RBCM Archives

Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

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

Sketch of Beatrice Florence Greenstock and Rose Butcher

PDP10333
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22 Jun.1899 and 21 Jul. [1899?]

Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

Item consists of two portrait studies on one sheet, of two young girls by Sophia Pemberton. The sketches were undertaken in England and consist of the heads of two people. The upper one is identified as Beatrice Florence Greenstock and dated July 21, ca. 1899, and the lower one is identified as Rose Butcher and dated June 22, 1899.

Flora Alfreda Burns

PDP09680
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Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

Sketch of Sir Henry Pering Pellew Crease

PDP00344
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Jan 1902

Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

[Portrait of a Woman]

PDP03837
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Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

[Portrait of a Woman]

PDP03845
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Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

[Landscape]

PDP03846
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Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

Portrait of a Cardinal

Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

Item consists of a charcoal portrait of a man wearing clerical garb. Cardinal by Sophia Pemberton, 1890. The sketch was undertaken while she was attending the Cope School of Art, London England.

Sketch of a dinosaur fossil

PDP10917
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Oct 1892

Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

The item is a watercolour sketch of a dinosaur fossil on a plinth. A person in a hat and a stone monument are sketched in the background. The item is attributed to Joseph Despard Pemberton, and his daughter Sophia, and was drawn in October 1892, likely when she was an art student in London. The fossil is possibly based on the Bernissart Iguanodon that was on display in Brussels at that time, but this is only speculation.

Lily with inscription

Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

The item is a coloured pencil drawing of a white lily with an inscription that reads," And trailing clouds of glory do they come from which is their home". The back of the frame reads, "To Dear Ada, March 1954". The artwork is attributed to Sophia Pemberton, and was created in 1954.

Lilies

Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

The item is a handmade gift card. There is a coloured pencil drawing of lilies framed inside a pre-made cardboard frame and envelope. The item is attributed to Sophia Pemberton, and was created in 1953.

[Portrait Of A Woman - Mrs. Wells?]

PDP03838
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Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

[Misc Sketches]

PDP03840
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Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

Gavin S. Burns and Torquil M. Burns

Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

One sheet of paper with two portraits drawn.

[Book of Wildflowers: Quotation from Robert Browning]

Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

Life drawing of a Male

PDP10332
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12 Oct.1893

Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

Item consists of a charcoal sketch of the head of an unidentified man dated October 12, 1893 by Sophia Pemberton. This was undertaken in life class while she was attending the Westminster School of Art in England.

Maple leaf with inscription

Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

The item is a coloured pencil drawing of a maple leaf with the inscription, "'The trembling leaves/Dappling the walk/With light & shade', John Cleveland, 1613-58". The artwork is attributed to Sophia Pemberton. It is dated 1956.

On the Yosemite

PDP03841
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Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

[Landscape]

PDP03842
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Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

Bow River

PDP03843
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Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

[Portrait of a Woman]

PDP03844
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Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

[Book of Wildflowers: Dedication Page]

Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

Sketch of Blind Thomas and Rose Butcher

PDP10334
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23 Jun. 1899

Part of Archives paintings, drawings, and prints collection

Item consists of two portrait studies on one sheet, of an old man and a young girl by Sophia Pemberton on June 23,1899. The sketches were undertaken in England and consist of the heads of two people. The upper one is identified as Blind Thomas, and the lower one is identified as Rose Butcher.

Pig Book and Sketchbook