lower edge is sand with birds - posts go out into the water at an angle from the right to left - there is a buoy or marker at the end.The horizon is one third up. Land can be seen out from the right side. The sky is filled with clouds.
Artist
Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)
Title
Cadboro Bay Yacht Club, Victoria, British Columbia
Date
1957 – 1959
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
22.8 x 26.6 cm
Description
General colour: grey. Lower edge is sand with birds - posts go out into the water at an angle from the right to left - there is a buoy or marker at the end.The horizon is one third up. Land can be seen out from the right side. The sky is filled with clouds.
Subject
seascape, Pacific
skyline
Credit
Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
Catalogue Number
LaC.05.20
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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
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)
Date
n.d.
Medium
woodcut on paper
Catalogue Number
YoH.04.04
Description
Colour: mauve, grey blue with muted dark green browns. A formation of ten boats crosses the picture at the middle. Their shadows are cast in the calm water. Mountains beyond are faint.
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Artist
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)
Title
Morning of Abuto
Date
n.d.
Medium
woodcut on paper
Dimensions
24.5 x 37.4 cm
Description
Colour: mauve, grey blue with muted dark green browns. A formation of ten boats crosses the picture at the middle. Their shadows are cast in the calm water. Mountains beyond are faint.
Subject
seascape
mountain
transportation
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
YoH.04.04
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Kura in Tomonoura, from the series: The Island Sea

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Artist
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)
Date
1930
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
YoH.04.05
Description
Colour: blue, brown. Five boats are docked in front of a row of buildings. In the upper left is sky, in the upper right a tree appears. One boat has its sail up.
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Artist
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)
Title
Kura in Tomonoura, from the series: The Island Sea
Date
1930
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
24.6 x 37.3 cm
Description
Colour: blue, brown. Five boats are docked in front of a row of buildings. In the upper left is sky, in the upper right a tree appears. One boat has its sail up.
Subject
seascape
transportation
boat
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
YoH.04.05
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Glittering Sea, from the series: The Island Sea

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Artist
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)
Date
1916
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
YoH.04.14
Description
Colour: blue, green. The horizon line is at five-sixths of the way up the picture. Two boats with sails sit in the lower right area. A group of boats float to the left at the horizon line. A bright reflection of the sun comes down on the water at center. The sky is beige.
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Artist
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)
Title
Glittering Sea, from the series: The Island Sea
Date
1916
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
24.6 x 36.8 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green. The horizon line is at five-sixths of the way up the picture. Two boats with sails sit in the lower right area. A group of boats float to the left at the horizon line. A bright reflection of the sun comes down on the water at center. The sky is beige.
Subject
seascape
transportation
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
YoH.04.14
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.136
Description
Golour: grey, yellow, peach, blue. The lower edge is dark blue water. The rest is grey sky with two light blue green clouds and streaks of yellow and peach sunlight coming down to the water.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Pacific Sunset
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
11 x 9 cm
Description
Golour: grey, yellow, peach, blue. The lower edge is dark blue water. The rest is grey sky with two light blue green clouds and streaks of yellow and peach sunlight coming down to the water.
Subject
seascape
Pacific
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.136
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.137
Description
Colour: blue, pink, yellow. Central image is a boat with its sail up. The head and shoulders of three figures can be seen in the boat. On the horizon to the right side is another boat. Distant mauve mountains can be seen behind and soft white blue sky above.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Chinese Junk
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
11 x 9 cm
Description
Colour: blue, pink, yellow. Central image is a boat with its sail up. The head and shoulders of three figures can be seen in the boat. On the horizon to the right side is another boat. Distant mauve mountains can be seen behind and soft white blue sky above.
Subject
seascape
transportation
mountains
figures
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.137
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