RBCM Archives

Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

F4
Collection
[ca. 1500]-2020

Collection consists of paintings, drawings, prints and other artworks collected by the Archives.

British Columbia Archives

[Book of Wildflowers]

Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

Consists of one bound album containing 33 paintings of wildflowers created by Sophia Theresa Pemberton.

The St. Helena Collection, 1826 [and] the India Collection, 1858

MS-3350
File
1826, 1858

Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

File consists of one album, which contains 98 graphic works (lithographs, drawings, watercolours, and one photograph). Affixed plates at the front of the album identify the contents as "The St. Helena Collection, 1826" and "The India Collection, 1858."

Island Arts and Crafts Society : presentation portfolio

Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

The file consists of one hardcover folio, which contains 19 loose artworks created by various artists associated with the Island Arts and Crafts Society (IACS). The portfolio is inscribed with the name "Mrs. N.P. Shaw". The portfolio was presented to Ella Gertrude Shaw, nee Lugrin (Mrs. N.P. Shaw) in March 1925 upon her departure from Victoria to Vancouver. Shaw was a founding member of the IACS and exhibited from 1910-1922 at the Society's annual exhibitions.

Commander Edwin Augustus Porcher album

MS-3392
File
1862-1869

Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

Item consists of one album containing 27 watercolours created by Commander Edwin Augustus Porcher. Each watercolour is inscribed with ink and indicates the location and date. The artist's name is inscribed in ink on the upper cover.

Postcards from the Pandemic

MS-3476
File
2020 - 2021

Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

The file consists of 540 individual postcards that were created by the artist collective BOXCARSIX in the Victoria region during the COVID-19 pandemic between 2020 and 2021.

Postcards from the Pandemic is a collaborative mail art project of over 900 postcards that were created by artists in and around Victoria, BC in the depths of social lockdown created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The project was begun in March 2020 by members of BOXCARSIX Artist Collective to stay connected during lockdown. Each artist initiated a series of postcards leaving space in each one for another person to add and respond to. Each card was then mailed on to another artist to add to and potentially complete the postcard.

Each postcard has been assigned its own unique PDP number and is stored in its own folder. See finding aid for container descriptions.