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A Merry Christmas to Mother Robb from Peter
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- Date
- 1948
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.707
- Description
- Sketch of the Whyte’s home during winter with a loosely drawn version of Cascade mountain behind it. Various animals walking up to and from the house. Under BLC of the border it says “A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO MOTHER ROBB FROM PETER”, and in BRC the the suggested dimensions of “6 1/2 x 8”
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- Title
- A Merry Christmas to Mother Robb from Peter
- Date
- 1948
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.6 x 27.4 cm
- Description
- Sketch of the Whyte’s home during winter with a loosely drawn version of Cascade mountain behind it. Various animals walking up to and from the house. Under BLC of the border it says “A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO MOTHER ROBB FROM PETER”, and in BRC the the suggested dimensions of “6 1/2 x 8”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.707
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SEASONS GREETINGS CATHARINE AND PETER
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.711
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.711
- Description
- Sketch of a Christmas card of eight animals, the rabbit in snowshoes facing the other seven in skis, standing on a hill. Along the border of drawing artist has mapped out the dimensions in inches. In BLC of drawing “P.W.” is written, and in the BRC of the drawing “SEASONS GREETINGS CATHARINE AND PE…
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- Title
- SEASONS GREETINGS CATHARINE AND PETER
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.6 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Sketch of a Christmas card of eight animals, the rabbit in snowshoes facing the other seven in skis, standing on a hill. Along the border of drawing artist has mapped out the dimensions in inches. In BLC of drawing “P.W.” is written, and in the BRC of the drawing “SEASONS GREETINGS CATHARINE AND PETER”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.711
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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1947
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- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.718
- Description
- A detailed sketch of the 1947 Christmas card. Animals join Catharine at the Dutch door of her home where she is serving them some food. On the top edge of drawing is reads “SEASONS GREETINGS” and along the bottom of the page “CATHARINE AND PETER” and “Peter Whyte 47 BANFF.” In the BLC “Catharine” i…
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- Title
- Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1947
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 21.3 cm
- Description
- A detailed sketch of the 1947 Christmas card. Animals join Catharine at the Dutch door of her home where she is serving them some food. On the top edge of drawing is reads “SEASONS GREETINGS” and along the bottom of the page “CATHARINE AND PETER” and “Peter Whyte 47 BANFF.” In the BLC “Catharine” is written.Inside the fold of the paper you can see a simple sketch of the floor plan of their cabin (main level), and inside one room it reads “kitchen.” On the bottom half of the page there is multiple squirrels drawn out. verso: there is a rough sketch of what looks like a landscape, with multiple birds drawn around it.
- Subject
- Christmas card
- cabin
- winter
- food
- moose
- deer
- bird
- squirrel
- floor plan
- kitchen
- wolf
- bear
- Banff
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.718
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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1949
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.722
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.722
- Description
- Rough sketch of the 1949 Christmas card. Scene depicts what looks like Norquay in the background, their home, and animals coming to and from the cabin. There is a rabbit watching the animals visiting and leaving the house, and a figure is slipping in a chair by the chimney stack. On the top edge “S…
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- Title
- Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1949
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.4 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Rough sketch of the 1949 Christmas card. Scene depicts what looks like Norquay in the background, their home, and animals coming to and from the cabin. There is a rabbit watching the animals visiting and leaving the house, and a figure is slipping in a chair by the chimney stack. On the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS 1949” and on the bottom edge “CATHARINE AND PETER,” and “Peter Whyte” can be read. Near the TLC different dimensions are written out: “4 3/8 x 6 3/4” (above 6 3/4 there is a faint 6/8 written), “2 4 1/2 3 3/8,” “4 3/8 x 1 1/2.”verso: there is another rough sketch of the same scene seen on the the front side of the paper. In this image though there is no mountains in the background or the tree in front of the house.
- Subject
- Christmas card
- mountains
- tree
- house
- cabin
- rabbit
- mouse
- wolf
- deer
- bird
- figure
- sleeping
- chimney
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.722
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.705
- Description
- Rough sketch of a convoy moving across a plain towards the mountains.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.4 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- Rough sketch of a convoy moving across a plain towards the mountains.
