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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 15
- James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian) 14
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Big Rock at Lake O'Hara
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.217
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.217
- Description
- A rugged rocky cliff surrounded by evergreens is located along the shores of Lake O'Hara. It ranges in colour from purples to yellow and orange. Lake O'Hara is depicted in slid turquoise. The mountains appear overhead beyond the cliffs with cobalt blue peering through top centre.
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- Title
- Big Rock at Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- A rugged rocky cliff surrounded by evergreens is located along the shores of Lake O'Hara. It ranges in colour from purples to yellow and orange. Lake O'Hara is depicted in slid turquoise. The mountains appear overhead beyond the cliffs with cobalt blue peering through top centre.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.217
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Bird bath and stone building
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.484
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.484
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a garden scene with a bird bath or stone basin in the foreground, a body of water in the middle, leading back to a stome building in background. Trees and bushes frame the drawing.
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- Title
- Bird bath and stone building
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a garden scene with a bird bath or stone basin in the foreground, a body of water in the middle, leading back to a stome building in background. Trees and bushes frame the drawing.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.484
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- plaster; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0108
- Description
- Owl atop small log cross section, owl of plaster is painted dominantly beige and white with black. Yellow black eyes. Grease pencilled on log bottom "EL".
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- Title
- Bird Figurine
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- plaster; wood
- Dimensions
- 14.5 x 6.4 x 9.3 cm
- Description
- Owl atop small log cross section, owl of plaster is painted dominantly beige and white with black. Yellow black eyes. Grease pencilled on log bottom "EL".
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- craft
- carving
- animal
- bird
- owl
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0108
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- Date
- 1960 – 1963
- Material
- wood; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0114
- Description
- Mass produced stylized bird constructed of various natural coloured spheres of wood, joined with dowels. Head has black rubber inset eyes and head swivels 360 degrees. Chip on left foot. Feet form base.
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- Title
- Bird Figurine
- Date
- 1960 – 1963
- Material
- wood; rubber
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 5.0 x 6.5 cm
- Description
- Mass produced stylized bird constructed of various natural coloured spheres of wood, joined with dowels. Head has black rubber inset eyes and head swivels 360 degrees. Chip on left foot. Feet form base.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0114
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- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- glass
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0123
- Description
- Deep green glass penguin of elegant, simple design. Head raised and flippers extended out. Chip from left flipper tip. Label on bottom "Hand Made by Altaglass, Medicine Hat, Alta." and "Walsall England" (poss. represents label manufacturer).
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- Title
- Bird Figurine
- Date
- 1965 – 1970
- Material
- glass
- Dimensions
- 18.2 x 9.0 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- Deep green glass penguin of elegant, simple design. Head raised and flippers extended out. Chip from left flipper tip. Label on bottom "Hand Made by Altaglass, Medicine Hat, Alta." and "Walsall England" (poss. represents label manufacturer).
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- animal
- bird
- penguin
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0123
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- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0121
- Description
- Simple duck like bird which has been scorched and sand blasted to reveal grain marks in wood. Stamped "Gerd Canada" on bottom. Grain of wood defines eyes and wing of bird.
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- Title
- Bird Figurine
- Date
- 1960 – 1970
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 8.0 x 3.6 x 11.5 cm
- Description
- Simple duck like bird which has been scorched and sand blasted to reveal grain marks in wood. Stamped "Gerd Canada" on bottom. Grain of wood defines eyes and wing of bird.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0121
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- Date
- 1963
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.03.06
- Description
- General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.
- Title
- Bow Lake
- Date
- 1963
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.3 x 40.1 cm
- Description
- General colour: pencil on white. Two points of land come in from left and right respectively with water in between and behind. The far shore starts quarter way up and becomes a mountain left of enter and right banks up each side. Sketchy clouds appear to be raining left and right.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- mountains
- lake
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.03.06
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Bow Lake, 1962
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.59
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.59
- Description
- Blue sky with large cloud at left, mountains in background across image with Bow Lake below them. Green grassy area with trees in foreground of image. Title and “Canadian Rockies” written on mat.
