Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

HAGELL HERITAGE COLLECTION

Date Range From

1960

Date Range To

1973

Materials

PAPER

No. Pieces

76

Description

.1 "E.F. HAGELL" PHOTOGRAPH 18.4 CM WTH., 24.5 CM LTH. BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH. "MR. HAGELL WESTERN CANADIAN ARTIST" MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .2 DESCRIPTIVE TEXT "THE ARTIST" 17.8 CM. WTH., 68 CM. LTH. .3 DESCRIPTIVE TEXT "THE LETHBRIDGE CITY SET" THIER SPELLING ERROR IN LAST LINE OF TEXT. .4 PAINTING "INDIAN WORLD WAS ONE OF PLENTY" 49.5 CM WTH., 59.7 CM LTH. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED BEHIND WHITE MATTE. .5 PAINTING "BEFORE THE WHITES" SIZE SAME AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED BEHIND WHITE MATTE. .6 PAINTING "A BUFFALO HORSE HAD TO BE GOOD" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL '57 (ARTIST) MOUNTED BEHIND WHITE MATTE. .7 PAINTING "WHEN BUFFALO WAS SUPREME" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED BEHIND WHITE MATTE. .8 PAINTING "PRIMITIVE SCHOOL" SAME SIZE AS.4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED BEHIND WHITE MATTE. .9 PAINTING "INDIAN TRAVELLED LIGHT" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED BEHIND WHITE MATTE. .10 PAINTING "THE WEST'S FIRST HORSEMAN" SAME SIZE AS .4. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED BEHIND WHITE MATTE. .11 PAINTING "SALUTE TO THE FUR TRADE" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED BEHIND WHITE MATTE. .12 DESCRIPTIVE TEXT "BUFFALO RANGE" 35.5 CM WTH., 67.3 CM LTH. INK AND CRAYON. .13 PAINTING "PROGRESS-WARD OF THE GREAT WHITE QUEEN" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .14 PAINTING "THAR'S GOLD IN THEM THAR HILLS" SAME SIZE A .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .15 PAINTING "ANY OLD PLACE..." SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .16 PAINTING "PACK HORSE CAMP" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED BEHIND WHITE MATTE. .17 PAINTING "WHEN GALT GARDENS WAS A COW CORRAL" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED BEHIND WHITE MATTE. .18 PAINTING "GEE, BUCK --- GEE" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. "E.F. HAGELL" (ARTIST) MOUNTED BEHIND WHITE MATTE. BOND ON PAPER - "T & I. H. KENT". .19 PAINTING "LETHBRIDGE CITY SITE-1870" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED BEHIND WHITE MATTE. .20 PAINTING "SEVENTH AVENUE, LETHBRIDGE, WHEN I WAS A BOY". SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED BEHIND WHITE MATTE. .21 PAINTING "LAST OF THE GOOD GRASS-- THE INDIAN RESERVATION" 36.8 CM WTH., 44.4 CM LTH. INK AND CRAYON. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED BEHIND WHITE MATTE. .22 PAINTING "THE LAND AND OUR FATHER'S SAW" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .23 PAINTING "TEARS GREW THEM HARD AND TOUGH" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .24 PAINTING "WHEN QUALITY AND HORSE FLESH WAS WITHOUT PRICE" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED BEHIND WHITE MATTE. .25 PAINTING "RIDES WERE STILL LONG BETWEEN CAMPS" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .26 PAINTING "DRAFT CROSS"SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .27 PAINTING "IN THE BUFFALO'S TRACKS" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED IN WHITE MATTE. .28 PAINTING "THE SAY OF THE LONG HORN" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .29 PAINTING "IMPROVED BLOOD" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) ON WHITE MATTE. .30 PAINTING "WHITE-FACE INVASION" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .31 PAINTING "SHE STILL HAD ENOUGH LONG HORN TO FIGHT" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE .32 PAINTING "MODERN BEET" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .33 PAINTING "BETTER THAN WILLOW BRUSH" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .34 PAINTING "MILL SAWED LUMBER BEGAN TO GO UP" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .35 PAINTING "PATIENT HORSES-INPATIENT MEN" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .36 PAINTING "AN APRIL STORM..." SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .37 PAINTING "BOGGED" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .38 PAINTING "BEGINNING OF THE END" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .39 PAINTING "HOMESTEAD PATROL" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .40 PAINTING "ALL OUTDOORS FOR A FRONT YARD" SAME SIZE A .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .41 PAINTING "TAMING THE BUFFALO RANGE" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .42 PAINTING "THE EARLY WEST WAS BIG IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .43 PAINTING "LIVING OFF THE COUNTRY" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .44 PAINTING "THE DITCH WAS NOT ALWAYS HERE" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .45 PAINTING "THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .46 PAINTING "THE EARLY DAY SETTLER HAD TO RIDE..." SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .47 PAINTING "THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED IN WHITE MATTE. .48 PAINTING "THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) ON WHITE MATTE. .49 DESCRIPTIVE TEXT "MODERN HISTORY MOVES FAST" 36.2 CM WTH., 68 CM LTH. INK ON BOND PAPER. .50 DESCRIPTIVE TEXT "THE LONG HORN" 19.6 CM WTH., 50.2 CM LTH. INK ON BOND PAPER. .51 DESCRIPTIVE TEXT "THE BUFFALO..." 