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Animalia Capillary
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.05.21
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1988
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.21
- Description
- Twelve sketches of animals, each washed with a single colour watercolour.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Animalia Capillary
- Date
- 1988
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.2 x 17.9 cm
- Description
- Twelve sketches of animals, each washed with a single colour watercolour.
- Subject
- animals, whimsey
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2003
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.21
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- later than 1900
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.04
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a walking grizzly bear. His head is turned slightly to the left. Open mouth shows white teeth and a pink tongue.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bear
- Date
- later than 1900
- Dimensions
- 13.0 x 8.0 x 24.0 cm
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a walking grizzly bear. His head is turned slightly to the left. Open mouth shows white teeth and a pink tongue.
- Subject
- amimal, bear
- grizzly bear
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.04
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1910
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.36
- Description
- A wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Bighorn Sheep
- Date
- c. 1910
- Dimensions
- 14.5 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- A wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
- Subject
- animal
- Bighorn Sheep
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.36
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.06
- Description
- ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- The Bird Tree
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Dimensions
- 20.8 x 4.7 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.
- Subject
- figure, male
- animal
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.06
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Medium
- watercolour; gouache on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.04
- Description
- Blue god or demon surrounded in flames, over nude figure; flames and border rust coloured; 5/ on back. CRW purchased it in Katmandu, Nepal in Autumn of 1970, approx. a month long trip which included Langtang Valley trek.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Buddhist Icon
- Date
- 1900 – 1925
- Medium
- watercolour; gouache on paper
- Dimensions
- 8.4 x 6.6 cm
- Description
- Blue god or demon surrounded in flames, over nude figure; flames and border rust coloured; 5/ on back. CRW purchased it in Katmandu, Nepal in Autumn of 1970, approx. a month long trip which included Langtang Valley trek.
- Subject
- figure, male
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.05.04
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Cave and Basin
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlot.02.02
- Date
- c. 1955
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.02.02
- Description
- Tom Lonsdale was the United Church Minister, for many years, in Banff; he took painting lessons from Pete Whyte circa 1950; Catharine purchased LoT.02.02 through LoT.02.04 at a United Church rummage sale, for $3.00 each, in 1975. Tom Lonsdale spent some years in a Calgary rest home and died 1975.
- Title
- Cave and Basin
- Date
- c. 1955
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 35.4 cm
- Description
- Tom Lonsdale was the United Church Minister, for many years, in Banff; he took painting lessons from Pete Whyte circa 1950; Catharine purchased LoT.02.02 through LoT.02.04 at a United Church rummage sale, for $3.00 each, in 1975. Tom Lonsdale spent some years in a Calgary rest home and died 1975.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountains
- architecture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.02.02
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Eagle Feeding Young
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.02.10
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.10
- Description
- A brownish eagle with yellow beak and feet is in the center of the picture, he is feeding a young eagle. The foreground is dark brownish hills, the sky is blue with white clouds.
1 image
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Eagle Feeding Young
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 45.7 x 65.5 cm
- Description
- A brownish eagle with yellow beak and feet is in the center of the picture, he is feeding a young eagle. The foreground is dark brownish hills, the sky is blue with white clouds.
- Subject
- animal, bird
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.10
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- later than 1900
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.69
- Description
- Fish carved on left side, as well as other word beginning with W; gently curved body with carved fins, scored gills, mouth and eyes; hole bored through head near eye; hole bored into belly possibly for support for display, when CRW bought it, was being used to hold key ring.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Fish
- Date
- later than 1900
- Dimensions
- 4.3 x 2.2 x 27.6 cm
- Description
- Fish carved on left side, as well as other word beginning with W; gently curved body with carved fins, scored gills, mouth and eyes; hole bored through head near eye; hole bored into belly possibly for support for display, when CRW bought it, was being used to hold key ring.
- Subject
- animal, fish
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.69
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Five Breton Ladies
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.85
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- later than 1900
- Medium
- painted on plaster
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.85
- Description
- A plaster group of five women in long black dresses, two aprons, one wearing a shawl, all with white caps.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Five Breton Ladies
- Date
- later than 1900
- Medium
- painted on plaster
- Dimensions
- 12.3 x 9.5 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- A plaster group of five women in long black dresses, two aprons, one wearing a shawl, all with white caps.