- Subject
- convoy
- plain
- mountains
- Christmas card
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.705
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- Date
- 1948
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.708
- Description
- Loose sketch of 1948 Christmas card with two larger versions of the moose being practiced. In TR section there are two ink scribbles, while in BLC there is a blue watercolour marks.Verso: loose sketch of a moose head and a jeep, more black ink scribbles, BRC there is a small box, and two practice s…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1948
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.8 x 27.7 cm
- Description
- Loose sketch of 1948 Christmas card with two larger versions of the moose being practiced. In TR section there are two ink scribbles, while in BLC there is a blue watercolour marks.Verso: loose sketch of a moose head and a jeep, more black ink scribbles, BRC there is a small box, and two practice signatures near TRC
- Subject
- Christmas card
- jeep
- moose
- mountains
- people
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.708
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.710
- Description
- Rough sketch of a card with six animals facing a building. Drawing also has ink scribbles and some transfers on to the paper.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- Rough sketch of a card with six animals facing a building. Drawing also has ink scribbles and some transfers on to the paper.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.710
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.712
- Description
- Three rough sketches of potential card shapes and sayings: 1) says “SESONS GREETINGS” 2) “SEAOSINGGS QUITTIN” 3) “PFUII”. Beside each concept there is the writing for each idea and a caricature.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.6 x 21.4 cm
- Description
- Three rough sketches of potential card shapes and sayings: 1) says “SESONS GREETINGS” 2) “SEAOSINGGS QUITTIN” 3) “PFUII”. Beside each concept there is the writing for each idea and a caricature.
- Subject
- Christmas card
- caricature
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.712
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.716
- Description
- A rough sketch of a group of animals sitting around a table that is well lit. There is an opening to another room behind them, where what looks like the wolf is looking in from over a half wall partition.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.7 x 22.3 cm
- Description
- A rough sketch of a group of animals sitting around a table that is well lit. There is an opening to another room behind them, where what looks like the wolf is looking in from over a half wall partition.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.716
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.767
- Description
- Two quick sketches of a moose and elk. Their bodies both have minimal detail, with emphasis on the faces. The elk is facing the viewer, whereas the moose is walking away but has its head turned to the viewer. verso: what appears to be the start of a Christmas card sketch (the one with all the anima…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 15.3 cm
- Description
- Two quick sketches of a moose and elk. Their bodies both have minimal detail, with emphasis on the faces. The elk is facing the viewer, whereas the moose is walking away but has its head turned to the viewer. verso: what appears to be the start of a Christmas card sketch (the one with all the animals painting on canvases). Here it is just the moose with his easel, palette and paintbrush.
- Subject
- moose
- elk
- easel
- Christmas card
- paint
- paintbrush
- palette
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.767
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.774
- Description
- Framed by an orange border of a card face, a drawing of Catharine and Peter sitting in there home. Catharine is knitting in her chair as Peter sits and reads the paper. On the walls there is two paintings and in the big window a group of animals is watching them. The drawing is adhered onto the ora…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 15.7 cm
- Description
- Framed by an orange border of a card face, a drawing of Catharine and Peter sitting in there home. Catharine is knitting in her chair as Peter sits and reads the paper. On the walls there is two paintings and in the big window a group of animals is watching them. The drawing is adhered onto the orange front of another piece of paper. inside the fold: the paper is actually made into a card, and on the inside in pencil is says “SEASONS GREETINGS”
- Subject
- orange
- card
- Christmas card
- man
- woman
- reading
- newspaper
- house
- chairs
- knitting
- paintings
- window
- moose
- bird
- bear
- dear
- wolf
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.774
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.775
- Description
- Boxed off there is a group of animals are standing around a statue (potentially a war memorial) taking photographs. Below this drawing there is a close-up of the statue in the first drawing. It is positioned from the figures back, and he is wearing a hat and what appears to be a working man’s wardr…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- Boxed off there is a group of animals are standing around a statue (potentially a war memorial) taking photographs. Below this drawing there is a close-up of the statue in the first drawing. It is positioned from the figures back, and he is wearing a hat and what appears to be a working man’s wardrobe
- Subject
- Christmas card
- moose
- bird
- rabbit
- squirrel
- deer
- bear
- wolf
- camera
- photo
- statue
- figure
- war memorial
- hat
- working man
- worker’s cloths
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.775
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.776
- Description
- A quick sketch boxed off in the upper half of the page that has a narrative that matches the Christmas cards. In a vehicle an assortment of animals is crossing a bridge, with a water source below. Just to the left of the bridge there is a dog sitting and watching the car cross. In the background th…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.8 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- A quick sketch boxed off in the upper half of the page that has a narrative that matches the Christmas cards. In a vehicle an assortment of animals is crossing a bridge, with a water source below. Just to the left of the bridge there is a dog sitting and watching the car cross. In the background there is a statue (resembles the one from WyP.03.775) and trees. Below the drawing there is a practice sketch of a dog running.verso: two loose silhouette drawings of what appears to be two military men.
