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- Robert William Sinclair (1939 – , Canadian) 9
- Toyohara Kunichika 5
- Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese) 4
- Brian Joseph Grandbois 2
- Alice Saltiel (1948 – , Canadian) 1
- Catherine Perehudoff Fowler (1958 – , Canadian) 1
- Dale Auger (1958 – 2008, Canadian) 1
- David Alexander (1947 – , Canadian) 1
- Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese) 1
- James Agrell Smith (1913 – 1988, Canadian) 1
- James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian) 1
- Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847 – 1915, Japanese) 1
Big Bear Medicine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactaud.12.01
- Date
- 1998
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- AuD.12.01
- Description
- A large painting of an Indigenous dressed as a bear. The man’s face is visible through the mouth of the bear fur that covers him. The man’s eyes are hidden by shadows. Yellow and black paint is on the rest of his face. In the claws, the man holds a wand-like stick, at the tip of which are four …
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- Title
- Big Bear Medicine
- Date
- 1998
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 92.5 x 92.5 cm
- Description
- A large painting of an Indigenous dressed as a bear. The man’s face is visible through the mouth of the bear fur that covers him. The man’s eyes are hidden by shadows. Yellow and black paint is on the rest of his face. In the claws, the man holds a wand-like stick, at the tip of which are four feathers. These are in the blc of the image. On either side of the bear’s head are patches of aquamarine.
- Subject
- religious
- Indigenous
- animal
- bear
- Credit
- Purchased from Bernie Makokis, St. Paul, 2001
- Catalogue Number
- AuD.12.01
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- Date
- 1878
- Medium
- coloured woodcut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.03 a-c
- Description
- (a) actor costumed with flowing mane, peonies on his hat and in his hand, wearing blue robes (b) 37.1 x 25.0/35.7 x 24.5 actor with long flowing white mane, also with peonies on his hat and in hand, wearing red robes (c)37.1 x 25.0/36.0 x 24.5 actor with flowing mane, purple robes, with large peoni…
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- Title
- Dancing Lions
- Date
- 1878
- Medium
- coloured woodcut on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.1 x 25.0 cm
- Description
- (a) actor costumed with flowing mane, peonies on his hat and in his hand, wearing blue robes (b) 37.1 x 25.0/35.7 x 24.5 actor with long flowing white mane, also with peonies on his hat and in hand, wearing red robes (c)37.1 x 25.0/36.0 x 24.5 actor with flowing mane, purple robes, with large peonies in the background. All actors hats have bells around the brim.
- Subject
- figure, male
- activity
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.03 a-c
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Drawing on Peaks
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactaxd.12.01
- Date
- 1998
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- AxD.12.01
- Description
- brown, blue and orange mountain peak
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- Title
- Drawing on Peaks
- Date
- 1998
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 172.72 x 121.92 cm
- Description
- brown, blue and orange mountain peak
- Credit
- Gift of David T. Alexander, Lake Country, 2017
- Catalogue Number
- AxD.12.01
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The First Flower in Spring
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- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- StS.12.01
- Description
- On a yellow background a standing woman bends to down at a flower. She is wearing a decorated blanket over her shoulders and carrying a young child on her back.Au verso: On a PLYTEX canvas foundation board. A Gainsborough Gallery Ltd. Calgary Alberta sticker lhtc. The Bay price sticker “”529 A $1.4…
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- Title
- The First Flower in Spring
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 50.5 x 60.5 cm
- Description
- On a yellow background a standing woman bends to down at a flower. She is wearing a decorated blanket over her shoulders and carrying a young child on her back.Au verso: On a PLYTEX canvas foundation board. A Gainsborough Gallery Ltd. Calgary Alberta sticker lhtc. The Bay price sticker “”529 A $1.45 lhbc
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- StS.12.01
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Flower Viewing on the Boat
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactchy.04.14%20a-c
- Date
- 1879
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.14 a-c
- Description
- This triptych features 16 women viewing flowers and fish from 2 boats and a dock. The first panel has 5 women all looking down towards the water. They are standing on a dock. In the tlc a tree is in blossom these blossoms stretch all the way into the third panel. A long boat intersects the 1st…
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- Title
- Flower Viewing on the Boat
- Date
- 1879
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 37 x 75 cm
- Description
- This triptych features 16 women viewing flowers and fish from 2 boats and a dock. The first panel has 5 women all looking down towards the water. They are standing on a dock. In the tlc a tree is in blossom these blossoms stretch all the way into the third panel. A long boat intersects the 1st, second and third panels. in this long decorative boat are 7 woman. One woman in the second panel is standing to row. The rest are seated and mostly looking into the water. A third boat floats under a bridge in the third panel. A woman stands at the head of the boat rowing. In the brc of the third panel are many flowers from which the second boat emerges. A group of Red Carp is visible in bottom of the centre panel.
