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Across the Southern States to the Blue Pacific and Vancouver

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.375
Description
Side 1: Pencil drawing of car driving on a highway to the viewer’s right and into the distance. Other more roughly sketched vehicles are in oncoming lanes. A sign to the right of the road reads: ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES/ TO THE PACIFIC AND/ VANCOUVERIn the top left corner, the number 13 is circle…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Across the Southern States to the Blue Pacific and Vancouver
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
14.5 x 21.0 cm
Description
Side 1: Pencil drawing of car driving on a highway to the viewer’s right and into the distance. Other more roughly sketched vehicles are in oncoming lanes. A sign to the right of the road reads: ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES/ TO THE PACIFIC AND/ VANCOUVERIn the top left corner, the number 13 is circled.Side 2: Pencil drawing of a car driving through a landscape of rolling hills. Mountains are barely visible in the background. This illustration is in a rectangular box. Below this box is a rectangle that is divided into four.
Subject
car
landscape
Peter Whyte
drawing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.375
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Around the World in One Month

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.746
Description
A simple sketch of a man in a fancy vehicle wearing a mask driving off. There appears to be a sign erased to the left of the car. The hood ornament looks like a little man with giant hands. In the TRC it says “AROUND THE WORLD IN ONE MONTH,” on the vehicle is says “WHITE CAR,” and it is signed in t…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Around the World in One Month
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
15.0 x 22.8 cm
Description
A simple sketch of a man in a fancy vehicle wearing a mask driving off. There appears to be a sign erased to the left of the car. The hood ornament looks like a little man with giant hands. In the TRC it says “AROUND THE WORLD IN ONE MONTH,” on the vehicle is says “WHITE CAR,” and it is signed in the BLC
Subject
driving
mask
man
vehicle
ornament
race
world
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.746
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Brazeau Snowfield, Jasper

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Artist
Lawren S. Harris (1885 – 1970, Canadian)
Date
c. 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
HaL.03.01
Description
Inscription reads: Brazeau Snowfield, Jasper. Sketchbook drawing by Lawren S. Harris (1885-1970). Presented to the Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, Alta. in memory of Peter & Catharine Whyte by Anne & Lawren P. Harris, June, 1979. Also written by Lawren P. Harris is the Following: I certify this work to…
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Artist
Lawren S. Harris (1885 – 1970, Canadian)
Title
Brazeau Snowfield, Jasper
Date
c. 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
18.0 x 24.5 cm
Description
Inscription reads: Brazeau Snowfield, Jasper. Sketchbook drawing by Lawren S. Harris (1885-1970). Presented to the Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, Alta. in memory of Peter & Catharine Whyte by Anne & Lawren P. Harris, June, 1979. Also written by Lawren P. Harris is the Following: I certify this work to be an original sketchbook drawing by Lawren S. Harris, (1885-1970. Lawren P. Harris, May 22, 1979. Ottawa, Ontario.
Subject
landscape
mountains
snowfield
Jasper National Park
Credit
Gift of Lawren P. Harris, Ottawa, 1979
Catalogue Number
HaL.03.01
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1921
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.283
Description
Pencil drawing of a mountain capped with snow. The silhouette of trees act as a screen in the foreground. A hand drawn frame in pencil encircles the drawing.MT. SIR DONALD [centre bottom] CANADIAN ROCKIES [brc]appears to have an erased signature in bottom right corner, with “Pete...” Peter White 1…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mt. Sir Donald
Date
1921
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
29.5 x 21.0 cm
Description
Pencil drawing of a mountain capped with snow. The silhouette of trees act as a screen in the foreground. A hand drawn frame in pencil encircles the drawing.MT. SIR DONALD [centre bottom] CANADIAN ROCKIES [brc]appears to have an erased signature in bottom right corner, with “Pete...” Peter White 1921 [brc, above CANADIAN ROCKIES]
Subject
landscape
mountain
trees
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.283
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Nearing Calgary from Regina

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Date
1928
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.399
Description
Landscapes where the focal point is in betwwern the artist / viewer and the hill or mountain in the background of each drawing . Writing denotes details and colour scheme.Writing on back: “nearing Calgary from Regina - March 12th - 28”
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Title
Nearing Calgary from Regina
Date
1928
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 35.5 cm
Description
Landscapes where the focal point is in betwwern the artist / viewer and the hill or mountain in the background of each drawing . Writing denotes details and colour scheme.Writing on back: “nearing Calgary from Regina - March 12th - 28”
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.399
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On the Columbia between Revelstoke and Arrow Lakes