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- Title
- Bow Lake, 1962
- Date
- 1962
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- Blue sky with large cloud at left, mountains in background across image with Bow Lake below them. Green grassy area with trees in foreground of image. Title and “Canadian Rockies” written on mat.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Bow Lake
- Credit
- Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.59
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Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactmij.05.06
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MiJ.05.06
- Description
- The general colours are green, blue, grey, brown, mauve, purple and white. The painting is divided in half for dominance. The bottom-half is the icy blue/green and white of the frozen lake; on the viewer’s far right there are two small evergreens in the snow. The top-half comprises the mountains an…
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- Title
- Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.2 x 56.0 cm
- Description
- The general colours are green, blue, grey, brown, mauve, purple and white. The painting is divided in half for dominance. The bottom-half is the icy blue/green and white of the frozen lake; on the viewer’s far right there are two small evergreens in the snow. The top-half comprises the mountains and glacier; viewer’s right the scree slope and upward sweep of a mountain, moving to the left is the next mountain with its white and blue glacier top and blue sweep down the middle of the mountain. Lower mid-centre is the glacier snow field and to the left is a brown and white mountain. The gloomy sky is grey and white swirling clouds with hints of yellow through the grey and blue sky beyond.
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- MiJ.05.06
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Bow Lake, Looking North, 1969
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.62
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.62
- Description
- Bow Lake is seen in foreground of image, mountains can be seen in the distance in the upper left corner and are reflected in the lake. Trees form a line along the lake’s shore from the centre of the image out to the far right centre. They are also reflected in the lake. The sky is quite yellow o…
- Title
- Bow Lake, Looking North, 1969
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- Bow Lake is seen in foreground of image, mountains can be seen in the distance in the upper left corner and are reflected in the lake. Trees form a line along the lake’s shore from the centre of the image out to the far right centre. They are also reflected in the lake. The sky is quite yellow on the right but changes to blue on the left of the sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Bow Lake
- Credit
- Gift of James (Jr.) Simpson, Rocky Mountain House, 2000
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.62
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- Date
- 1969
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0387 a,b
- Description
- Hand thrown, footed bowls with grey glazed exteriors. One bowl has white enamel V-shape design and other has light blue and white enamel sunburst design. Signed"Joska - Denmark "69" on bottom. Bowl with "V" design has been cracked and previously mended. Other bowl has .9 x .5 cm. rim chip.
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- Title
- Bowl
- Date
- 1969
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 3.5 x 10.2 cm
- Description
- Hand thrown, footed bowls with grey glazed exteriors. One bowl has white enamel V-shape design and other has light blue and white enamel sunburst design. Signed"Joska - Denmark "69" on bottom. Bowl with "V" design has been cracked and previously mended. Other bowl has .9 x .5 cm. rim chip.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Joska
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0387 a,b
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.378
- Description
- A hill dominates image. Some fencing runs up the hill on the right. The foreground is mostly grass. There is a small box-like structure in the foreground.
