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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1917 – 1966
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.516
Description
A pencil and ink drawing of a map of British Columbia. Notable is Highway 1 and the significant places through which it passes.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
B.C.
Date
1917 – 1966
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
22.5 x 15.1 cm
Description
A pencil and ink drawing of a map of British Columbia. Notable is Highway 1 and the significant places through which it passes.
Subject
British Columbia
Highway 1
Revelstoke
Vancouver
Hope
geography
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.516
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Artist
Colleen Campbell (1945 – , Canadian )
Date
1979
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
CmC.03.01
Description
Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his back toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His t…
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Artist
Colleen Campbell (1945 – , Canadian )
Title
Bear Dancer I
Date
1979
Medium
graphite; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
105.0 x 75.5 cm
Description
Located in the center and filling most of the image area is an Inuit dancer. He stands with his back toward the viewer. His tunic is a yellow colour and he holds a drum stick in his right hand. He has medium length straight hair depicted in graphite and a colourful belt tied around his waist. His tunic has fringes at the sides and bottom and he has a decorative strip around the top of his mukluk.
Subject
figure
male
Inuit
Credit
Gift of Dora Helen Mackie, Calgary, 1998
Catalogue Number
CmC.03.01
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Buffalo preliminary sketches

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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Date
prior to 1996
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
TiC.03.02
Description
Drawn lightly are two bison running toward each other ready to bang heads. Under foot you can see the suggestion of ground represented by a few lines. One bison is running from the upper left corner and the other is running from the center right.
Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Title
Buffalo preliminary sketches
Date
prior to 1996
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20.4 x 20.4 cm
Description
Drawn lightly are two bison running toward each other ready to bang heads. Under foot you can see the suggestion of ground represented by a few lines. One bison is running from the upper left corner and the other is running from the center right.
Subject
animal
buffalo
Credit
Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
Catalogue Number
TiC.03.02
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Canmore, Alberta, July 27, 1970

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Artist
James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
NiJ.03.01
Description
Colour: black on white. Lower two thirds is mountain - the peak is upper center. Clear sky goes across the upper third.
Artist
James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)
Title
Canmore, Alberta, July 27, 1970
Date
1970
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
22.5 x 29.75 cm
Description
Colour: black on white. Lower two thirds is mountain - the peak is upper center. Clear sky goes across the upper third.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of James McLaren Nicoll, 1976
Catalogue Number
NiJ.03.01
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Canmore, Alberta, July, 1970

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Artist
James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
NiJ.03.02
Description
Colour: black on white. Across the bottom are roof tops and chimneys. Behind,filling the upper three quarters is a mountain - peak in the center - stay on both sides.
Artist
James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)
Title
Canmore, Alberta, July, 1970
Date
1970
Medium
ink on paper
Description
Colour: black on white. Across the bottom are roof tops and chimneys. Behind,filling the upper three quarters is a mountain - peak in the center - stay on both sides.
Subject
landscape
mountain
architecture
Credit
Gift of James McLaren Nicoll, 1976
Catalogue Number
NiJ.03.02
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Canmore, S.W. from Bow Valley Cabins

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Artist
James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
NiJ.03.03
Description
Colour: black on white. A mountain peaking right of enter near the top another mountain is behind to the right. Sky comes down left and in upper right corner.
Artist
James McLaren Nicoll (1892 – 1986, Canadian)
Title
Canmore, S.W. from Bow Valley Cabins
Date
1970
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
24.0 x 30.5 cm
Description
Colour: black on white. A mountain peaking right of enter near the top another mountain is behind to the right. Sky comes down left and in upper right corner.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of James McLaren Nicoll, 1976
Catalogue Number
NiJ.03.03
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The Cock and the Jewel