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1925
Medium
graphite on oil paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.106
Description
Scene with a lake in the forground center moving back over sloping forests to the mountain in the background.“It is not surprising that this soft, moody sketch shows some wear as Collings seems to have been travelling by canoe. The artist would have been well into his seventies on this trip.” -- …
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
On the Columbia between Revelstoke and Arrow Lakes
Date
c. 1925
Medium
graphite on oil paper
Dimensions
26 x 20 cm
Description
Scene with a lake in the forground center moving back over sloping forests to the mountain in the background.“It is not surprising that this soft, moody sketch shows some wear as Collings seems to have been travelling by canoe. The artist would have been well into his seventies on this trip.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
lake
stream
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1985
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.106
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.112
Description
Scene of a river with swiftly moveing water and with trees to its rear bank.“Collings focused increasingly on the centre of his pictures in his late work, leaving the edges ‘open’ as in this example.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Pine Portage
Date
c. 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.5 x 27.5 cm
Description
Scene of a river with swiftly moveing water and with trees to its rear bank.“Collings focused increasingly on the centre of his pictures in his late work, leaving the edges ‘open’ as in this example.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1985
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.112
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Prince Rupert Mid Day

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.044
Description
Scene of buildings situated on top of a hill, with some more below these upon appendage-like stilts. - there is one building in the immediate forground right.“A full range of tones evenly dapple this sketch moving the viewer’s eye easily about it. Collings sketched the town from the base of a hall …
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Prince Rupert Mid Day
Date
c. 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20.5 x 26 cm
Description
Scene of buildings situated on top of a hill, with some more below these upon appendage-like stilts. - there is one building in the immediate forground right.“A full range of tones evenly dapple this sketch moving the viewer’s eye easily about it. Collings sketched the town from the base of a hall looking up; the result is fresh and spontaneous but clearly exhibits Collings’ superb control and concise line at this late stage of his career.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.044
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.748
Description
A racing car that is being driven by a man in a mask is racing a train it appears that is in the background. There is a fence between the two. In the BLC is says “A RACE FOR LIFE,” and in the BRC “BY ME”
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
A Race for Life
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
15.0 x 22.7 cm
Description
A racing car that is being driven by a man in a mask is racing a train it appears that is in the background. There is a fence between the two. In the BLC is says “A RACE FOR LIFE,” and in the BRC “BY ME”
Subject
train
fence
car
racing
man
mask
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.748
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Range Approaching Castle Mountain from Banff

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Artist
Frederick Horsman Varley (1881 – 1969, Canadian)
Date
1924
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
VaF.03.01
Description
A stylistically loose line drawing of a mountain scene. The drawing is done on a paper that is brownish in tone. The top 1/3 of the piece is blank - a clear sky. A mountain range takes up the next 1/3 of the piece, and the tallest portion is centered on the page. In the foreground of the piece …
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Artist
Frederick Horsman Varley (1881 – 1969, Canadian)
Title
Range Approaching Castle Mountain from Banff
Date
1924
Medium
graphite on paper
Description
A stylistically loose line drawing of a mountain scene. The drawing is done on a paper that is brownish in tone. The top 1/3 of the piece is blank - a clear sky. A mountain range takes up the next 1/3 of the piece, and the tallest portion is centered on the page. In the foreground of the piece is a small valley with low lying hills on either side. The hills and mountains are cropped at either side of the piece. The valley created by the hills exits the drawing in the BLC.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
Frederick Horsman Varley
Credit
Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997
Catalogue Number
VaF.03.01
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.764
Description
Profile drawing of a vehicle with a masked man at the wheel speeding away over a speed bump and in the direction of Victoria as the sign in front of the car suggests. Behind the vehicle there is a wrench, nut and bolt flying off behind it, and behind the the drivers front wheel there is a piece of …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Room for one More
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
14.0 x 22.0 cm
Description
Profile drawing of a vehicle with a masked man at the wheel speeding away over a speed bump and in the direction of Victoria as the sign in front of the car suggests. Behind the vehicle there is a wrench, nut and bolt flying off behind it, and behind the the drivers front wheel there is a piece of luggage. Above the driver near the TRC it says “ROOM FOR ONE MORE.”
Subject
mask
man
Victoria
driving
vehicle
luggage
speed bump
wrench
nut
bolt
sign
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.764
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Seymour Arm from Plateau

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
c. 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.224
Description
Three trees set in foreground right, to left of is a valley with winding path/water. Hills in distance set in centre.“This is a fine example of Collings’ late work. Sweeping curvilinear lines imbue it with a poetic serenity, while the upright lines of a tree on the extreme right serve to stabilize …
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Seymour Arm from Plateau
Date
c. 1925
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20 x 25.5 cm
Description
Three trees set in foreground right, to left of is a valley with winding path/water. Hills in distance set in centre.“This is a fine example of Collings’ late work. Sweeping curvilinear lines imbue it with a poetic serenity, while the upright lines of a tree on the extreme right serve to stabilize the whole. The artist increasingly restricted his darkest tones in his mature work, opening up his pictures and enhancing the impression of vastness so characteristic of his Rocky Mountain scenes.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1983
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.224
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Sketch from Hall Window

