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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.265
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Ansons near Calgary
Date
1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.6 x 35.0 cm
Subject
military
transportation, airplane
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.265
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929 – 1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.383
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Takakkaw Falls
Date
1929 – 1931
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
28.0 x 22.0 cm
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
falls
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.383
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.176
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Tofino
Date
1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.8 x 35.2 cm
Subject
landscape
architecture
rural
water
Tofino
figures
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.176
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.011
Description
A portrait study of Catharine Robb with a dark cloth head covering and wisps of hair escaping.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1927
Medium
charcoal on paper
Dimensions
63.5 x 48.0 cm
Description
A portrait study of Catharine Robb with a dark cloth head covering and wisps of hair escaping.
Subject
study
portrait
female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.011
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.270
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Tofino Airfield
Date
1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.6 x 35.3 cm
Subject
transportation, airplane
military
landscape
mountain
Tofino
vehicle
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.270
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1945 – 1950
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.062
Description
A front facing portrait of Chief George McLean (Walking Buffalo) in full regalia, including a large headdress, orange beaded shirt, and blue belt.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Chief George McLean
Date
1945 – 1950
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
75.5 x 63.0 cm
Description
A front facing portrait of Chief George McLean (Walking Buffalo) in full regalia, including a large headdress, orange beaded shirt, and blue belt.
Subject
portrait
male
Indigenous
costumes
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.062
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Castleguard River Region

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.145
Description
The lower third is tall dark trees with a gap at the right side. Behind are blue trees. In the centre behind them is a brown hill and a ridge of purple mountains. Cloudy sky fills the top quarter.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Castleguard River Region
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
22.9 x 27.8 cm
Description
The lower third is tall dark trees with a gap at the right side. Behind are blue trees. In the centre behind them is a brown hill and a ridge of purple mountains. Cloudy sky fills the top quarter.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
forest
mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.145
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Untitled [Plaster Cast Head]

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925
Medium
graphite on conte paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.014
Description
A portrait study of a head drawn from a classical sculpture. The young boy has lots of hair and is smiling slightly, and head is turned slightly to viewers right.In the brc: marks, almost scribbles, charcoal marks, faint traces of shapes
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Plaster Cast Head]
Date
1925
Medium
graphite on conte paper
Dimensions
63.5 x 48.5 cm
Description
A portrait study of a head drawn from a classical sculpture. The young boy has lots of hair and is smiling slightly, and head is turned slightly to viewers right.In the brc: marks, almost scribbles, charcoal marks, faint traces of shapes
Subject
study
portrait
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.014
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.144
Description
Colour: green, purple, grey brown. There is a green-blue lake at the bottom. Trees on the far shore become grey-brown mountains and in the upper centre area is a glacier on a purple mountain. Blue sky fills the top right edge.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake O'Hara
Date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
22.5 x 27.5 cm
Description
Colour: green, purple, grey brown. There is a green-blue lake at the bottom. Trees on the far shore become grey-brown mountains and in the upper centre area is a glacier on a purple mountain. Blue sky fills the top right edge.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.144
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Mount Lefroy from Beehive

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1955 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.118
Description
Colour: pale blue, yellow, green. A single peak can be seen in the distance between two larch trees in the foreground. On the right side is a shorter larch tree and a mountain ridge in he distance.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mount Lefroy from Beehive
Date
1955 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.5 x 25.5 cm
Description
Colour: pale blue, yellow, green. A single peak can be seen in the distance between two larch trees in the foreground. On the right side is a shorter larch tree and a mountain ridge in he distance.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.118
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Bow Lake, Crowfoot Glacier

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1945 – 1950
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.015
Description
Colour: green, grey, purple. Lower half is meadow with a stream from the center to lower left corner. Trees dot the middleground. In the upper half is a lake at center and mountains beyond. Grey sky fills the upper left corner and across the top.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Bow Lake, Crowfoot Glacier
Date
1945 – 1950
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
63.5 x 76.5 cm
Description
Colour: green, grey, purple. Lower half is meadow with a stream from the center to lower left corner. Trees dot the middleground. In the upper half is a lake at center and mountains beyond. Grey sky fills the upper left corner and across the top.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
Credit
Gift of James (Sr.) Simpson, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.015
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Ice Blocks, Athabasca Glacier

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1941
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.159
Description
The canvas is dominated by huge iceblocks in grey, blue, white and brown. Part of the rock wall and Athabasca Glacier show up in the ochre and white peaks, very little sky in mid-and right-hand corner.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Ice Blocks, Athabasca Glacier
Date
1941
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.7 x 35.4 cm
Description
The canvas is dominated by huge iceblocks in grey, blue, white and brown. Part of the rock wall and Athabasca Glacier show up in the ochre and white peaks, very little sky in mid-and right-hand corner.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
iceblocks
glacier, Athabasca
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.159
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Ice Blocks, Toe, Athabasca Glacier