- Subject
- trees
- statue
- Christmas card
- war memorial
- bridge
- water
- vehicle
- moose
- bear
- rabbit
- squirrel
- deer
- running
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.776
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.791
- Description
- In a large boxed-off square there is a crowd observing a person ski jumping down a hill. There is a mountain in the background, a judges platform that is at the top of the hill, and in the foreground there are large steps where a group of animals is sitting and watching the competition (each animal…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.4 x 21.3 cm
- Description
- In a large boxed-off square there is a crowd observing a person ski jumping down a hill. There is a mountain in the background, a judges platform that is at the top of the hill, and in the foreground there are large steps where a group of animals is sitting and watching the competition (each animal is on their own step). In a small boxed-off rectangle below the larger drawing there is a group of animals sitting on benches in what appears to be an office. Written above the door it says “DEPT OF IDEAS” and hanging on the door a sign that says “OUT OF ORDER.” Near the BRC of the paper there is a sign drawn that says “NO JOBS TODAY”.
- Subject
- Christmas card
- ski jumping
- competition
- judges
- spectators
- mountain
- stairs
- office
- door
- animals
- moose
- squirrel
- deer
- bear
- bench
- signs
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.791
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.792
- Description
- A group of animals are sitting on a sled that is speeding down a hill. You can tell that they are moving by the scarves blowing in the wind and the snow powder cloud behind them. In the background there is a mountain with clouds drawn above it.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.6 x 27.9 cm
- Description
- A group of animals are sitting on a sled that is speeding down a hill. You can tell that they are moving by the scarves blowing in the wind and the snow powder cloud behind them. In the background there is a mountain with clouds drawn above it.
- Subject
- sled
- steering
- steering wheel
- sledding
- scarves
- Christmas card
- mountain
- snow
- clouds
- squirrel
- moose
- rabbit
- deer
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.792
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.794
- Description
- A group of animals are sitting on one of the wings of a biplane, all wearing goggles, and holding onto frame inside the two wings. They are flying over some nondescript landscape, with a little town below them and another plane and birds flying behind them.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 21.6 cm
- Description
- A group of animals are sitting on one of the wings of a biplane, all wearing goggles, and holding onto frame inside the two wings. They are flying over some nondescript landscape, with a little town below them and another plane and birds flying behind them.
- Subject
- Christmas card
- biplane
- frame
- birds
- moose
- rabbit
- bear
- deer
- squirrel
- plane
- town
- landscape
- flying
- goggles
- wings
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.794
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.795
- Description
- two quick sketches in the top portion of the page of animals sitting in a classroom facing a board of some kind with shapes attached to it. Near the BRC there is small ink marks.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.3 x 27.6 cm
- Description
- two quick sketches in the top portion of the page of animals sitting in a classroom facing a board of some kind with shapes attached to it. Near the BRC there is small ink marks.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.795
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.796
- Description
- A loosely drawn sketch of a group of animals going downhill on a sled. The squirrel is driving the sled with a wheel, the moose has a scarf on that is blowing in the wind, and there is a cloud of snow behind them.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.8 x 24.5 cm
- Description
- A loosely drawn sketch of a group of animals going downhill on a sled. The squirrel is driving the sled with a wheel, the moose has a scarf on that is blowing in the wind, and there is a cloud of snow behind them.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.796
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