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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Date
1921
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.008
Description
Scene of an avenue or street with potted plants and trees in the forground, also there is one lampost behind the three potted plants. - buildings in the background.
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Artist
Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)
Title
Sketch from Hall Window
Date
1921
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
19.5 x 14 cm
Description
Scene of an avenue or street with potted plants and trees in the forground, also there is one lampost behind the three potted plants. - buildings in the background.
Subject
landscape
Credit
Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
Catalogue Number
CoJ.03.008
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
ca. 1932 – 1933
Medium
ink; graphite on board
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.595
Description
An ink and pencil sketch that appears to advertise the Skoki Lodge. Five rectangles are arranged in a row across the middle-top of the page with various ski scenes within. Below the central rectangle read SKOKI. A pencil design in the bottom left area shows five small empty rectangles with the lett…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Skoki
Date
ca. 1932 – 1933
Medium
ink; graphite on board
Dimensions
26.5 x 35.3 cm
Description
An ink and pencil sketch that appears to advertise the Skoki Lodge. Five rectangles are arranged in a row across the middle-top of the page with various ski scenes within. Below the central rectangle read SKOKI. A pencil design in the bottom left area shows five small empty rectangles with the letters of SKOKI divided amonst each rectangle. Above the ink scenes is written - 7 1/2 # 456 Whyte Sat 10 block [in cursive]
Subject
Skoki Lodge
ski
mountains
snow skiing
advertisement
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.595
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.055
Description
Turkish man standing with cigarette, side view.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1927
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
30.4 x 22.8 cm
Description
Turkish man standing with cigarette, side view.
Subject
man
cigarette
Turkish
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.055
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1927
Medium
coloured graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.061
Description
Man standing barefoot, arms out and palms up, front view.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1927
Medium
coloured graphite on paper
Dimensions
35.5 x 25.8 cm
Description
Man standing barefoot, arms out and palms up, front view.
Subject
man
standing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.061
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1921 – 1922 (attributed)
Medium
graphite
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.638
Description
Sketch is of a wooden house amidst some trees and mountains.On back: “#15A s/s see note sheet for crop [?]In bottom right corner: “PW 21 or 22”
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1921 – 1922 (attributed)
Medium
graphite
Dimensions
15.0 x 22.5 cm
Description
Sketch is of a wooden house amidst some trees and mountains.On back: “#15A s/s see note sheet for crop [?]In bottom right corner: “PW 21 or 22”
Subject
landscape
house
home
mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.638
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1921 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.341
Description
A pencil drawing of a car driving towards the viewer. In the background, the road winds over a hilly landscape. There is a rail on the car’s left. The drawing is framed by a hand drawn rectangle.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1921 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.5 x 27.9 cm
Description
A pencil drawing of a car driving towards the viewer. In the background, the road winds over a hilly landscape. There is a rail on the car’s left. The drawing is framed by a hand drawn rectangle.
Subject
cars
travel
roads
landscape
Peter Whyte,
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.341
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1921 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.348
Description
Pencil and ink drawing of a man with his back to the viewer, carrying a suitcase and backpack. He wears shorts and knee-high socks. He looks into the background, where a road leads to an urban skyline. Beyond this skyline is a line of mountains. In the air, there is a person bucking on a horse.The …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1921 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 21.2 cm
Description
Pencil and ink drawing of a man with his back to the viewer, carrying a suitcase and backpack. He wears shorts and knee-high socks. He looks into the background, where a road leads to an urban skyline. Beyond this skyline is a line of mountains. In the air, there is a person bucking on a horse.The paper is embossed with HOWARD SMITH VICTORY BONDS.
Subject
city
rodeo
Peter Whyte
mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.348
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1921 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.357
Description
Pencil drawing of three scenes in hand drawn boxes. The scenes are arranged vertically. The top scene is of a figure walking a dog on a leash. The middle scene is of a figure digging his heels into the ground while an animal (dog or goat) leaps forward and pulls the man by a leash. The bottom scene…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1921 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
27.8 x 21.5 cm
Description
Pencil drawing of three scenes in hand drawn boxes. The scenes are arranged vertically. The top scene is of a figure walking a dog on a leash. The middle scene is of a figure digging his heels into the ground while an animal (dog or goat) leaps forward and pulls the man by a leash. The bottom scene shows a car driving on a road with hills in the background.
Subject
man
car
animal
humour
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.357
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