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Artist
Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)
Date
1912
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
RaA.03.02
Description
One cock and three hens in landscape. Beige, blue, black, red colour washes dominant. Signed blc A. Rackham 1912. Pencilled note to engraver at bottom of picture says 6 high with an arrow indicating up. Written on discard backing board said Aesop's Fables-1912 The Cock and the Jewel p. 121
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Artist
Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)
Title
The Cock and the Jewel
Date
1912
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26.6 x 18.3 cm
Description
One cock and three hens in landscape. Beige, blue, black, red colour washes dominant. Signed blc A. Rackham 1912. Pencilled note to engraver at bottom of picture says 6 high with an arrow indicating up. Written on discard backing board said Aesop's Fables-1912 The Cock and the Jewel p. 121
Subject
animal
chicken
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
RaA.03.02
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Artist
Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
1914 – 1924
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
JaA.03.03
Description
Pencil sketch with colour notes, light and heavy pencil lines with shading. Central mountain in background, slopes to left and right, another mountain indicated on the right. Drawing on light sketchbook paper, serrated top edge, bl nd br rounded corners. On back more pencil written notes.
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Artist
Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
Coronet Peak
Date
1914 – 1924
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
14.2 x 22.8 cm
Description
Pencil sketch with colour notes, light and heavy pencil lines with shading. Central mountain in background, slopes to left and right, another mountain indicated on the right. Drawing on light sketchbook paper, serrated top edge, bl nd br rounded corners. On back more pencil written notes.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
Credit
Gift of Naomi Jackson Groves, Ottawa, 1989
Catalogue Number
JaA.03.03
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
StS.03.01
Description
Colour: black on white. The horse plunges to the left. The rider leans to viewer’s right, the coup stick in his hand coming down to touch the head of another man who is bent over. In the background are silhouettes, to the left is a figure holding onto a horse and rider; both figures have arms rais…
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
Coup
Date
1970
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
27.7 x 39.5 cm
Description
Colour: black on white. The horse plunges to the left. The rider leans to viewer’s right, the coup stick in his hand coming down to touch the head of another man who is bent over. In the background are silhouettes, to the left is a figure holding onto a horse and rider; both figures have arms raised and between the rider and figure to the right is a silhouette of another horse and rider.Au verso in pencil “COUP” the word “SOLD” in a rectangle, to the right of that “Archives of the Cdn” and above that the number “60” encircled and then an “X” to cross it out
Subject
animal, horse
figure, male
Credit
Purchased from Archives of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, 1970
Catalogue Number
StS.03.01
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The Dog and the Hare

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Artist
Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)
Date
1912
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
RaA.03.01
Description
Dog has pipe and walking stick and plaid cap and topcoat, hare has purple bonnet and purse. Signed and dated A. Rackham 1912 brc, signed on mat The Dog & the Hare, Aesop's Fables p.145.
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Artist
Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)
Title
The Dog and the Hare
Date
1912
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
20.8 x 25.2 cm
Description
Dog has pipe and walking stick and plaid cap and topcoat, hare has purple bonnet and purse. Signed and dated A. Rackham 1912 brc, signed on mat The Dog & the Hare, Aesop's Fables p.145.
Subject
animal
dog
hare
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
RaA.03.01
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Artist
Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)
Date
1978
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
HoR.03.05
Description
Drawn from a passage by Gordon Walls for the exhibition Beyond Exceptional Pass at the Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, summer of 1978.
Artist
Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)
Title
Exceptional Fault
Date
1978
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
10.2;10.1 x 6.4;6.3 cm
Description
Drawn from a passage by Gordon Walls for the exhibition Beyond Exceptional Pass at the Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, summer of 1978.
Subject
landscape, mythological
bird
fish
Credit
Gift of Robert J. Hope, 1982
Catalogue Number
HoR.03.05
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1915 – 1925
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.924
Description
Three cartoon sketches of men: 1) a bald man is laughing, and only has three teeth, 2) a man with a stern look on his face. He is wearing what appears to be a suit, and has glasses, 3) a man of Asian descent looks laboured since he has sweat coming off his brow. Above the drawings it says “LESSON N…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Expression
Date
1915 – 1925
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
15.6 x 25.3 cm
Description
Three cartoon sketches of men: 1) a bald man is laughing, and only has three teeth, 2) a man with a stern look on his face. He is wearing what appears to be a suit, and has glasses, 3) a man of Asian descent looks laboured since he has sweat coming off his brow. Above the drawings it says “LESSON No. 4 EXPRESSION”
Subject
people
men
clothing
suit
hair
bald
Asian
eye wear
glasses
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.924
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Figures in Fading Light

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Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Date
1975
Medium
ink, Sumi, graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
SmJ.03.01
Description
Two figures, a man and a woman, are seated on grass, both are facing to the left, the woman is covered by a cloak with only her head showing, the man is behind her also facing to the left, lying down resting on his elbows, the grass is bottomn quarter of picture and finely detailed, a clear backgro…
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Artist
James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian)
Title
Figures in Fading Light
Date
1975
Medium
ink, Sumi, graphite on paper
Dimensions
59.6 x 82.3 cm
Description
Two figures, a man and a woman, are seated on grass, both are facing to the left, the woman is covered by a cloak with only her head showing, the man is behind her also facing to the left, lying down resting on his elbows, the grass is bottomn quarter of picture and finely detailed, a clear background behind the figures.
Subject
figure
group
Credit
Purchased from James Agrell Smith, 1978
Catalogue Number
SmJ.03.01
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Artist
Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
1914 – 1924
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
JaA.03.09
Description
Pencil sketch of snow covered, flat top mountain. The mountain is centre top and dominates the picture, valleys and ridges in foreground. Drawn on light sketchbook paper, top serrated edge, bl and br edges rounded.
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Artist
Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
Flattop Mountain
Date
1914 – 1924
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
20.7 x 27.8 cm
Description
Pencil sketch of snow covered, flat top mountain. The mountain is centre top and dominates the picture, valleys and ridges in foreground. Drawn on light sketchbook paper, top serrated edge, bl and br edges rounded.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of Naomi Jackson Groves, Ottawa, 1989
Catalogue Number
JaA.03.09
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A Good Way to Reduce and Midnight Exercise