- Subject
- figure, group
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.85
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Great Diamond Island
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.02.08
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1908
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.08
- Description
- Thick, large trees (3) in woods; unsigned Great Diamond Island Aug.1/08 on canvas edge plus illegible writing on side, canvas edge.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Great Diamond Island
- Date
- 1908
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 43.2 x 30.5 cm
- Description
- Thick, large trees (3) in woods; unsigned Great Diamond Island Aug.1/08 on canvas edge plus illegible writing on side, canvas edge.
- Subject
- landscape, forest
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.02.08
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1870 – 1875
- Medium
- charcoal; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.01
- Description
- A head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- John Brewster
- Date
- 1870 – 1875
- Medium
- charcoal; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 47.0 x 39.0 cm
- Description
- A head and shoulders portrait of John Brewster.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.01
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Lakescape and Trees
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlot.02.01
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.02.01
- Description
- Reverend Tom Lonsdale died on August 29, 1975. His obituary may be found in the Crag & Canyon issue no. 35, September 3, 1975.
- Title
- Lakescape and Trees
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 29.3 x 39.5 cm
- Description
- Reverend Tom Lonsdale died on August 29, 1975. His obituary may be found in the Crag & Canyon issue no. 35, September 3, 1975.
- Credit
- Gift of Cecil Philpott, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.02.01
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- Date
- 1959
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.02.03
- Description
- A brown log house with blue shutters and roof is centered in the picture. Large spruce trees around it. Snow covered ground in the foreground, a wood and wire fence in immediate foreground. Lightly cloudy sky. Possibly Moore Home.
- Title
- Moore Home
- Date
- 1959
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 29.5 x 40.0 cm
- Description
- A brown log house with blue shutters and roof is centered in the picture. Large spruce trees around it. Snow covered ground in the foreground, a wood and wire fence in immediate foreground. Lightly cloudy sky. Possibly Moore Home.
- Subject
- architecture
- rural
- log house
- Moore Home
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.02.03
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Mount Assiniboine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlot.12.04
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.12.04
- Description
- An autumn scene at Mount Assiniboine; the foreground is brightly coloured with reds, oranges, yellows; a brown mountain slopes to left; Mount Assiniboine is left centre with snow and clouds; the clouds are turbulent.
- Title
- Mount Assiniboine
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 41.6 x 50.8 cm
- Description
- An autumn scene at Mount Assiniboine; the foreground is brightly coloured with reds, oranges, yellows; a brown mountain slopes to left; Mount Assiniboine is left centre with snow and clouds; the clouds are turbulent.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountains
- Mount Assiniboine
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.12.04
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Mount Brewster
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlot.02.04
- Date
- c. 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.02.04
- Title
- Mount Brewster
- Date
- c. 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.6 x 35.1 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- mountains
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.02.04
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- Date
- c. 1955
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.02.05
- Title
- Mount Rundle
- Date
- c. 1955
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 27.7 x 35.5 cm
- Subject
- architecture, rural
- Moore Home
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.02.05
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Mount Rundle From Echo Creek
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlot.12.02
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- acrylic on board
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.12.02
- Description
- General colour: green, blue. Distant mountain framed by evergreens on either side in the middleground. On the far shore of a lake which fills the lower third. Both mountain and trees are reflected there. Sky has one large horizontal white cloud at center behind the mountain.
- Title
- Mount Rundle From Echo Creek
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- acrylic on board
- Dimensions
- 27.9 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- General colour: green, blue. Distant mountain framed by evergreens on either side in the middleground. On the far shore of a lake which fills the lower third. Both mountain and trees are reflected there. Sky has one large horizontal white cloud at center behind the mountain.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Tom Lonsdale, Banff, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.12.02
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1910
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.35
- Description
- A wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Mountain Goat
- Date
- c. 1910
- Dimensions
- 15.5 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- A wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
- Subject
- animal
- Mountain Goat
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.35
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Profile of a Young Girl
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.03.02
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.02
- Description
- A graphite sketch of a young girl, sitting in profile. The sketch is in a black and gold frame with a hook at the top for hanging.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Profile of a Young Girl
- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 7.0 cm
- Description
- A graphite sketch of a young girl, sitting in profile. The sketch is in a black and gold frame with a hook at the top for hanging.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.03.02
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1955
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.10
- Description
- A seated man, carved out of wood, wearing a loin cloth. He is in the lotus position with his head thrown back.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Seated Man
- Date
- c. 1955
- Dimensions
- 23.5 x 14.0 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- A seated man, carved out of wood, wearing a loin cloth. He is in the lotus position with his head thrown back.
- Subject
- figure, male
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.10
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