- Subject
- gathering
- women
- activity
- boating
- flower viewing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.14 a-c
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- Date
- 1992
- Medium
- acrylic stain; pearlescent acrylic on raw cotton canvas
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.13
- Description
- In the centre foreground a section of trees are coated with snow. In the left background there is an additional line of trees. The left section of ground is blue. The background at the skyline is pink.
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- Title
- Frosted Days
- Date
- 1992
- Medium
- acrylic stain; pearlescent acrylic on raw cotton canvas
- Dimensions
- 80.6 x 159.8 cm
- Description
- In the centre foreground a section of trees are coated with snow. In the left background there is an additional line of trees. The left section of ground is blue. The background at the skyline is pink.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.13
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Grand-daughter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsmj.04.09
- Date
- 1974
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SmJ.04.09
- Description
- A black ink print on beige paper of a young child’s head and arm in 3/4 profile. The child has her eyes closed and has her arm up near her face. She is framed in an oval.
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- Title
- Grand-daughter
- Date
- 1974
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 16.0 x 12.5 cm
- Description
- A black ink print on beige paper of a young child’s head and arm in 3/4 profile. The child has her eyes closed and has her arm up near her face. She is framed in an oval.
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy Cranstone, Banff, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- SmJ.04.09
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Kabuki Theatre Poster
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- Artist
- Toyohara Kunichika
- Date
- 1879 – 1879
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KoT.04.02 a-c
- Description
- This triptych is a Kabuki Theater Poster. The first panel features two actors dressed as women. Both are holding fans and standing in front of a red background. The actor on the left is taunting the actor in the second panel who has blue hair and is wearing a white Kimono while holding a string of…
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- Artist
- Toyohara Kunichika
- Title
- Kabuki Theatre Poster
- Date
- 1879 – 1879
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 73.5 cm
- Description
- This triptych is a Kabuki Theater Poster. The first panel features two actors dressed as women. Both are holding fans and standing in front of a red background. The actor on the left is taunting the actor in the second panel who has blue hair and is wearing a white Kimono while holding a string of beads. The background in the second panel is a deep blue with a magnolia tree and flowers and a parrot in the trc. The third panel features a third actor in a green kimono. He is facing the actor in the second panel and appears to be angry. He is holding a rope with both hands and has 2 swords in his belt. He is standing in front of a red background and a portion of the background from the second panel.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KoT.04.02 a-c
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Kabuki Theatre Poster
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- Artist
- Toyohara Kunichika
- Date
- 1879 – 1879
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KoT.04.03 a-c
- Description
- This Kabuki Theater Poster features 3 actors: Two playing women, and one a man. The man is in the second panel holding an elaborate sword that exits the print at the bottom of the page. He is coyly looking into the third panel where his gaze finds a coyly looking woman: Her body faces right (away…
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- Artist
- Toyohara Kunichika
- Title
- Kabuki Theatre Poster
- Date
- 1879 – 1879
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 72.0 cm
- Description
- This Kabuki Theater Poster features 3 actors: Two playing women, and one a man. The man is in the second panel holding an elaborate sword that exits the print at the bottom of the page. He is coyly looking into the third panel where his gaze finds a coyly looking woman: Her body faces right (away from the man) but her head subtly turns to the left. A third actor is in the first panel. This woman looks into the second panel at the man she is dressed much more simply than the other two. The background is a dark solid blue, and the entire print is framed by a black and gold border.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KoT.04.03 a-c
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Kabuki Theatre Poster, Three Ninja
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- Artist
- Toyohara Kunichika
- Date
- 1878
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KoT.04.01 a-c
- Description
- (a)actor with sword in his mouth, holding a banner (b) 37.6 x 25.4/35.9 x 24.4 actor holding a scroll, the head of a green dragon in front of him (c) 37.5 x25.5/36.0 x 24.5 actor with clasped hands
