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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1920 – 1966

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.652

Description: A mountain scene with tree silhouettes in the foreground and mountains and billowing clouds in the background. Thatching is used for shading. Scene is a placed in a narrow and tall rectangle.verso in pencil: # 11 A ; p 11; S/S

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1920 – 1966

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.5 x 10.5 cm

Description: A mountain scene with tree silhouettes in the foreground and mountains and billowing clouds in the background. Thatching is used for shading. Scene is a placed in a narrow and tall rectangle.verso in pencil: # 11 A ; p 11; S/S

Subject: landscape; scene; trees; mountain; clouds; thatch work

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.652

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.837

Description: Two drawings are divided by a fold in the paper. The top half of the paper is a man on skis that are coming together in the back, and he appears to be falling over backwards. One of the poles is pointed in front of him and the other behind his body. In the background there is some trees along the h…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 26.9 x 18.9 cm

Description: Two drawings are divided by a fold in the paper. The top half of the paper is a man on skis that are coming together in the back, and he appears to be falling over backwards. One of the poles is pointed in front of him and the other behind his body. In the background there is some trees along the hill. The drawing on the bottom half of the paper is of a skier that has fallen down. One of his skis and poles is pointing up into the air.

Subject: skiing; skier; skis; poles; winter; sports; hill; snow; people; man; trees; pine trees

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.837

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Axe and Stump

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1917 – 1929

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.557

Description: Pencil drawing of a stump with an axe left in it in the foreground. A squirrel aits on the blunt edge of the axe blade and another sits on a branch in the trees of the background. AXE AND STUMP [tlc, with STUMP underlined]

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Axe and Stump

Date: 1917 – 1929

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 15.1 x 22.5 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of a stump with an axe left in it in the foreground. A squirrel aits on the blunt edge of the axe blade and another sits on a branch in the trees of the background. AXE AND STUMP [tlc, with STUMP underlined]

Subject: axe; stump; squirrel; trees

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.557

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Banff Winter Carnival

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1924 – 1925

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.834

Description: In the top section of the poster design there is a cartoon drawing of a man in a suit jacket, vest, and tie flying through the air on skis. He has no poles in his hands suggesting that he could be ski jumping. Below the man there is three distinct mountains, with clouds behind them, and trees frami…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Banff Winter Carnival

Date: 1924 – 1925

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 45.1 x 29.7 cm

Description: In the top section of the poster design there is a cartoon drawing of a man in a suit jacket, vest, and tie flying through the air on skis. He has no poles in his hands suggesting that he could be ski jumping. Below the man there is three distinct mountains, with clouds behind them, and trees framing the the edges of the drawing. Below the drawing it says “WITH APOLOGIES TO DEBECK”, “Peter White - 1924”, and “Banff WINTER CARNIVAL - FEBRUARY 7-14. 1925 - The Peoples Playground SKI-ING SWIMMING SKATING TOBOGGANING, ETC.” Surrounding the inscription it is bordered with 3mm design: two lines running parallel to each other with circles drawn in the middle.

Subject: winter; sports; snow; mountains; Rocky Mountains; Banff; Winter Carnival; skiing; swimming; skating; tobogganing; skijumping; man; suit; suit jacket; vest; tie; skis; trees; clouds

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 0

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.834

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Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia

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Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Date: 1957

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: LaC.05.19

Description: General colour: brown, grey. A row of eight trees crosses the picture - the foliage filling the upper left area and across the middle. Two or three figures can be seen in the left area. Back ground image is somewhat vague. The sky is cloudless.

Artist: Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Title: Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia

Date: 1957

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 22.8 x 27.8 cm

Description: General colour: brown, grey. A row of eight trees crosses the picture - the foliage filling the upper left area and across the middle. Two or three figures can be seen in the left area. Back ground image is somewhat vague. The sky is cloudless.