19.6 CM WTH., 45.1 CM LTH. INK ON BOND PAPER. .52 DESCRIPTIVE TEXT "THE LIVING CHANGE OVER" 12.1 CM WTH., 45.1 CM LTH. INK ON BOND PAPER. .53 DESCRIPTIVE TEXT "THE DAY OF SETTLEMENT" 12 CM WTH., 45.1 C. LTH. INK ON MATTE. .54 DESCRIPTIVE TEXT "HORSE AND RIDER DOWN THE YEARS" 12 CM WTH., 45.1 CM LTH. INK ON BOND. .55 DESCRIPTIVE TEXT "THE INDIAN DAY" 12 CM WTH., 45.1 CM LTH. INK ON MATTE. .56 DESCRIPTIVE TEXT "WHEN LETHBRIDGE WAS A PUP" 12 CM WTH., 45.1 CM LTH. INK ON MATTE. .57 DESCRIPTIVE TEXT "THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT" 12 CM WTH., 41.2 C. LTH. INK ON MATTE. .58 DESCRIPTIVE TEXT "BEEF NOW AND THEN" 12 CM WTH., 41.2 CM LTH. INK ON MATTE. .59 PAINTING "THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .60 PAINTING "THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT" 40 CM WTH., 45.1 CM LTH. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .61 PAINTING "THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT" SAME SIZE AS .60 INK AND CRAYON. MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .62 PAINTING "THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT" SAME SIZE AS. .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .63 PAINTING "RUNAWAY ON A BALED HAYRACK" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .64 PAINTING "THE FARM THAT BUILT THE WEST" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .65 PAINTING "DOCTOR LEECH AND HIS RED" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. T & I.H. KENT BOND MARK ON PAPER. .66 PAINTING "MUST BE TOUGH ON THE STORK" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. SAME AS .65. .67 PAINTING "LIFT FOR THE LADIES" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .68 PAINTING "LETHBRIDGE WATERWORKS" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .69 PAINTING "THE WATER'S NOT DEEP, DOC" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .70 PAINTING "THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. SMALL BROWN SPOTS ON UPPER LEFT HAND. MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .71 PAINTING "THE HORSES COULD ALWAYS PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .72 PAINTING "THE MAIL AND THE GROCERIES" SAME SIZE AS .4. INK AND CRAYON. E.F. HAGELL (ARTIST) MOUNTED ON WHITE MATTE. .73 DRAWING, "THEY NEVER IRONED OUT THE GRADES FOR THE GRASS BURNERS" INK AND CRAYON, ARTIST IS E.F. HAGELL. DIMENSIONS 38.1 CM WTH, 51.0 CM LTH. PICTURE SHOWS A LINE OF HORSES PULLING A WAGON UP A GRASSY SLOPE. ONE COWBOY ON HORSEBACK IS GUIDING THE HORSES AND SWINGING HIS WHIP OVER HIS HEAD. TITLE IS HANDWRITTEN IN BOTTOM LEFT CORNER IN PENCIL, HIS SIGNATURE IS IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER IN INK. WATERMARK ALONG BOTTOM DRAWING EDGE "KENT". DISCOLOURATION DUE TO PREVIOUS MATTING. BROWN EDGING ON ALL OUTSIDE EDGE'S OF DRAWING'S REVERSE, TAPE STICKING OVER EDGE ON 2 SIDES. STAMPED PATTERN ON BACK "NO. 79 HIGH ART ILLUSTRATION BOARDS", INCLUDES IMAGES OF AN ARTIST, ALSO "47" IN PENCIL. .74 DRAWING, "THE TEXAS MUSTANG WAS AS TOUGH AND AGILE AS THE STEERS HE WORKED" INK AND CRAYON, ARTIST IS E.F. HAGELL. DIMENSIONS 36.3 CM WTH, 50.9 CM LTH. PICTURE SHOWS A HERD OF CATTLE APPROACHING A SHALLOW STREAM, CATTLE ARE REACHING FOR WATER WITH TONGUES OUT. HORSE AND RIDER HAVE JUMPED OVER THE STREAM ONTO A RIDGE, THE HORSE IS TRYING TO GET ITS FOOTING. COW SKULL IS ON RIGHT SIDE OF STREAM, SIGNATURE IS WRITTEN IN INK IN BOTTOM CENTRE WITH "-58" BELOW. HANDWRITTEN WORDS IN BOTTOM LEFT CORNER IN PENCIL ARE VERY HARD TO READ. SMALL PENCIL MARKS IN THE CENTRE OF EACH SIDE, CAN SEE WHERE PICTURE WAS MATTED. ON THE REVERSE IS BROWN EDGING ON TOP HALF ONLY, "29" WRITTEN IN PENCIL. .75 DRAWING, "PRAIRIE BEEF" INK AND CRAYON, ARTIST IS E.F. HAGELL. DIMENSIONS 34.9 CM WTH, 48.1 CM LTH. PICTURE SHOWS BUFFALO GRAZING, ONE IS STANDING ON A RIDGE IN CENTRE OF PICTURE LOOKING DOWN AT MOTHER LAYING DOWN AND CALF STANDING TO HER RIGHT. CALF IS LOOKING AT A GOPHER OR GROUND SQUIRREL IN BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER BESIDE SIGNATURE. WORDS ARE WRITTEN IN BOTTOM LEFT CORNER IN PENCIL AND ARE VERY HARD TO READ. CAN SEE WHERE PICTURE WAS MATTED. "55" WRITTEN IN PENCIL ON REVERSE. BROWN EDGING ALL AROUND PICTURE. .76 DRAWING, "A HORSE CAN STILL BE HANDY" INK AND CRAYON, ARTIST E.F. HAGELL. DIMENSIONS 35.9 CM WTH, 49.4 CM LTH. PICTURE SHOWS HERD OF CATTLE ON SHALLOW HILL. TWO MEN ON HORSES HERDING CATTLE DOWN THE SLOPE. MAN IN FOREGROUND IS SWINGING ROPE IN THE AIR ABOVE HIS HEAD. WORDS HANDWRITTEN IN PENCIL IN BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF OBVERSE ARE VERY HARD TO READ. SMALL PENCIL MARKS IN CENTRE ON EACH SIDE. STAIN ON BOTTOM EDGE, LEFT OF CENTRE. ON REVERSE IS "34" IN PENCIL AND BROWN EDGING AROUND TOP HALF OF PICTURE.