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- Artist
- Toyohara Kunichika
- Title
- Kabuki Theatre Poster, Three Ninja
- Date
- 1878
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.5 x 25.4 cm
- Description
- (a)actor with sword in his mouth, holding a banner (b) 37.6 x 25.4/35.9 x 24.4 actor holding a scroll, the head of a green dragon in front of him (c) 37.5 x25.5/36.0 x 24.5 actor with clasped hands
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KoT.04.01 a-c
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- Date
- 1992
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- PeC.12.01
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a portion of Lake O'Hara, the foregound is a mass of colours, grasses and flowers, the lake is below centre from the left , the right side is covered with foliage, the mountains rise behind the lake to top left edge, the right top corner is sky
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- Title
- Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1992
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 122.0 x 122.0 cm
- Description
- A realistic rendering of a portion of Lake O'Hara, the foregound is a mass of colours, grasses and flowers, the lake is below centre from the left , the right side is covered with foliage, the mountains rise behind the lake to top left edge, the right top corner is sky
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Lake O'Hara
- lake
- summer
- Credit
- Purchased from Catherine Perehudoff Fowler, Saskatoon, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- PeC.12.01
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Lodgepole Pine at Kananaskis
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- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- acrylic on fibreboard
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.12.01
- Description
- General colour: reds, yellows, greens. The lower half of the picture is bright colours surrounding a turquoise green lake. On the left side rows a pin tree. In the upper right a large grey mountain appears with a brown and yellow sky in the corner.
- Title
- Lodgepole Pine at Kananaskis
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- acrylic on fibreboard
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- General colour: reds, yellows, greens. The lower half of the picture is bright colours surrounding a turquoise green lake. On the left side rows a pin tree. In the upper right a large grey mountain appears with a brown and yellow sky in the corner.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountains
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of Tom Lonsdale, Banff, 1972
- Catalogue Number
- LoT.12.01
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Moon with Windy Hill
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.12.16
- Date
- 1996
- Medium
- acrylic on cotton canvas
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.16
- Description
- The sky is painted in shades of blue and is highlighted with stars across the upper surface. A moon sits in the upper centre. The lower half of the canvas is composed of a rolling hill with grass painted in green with highlights of blue and red.
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- Title
- Moon with Windy Hill
- Date
- 1996
- Medium
- acrylic on cotton canvas
- Dimensions
- 244.7 x 152.6 cm
- Description
- The sky is painted in shades of blue and is highlighted with stars across the upper surface. A moon sits in the upper centre. The lower half of the canvas is composed of a rolling hill with grass painted in green with highlights of blue and red.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.16
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Mount Athabasca and Andromeda
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- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- acrylic on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- SpJ.12.01
- Description
- This painting was commisioned by the Peter Whyte Gallery to be included in the Art Bank purchase grant received by the Gallery during 1978. The reverse of the frame reads: (It is the mountain next to the Columbia Icefield, (Mt. Columbia) (Mt. Athabasca) which ever it is, that's the title. This pain…
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- Title
- Mount Athabasca and Andromeda
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- acrylic on masonite
- Dimensions
- 30.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- This painting was commisioned by the Peter Whyte Gallery to be included in the Art Bank purchase grant received by the Gallery during 1978. The reverse of the frame reads: (It is the mountain next to the Columbia Icefield, (Mt. Columbia) (Mt. Athabasca) which ever it is, that's the title. This painting is acrylic on gessoed masonite. It was begun in 1978 and completed in 1979. The surface can be easily damaged which explains the plexiglas. Any problems please contact the artist. signed: J.B. Spencer. Spencer's father became ill during the production of this work, thus the delay in completion.