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.602
Description
Two comical scenes drawn in ink that depict, in cartoon style, ways to lose weight or get exercise. The left scene is titled A GOOD WAY TO REDUCE, the one on the right is titled MIDNIGHT EXERCISE. The scene on the left shows a man whose leg has been cut off from a car driving over it with a speech …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
A Good Way to Reduce and Midnight Exercise
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
15.2 x 25.0 cm
Description
Two comical scenes drawn in ink that depict, in cartoon style, ways to lose weight or get exercise. The left scene is titled A GOOD WAY TO REDUCE, the one on the right is titled MIDNIGHT EXERCISE. The scene on the left shows a man whose leg has been cut off from a car driving over it with a speech bubble that says “NOW I’M DOWN TO A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY AT LAST.” The scene on the right shows a man walking inside with a crying baby with a speech bubble that says “AH WAWA WOW” and another speech bubble coming from the man saying “IF I WAS SINGLE AGAIN GEE WHIZ.”
Subject
weight loss
exercise
baby
health
comic
cartoon
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.602
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The Great Lakes and the States that Bound Them

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1917 – 1966
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.514
Description
Ink drawing of a geographic perspective of the Great Lakes region, including the states that border on Canada
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
The Great Lakes and the States that Bound Them
Date
1917 – 1966
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
15.1 x 22.5 cm
Description
Ink drawing of a geographic perspective of the Great Lakes region, including the states that border on Canada
Subject
map
Great Lakes
Canada
United States
geography
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.514
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Half Face in the Dark

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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Date
1970
Medium
marking pen on paper
Catalogue Number
StS.03.03
Description
Colour: black on white, the head of a woman, facing slightly to viewer’s right. The left side of the face is visible the right side is in total darkness. Her neck hides in the shadows also though her shoulders are white. Only the outline indicates their shape.Au verso: HALF FACE IN THE DARK
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Artist
Sarain Stump (1945 – 1974, Canadian)
Title
Half Face in the Dark
Date
1970
Medium
marking pen on paper
Dimensions
42.0 x 35.5 cm
Description
Colour: black on white, the head of a woman, facing slightly to viewer’s right. The left side of the face is visible the right side is in total darkness. Her neck hides in the shadows also though her shoulders are white. Only the outline indicates their shape.Au verso: HALF FACE IN THE DARK
Subject
portrait
female
Credit
Purchased from Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
StS.03.03
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.635
Description
Cartoon of two men, side views, from chest up. Man on left has a tie, round glasses and is smoking a cigarette. Man on right is wearing a top hat and smoking a cigar.Mounted on matte board along with WyP.03.634, WyP.03.636, and WyP.03.637
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
The Head
Date
1916 – 1927
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
15.5 x 25.4 cm
Description
Cartoon of two men, side views, from chest up. Man on left has a tie, round glasses and is smoking a cigarette. Man on right is wearing a top hat and smoking a cigar.Mounted on matte board along with WyP.03.634, WyP.03.636, and WyP.03.637
Subject
cartoon
smoking
men
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.635
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1915 – 1925
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.922
Description
Three cartoon drawings of different heads: 1) a drawing of a robust man in profile, 2) a disheveled man that has a beard and is wearing a hat that is missing the top, and 3) a robust angry looking man that is almost bald and is smoking a cigar.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
The Head
Date
1915 – 1925
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
15.7 x 25.3 cm
Description
Three cartoon drawings of different heads: 1) a drawing of a robust man in profile, 2) a disheveled man that has a beard and is wearing a hat that is missing the top, and 3) a robust angry looking man that is almost bald and is smoking a cigar.
Subject
people
men
clothing
hat
hair
facial hair
beard
smoking
cigar
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.922
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I wish they’d ‘urry wid de eats

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
c. 1920
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.951 n
Description
Hatching of man leaning of fence, to the right of him in ink “I WISH THEY’D ‘URRY WID DE EATS” in bottom left “ORIGINAL”
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
I wish they’d ‘urry wid de eats
Date
c. 1920
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
25.2 x 20.0 cm
Description
Hatching of man leaning of fence, to the right of him in ink “I WISH THEY’D ‘URRY WID DE EATS” in bottom left “ORIGINAL”
Subject
eating
food
fence
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.951 n
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