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- Title
- Box and hill
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 19.5 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- A hill dominates image. Some fencing runs up the hill on the right. The foreground is mostly grass. There is a small box-like structure in the foreground.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.378
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.504
- Description
- Two sidedThe naked upper branches of a tree on front sideVerso: a tree trunk with shrubs at its base gets cut off at top of page
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- Title
- Branches
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.3 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- Two sidedThe naked upper branches of a tree on front sideVerso: a tree trunk with shrubs at its base gets cut off at top of page
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.504
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Bric-A-Brac Stand Collection
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact102.04.0319%20a-f
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0319 a-f
- Description
- A collection of six short dark brown wooden stands. (a) 2.3 x 9.8 - incised double circle in circular platform top and carved knob trim around its rim. Outward bowed base is elaborately carved through in interwoven knot design between three square spiral motifs, each of which terminates in a small …
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- Title
- Bric-A-Brac Stand Collection
- Date
- 1800 – 1890
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 2.3 cm
- Description
- A collection of six short dark brown wooden stands. (a) 2.3 x 9.8 - incised double circle in circular platform top and carved knob trim around its rim. Outward bowed base is elaborately carved through in interwoven knot design between three square spiral motifs, each of which terminates in a small foot. Underside has circle carved at centre. (b) 2.6 x 5.8 - small lip around top platform, outward bowed base carved through in scrolled vine pattern between solid spaces terminating in three small feet. Marks: on base, red Japeanese writing) (c) 2.6 x 6.7 - double circle inscribed on top platform which is ringed with small lip, smooth outward bowed base with three small feet curving outward, small circle cut in base. Marks: on base, paper label, “605/2” (d) 2.7 x 6.5 - lathe turned with small lip around top platform, smooth outward bowed base with small foot-ring, bottom hollowed inside foot-ring. (e) 1.6 x 5.7 - small raised ring carved around platform top, base flares out slightly and is scroll-shaped along bottom defining three very small feet. (f) 1.6 x 4.5 - small lip around platform top, sharp shoulder of outward bowed based incised with small lines around; scroll carving at bottom defines small feet.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Japanese
- E. S. Morse;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0319 a-f
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Bright Green Between Slopes
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.435
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on board
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.435
- Description
- Rough drawing of mountain scape with grass in foreground. Other writing denotes colour scheme and other details.
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- Title
- Bright Green Between Slopes
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on board
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- Rough drawing of mountain scape with grass in foreground. Other writing denotes colour scheme and other details.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.435
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Brush and water
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.393
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.393
- Description
- A rough sketch of brush and water.
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- Title
- Brush and water
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 19.5 cm
- Description
- A rough sketch of brush and water.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.393
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.457
- Description
- Pencil sketch of remains of trees with charred bark and trees appear to have been cut or burnt down. Light drawing of rocky horizon in background.Writing denotes details and colour scheme.
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- Title
- Burnt trees
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.5 x 25.0 cm
- Description
- Pencil sketch of remains of trees with charred bark and trees appear to have been cut or burnt down. Light drawing of rocky horizon in background.Writing denotes details and colour scheme.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.457
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- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- WiS.02.05
- Description
- Oil painting of large lake with cliffs at right side and lake with trees and rocks by shore at right side. Low hills in background at far shore of lake. Swirled clouds in sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back: “Indian Name Sitting Wind Stoney Reserve Morley Alberta.”
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- Title
- By The Lake
- Date
- 1969
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- Oil painting of large lake with cliffs at right side and lake with trees and rocks by shore at right side. Low hills in background at far shore of lake. Swirled clouds in sky above. “SITTING WIND” in lower right corner. On back: “Indian Name Sitting Wind Stoney Reserve Morley Alberta.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WiS.02.05
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Cabin in Old Burn at Seymour Arm
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.157
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.157
- Description
- Landscape containing a central house, flaged by trees, four tree stumps fill right side, suggestions of four or more trees to the left of the house, hills in the distance make up the horizon line, references to colour fill the sky.
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- Title
- Cabin in Old Burn at Seymour Arm
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.5 x 25 cm
- Description
- Landscape containing a central house, flaged by trees, four tree stumps fill right side, suggestions of four or more trees to the left of the house, hills in the distance make up the horizon line, references to colour fill the sky.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.157
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Canadian Rockies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.34
- Date
- 1966
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.34
- Description
- Merry Xmas & Happy New Year from Mr. & Mrs. J. Simpson Sr. 1966-7.
- Title
- Canadian Rockies
- Date
- 1966
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 11.0 cm
- Description
- Merry Xmas & Happy New Year from Mr. & Mrs. J. Simpson Sr. 1966-7.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- SiJ.05.34
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