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1942
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.012
Description
Colour: blue. Huge chunks of ice fill the lower three quarters of the picture. Behind to the left is a dark ridge of rock. Behind at center is a purple ridge of mountain with sky in the upper right corner and across the upper edge to left of center.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Ice Blocks, Toe, Athabasca Glacier
Date
1942
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
63 x 76 cm
Description
Colour: blue. Huge chunks of ice fill the lower three quarters of the picture. Behind to the left is a dark ridge of rock. Behind at center is a purple ridge of mountain with sky in the upper right corner and across the upper edge to left of center.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
glacier
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.012
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.143
Description
Colour: green, purple blue. In the lower third grass grows along the bottom edge and a row of trees cross form left to right leaving a gap between them at the right side. Behind is a purple blue mountain which rises to the right leaving the upper left area to clouds and sky.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mount Thompson
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
22.5 x 27.5 cm
Description
Colour: green, purple blue. In the lower third grass grows along the bottom edge and a row of trees cross form left to right leaving a gap between them at the right side. Behind is a purple blue mountain which rises to the right leaving the upper left area to clouds and sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.143
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.101
Description
Colour: blue, black, green, ochre. A road goes up from the lower center towards the right. On the right side of the road are five telegraph poles receding into the distance. On the left side are buildings. The front one is white and built of stone or brick. In the background is a hillside which goe…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Bank in Dawson City
Date
1956
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.5 x 25.5 cm
Description
Colour: blue, black, green, ochre. A road goes up from the lower center towards the right. On the right side of the road are five telegraph poles receding into the distance. On the left side are buildings. The front one is white and built of stone or brick. In the background is a hillside which goes up at an angle from the left to he upper right. Clear blue sky fills in the rest.
Subject
architecture
urban
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.101
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Columbia Icefield, Athabasca Glacier

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1940 – 1945
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.158
Description
A large gnarled, dead grey and brown tree with long brances is centre leaning left. Fall vegetation, rust-coloured, is in the immediate foreground, evergeens to the right. The icefield dominates the painting spilling to moraine lower and right, grey-blue flanks to each side and a cloudy white sky.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Columbia Icefield, Athabasca Glacier
Date
1940 – 1945
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.8 x 35.5 cm
Description
A large gnarled, dead grey and brown tree with long brances is centre leaning left. Fall vegetation, rust-coloured, is in the immediate foreground, evergeens to the right. The icefield dominates the painting spilling to moraine lower and right, grey-blue flanks to each side and a cloudy white sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
icefield, Columbia
glacier, Athabasca
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.158
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Summit

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.082
Description
Colour: green, purple. A little brook runs between rocks and grass in the lower center. Halfway up grow trees on either side. Meadows beyond reach a lake right of center where a forest goes up either side. In the background are three purple mountains with grey and blue sky beyond.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Summit
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.5 x 35 cm
Description
Colour: green, purple. A little brook runs between rocks and grass in the lower center. Halfway up grow trees on either side. Meadows beyond reach a lake right of center where a forest goes up either side. In the background are three purple mountains with grey and blue sky beyond.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.082
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Kicking Horse River, Chancellor Peak Campground

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.215
Description
A landscape of mountains, sky and a river. The foreground is dominated by brown and grey rocks and by white and turquoise frothing, raging water. The upper half of the painting are dark green pine trees with mauve and white mountains beyond. Mid- to-top is blue sky with one long white cloud.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Kicking Horse River, Chancellor Peak Campground
Date
1950 – 1960
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27.8 x 35.5 cm
Description
A landscape of mountains, sky and a river. The foreground is dominated by brown and grey rocks and by white and turquoise frothing, raging water. The upper half of the painting are dark green pine trees with mauve and white mountains beyond. Mid- to-top is blue sky with one long white cloud.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
river
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.215
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.117
Description
Colour: Warm blues, black, grey. A lake crosses the lower edge. Two black strips of trees go up each side from the center at the bottom of the glacier. Behind the glacier is a rock fall leading to a snow ridge and to the left a rock peak. The sky is the same colour as the snow-grey.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake Louise
Date
1945 – 1955
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.5 x 25.5 cm
Description
Colour: Warm blues, black, grey. A lake crosses the lower edge. Two black strips of trees go up each side from the center at the bottom of the glacier. Behind the glacier is a rock fall leading to a snow ridge and to the left a rock peak. The sky is the same colour as the snow-grey.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Canadian Rockies
lake
glacier
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.117
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.049
Description
Interior view of museum; cabinets and various art works on walls; two windows along left side. Appears to be a study in linear perspective.“MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON” in BLC“Peter White, FEB 11th” written in BRC
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Date
1925 – 1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25.3 x 35.5 cm
Description
Interior view of museum; cabinets and various art works on walls; two windows along left side. Appears to be a study in linear perspective.“MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON” in BLC“Peter White, FEB 11th” written in BRC
Subject
museum
fine arts
Boston
linear perspective
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.049
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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