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Varied Thrush? (Painted Robin)

The item is a painting of a grey bird sitting amongst some vegetation. The painting was done by Hilda Vincent Foster, possibly in the 1930s The painting has been incorrectly titled as Varied Thrush? (Painted Robin), but the bird has been correctly identified as a Red-Breasted Nuthatch by the Natural History curators at the Royal BC Museum.

Grosbeak(?)

The item is a painting of a bird sitting amongst some branches. The painting was done by Hilda Vincent Foster, possibly in the 1930s. The painting has been incorrectly titled as a Grosbeak by Winifred Williams. Also on the back of the painting is a note written on December 7, 1993 stating that Florence Dickson said this was a Sparrow Hawk or Kestrel. It has been correctly identified as an American Kestrel by Natural History curators at the Royal BC Museum.

Flicker(?)

The item is a painting of a grey bird with its wings outstretched while sitting amongst some flowers. The painting was done by Hilda Vincent Foster. On the back of the painting is written Flicker(?), but the bird has been correctly identified by Natural History curators at the Royal BC Museum as a Northern Flicker.

The Old Stone Church

The item is a painting of a building by Hilda Vincent Foster. The painting depicts the old stone church on Comiaken Hill, near Duncan, Vancouver Island. According to the label on the back of the painting, the church was constructed between 1870 and 1872 by Rev. Peter Rondeault, and became disused in 1880. The painting was done in 1966.

Scene from Edith Forester's House, Mill Bay

The item is a painting showing some trees. In the back is the sea and some mountains. In the foreground of the painting is a stone wall. The location of the painting is that of Mill Bay, Vancouver Island. The artwork was painted by Hilda Vincent Foster some time in the 1940s. The writing on the back of the painting is not that of the artist.

Sketch of Beatrice Florence Greenstock and Rose Butcher

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.

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