Subjects

ART

Historical Association

FINE ARTS

History

FOUR DRAWINGS (73-76) RECOVERED FROM CITY HALL OFFICE OF PATTI WILLIAMS, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY TREASURE, IN OCTOBER 2007. DRAWINGS WERE TAKEN TO GALT DUE TO WORK OF FORMER GALT DIRECTOR WILMA WOOD WHO, INTENDED ON PUBLISHING A BOOK ON THE HERITAGE COLLECTION SERIES. FRAMES WERE REMOVED FOR CONSERVATION REASONS IN 1973. FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING WRITTEN DESCRIPTIONS OF THE HISTORICAL EVENTS BEHIND EACH ARTWORK IN THE SERIES, PLEASE REFER TO PERMANENT FILE. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING THE VARIOUS DONATIONS PERTAINING TO EDWARD FREDERICK HAGELL. SEE RECORD P19960053001 FOR AN EXTENDED BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST; SEE PERMANENT FILES P19960053001, P20040009001, P20060027001, P20070008001, AND P20070012001 FOR NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, DETAILS ON PAST GALT DIRECTOR/CURATOR WILMA WOOD'S BOOK ON THE ARTIST, AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE HAGELL FAMILY.

Catalogue Number

P19738008000

Acquisition Date

1973-03

Collection

Museum

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