- Credit
- Gift of James Spencer, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- SpJ.12.01
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- Date
- 1991
- Medium
- charcoal; acrylic stain on raw cotton canvas
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.06
- Description
- Mountain ranges in back painted in shades of brown. Background is a dark sky with a moon rising from behind a mountain on the right. Hill covered with suggestions of trees in foreground.
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- Title
- Mountain Moon
- Date
- 1991
- Medium
- charcoal; acrylic stain on raw cotton canvas
- Dimensions
- 71.3 x 153 cm
- Description
- Mountain ranges in back painted in shades of brown. Background is a dark sky with a moon rising from behind a mountain on the right. Hill covered with suggestions of trees in foreground.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.06
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Mountain Squall
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsir.12.05
- Date
- 1991
- Medium
- charcoal; acrylic stain on raw cotton canvas
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.05
- Description
- The image is composed of a series of mountain ranges in green and brown. The top half of the image is composed of diagonal lines of rain in blue.
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- Title
- Mountain Squall
- Date
- 1991
- Medium
- charcoal; acrylic stain on raw cotton canvas
- Dimensions
- 91.4 x 152.5 cm
- Description
- The image is composed of a series of mountain ranges in green and brown. The top half of the image is composed of diagonal lines of rain in blue.
- Credit
- Gift of Robert William Sinclair, Edmonton, 2010
- Catalogue Number
- SiR.12.05
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Nigatsu-do Temple
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- Date
- 1876 – 1950
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- YoH.04.17
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- Title
- Nigatsu-do Temple
- Date
- 1876 – 1950
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.6; 37.8 x 25.5; 26.0 cm
- Subject
- architecture
- figure
- group
- religious
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- YoH.04.17
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Pictures of Peonies Viewing
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- Artist
- Miagawa Chikashige
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- MiW.04.01 a-c
- Description
- This piece is comprised of three panels. Together the panels represent an outdoor gathering in a tent like structure celebrating flowers. There are 13 women in total in this piece. The first panel contains a group of 3 women in the foreground and a group o three in a background. In the tlc a ta…
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- Artist
- Miagawa Chikashige
- Title
- Pictures of Peonies Viewing
- Date
- 1979
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 70.5 x 70.5 cm
- Description
- This piece is comprised of three panels. Together the panels represent an outdoor gathering in a tent like structure celebrating flowers. There are 13 women in total in this piece. The first panel contains a group of 3 women in the foreground and a group o three in a background. In the tlc a table is set. The second panel depicts a group of three women: one holding a small planter. There is a very large flower pot on the right side. The third panel also has three women. two are sitting and one standing with many flower pots sitting on a stand in the right side.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- MiW.04.01 a-c
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Road to the Ice
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsma.02.02
- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- SmA.02.02
- Description
- Undulating shapes in shades of brown form the mountainside full frame, green foliage in bottom left corner, from blc a grey road winds up hill. White of the glacier at top left and at bottom right. On back of painting: Road to the Ice Columbia Icefield oil on location August 4, 1993
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- Title
- Road to the Ice
- Date
- 1993
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 30.6 x 40.8 cm
- Description
- Undulating shapes in shades of brown form the mountainside full frame, green foliage in bottom left corner, from blc a grey road winds up hill. White of the glacier at top left and at bottom right. On back of painting: Road to the Ice Columbia Icefield oil on location August 4, 1993
- Credit
- Purchased from Alice Saltiel, Canmore, 1994
- Catalogue Number
- SmA.02.02
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Seven Wise Women (from all eras) of Japan
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- Artist
- Toyohara Kunichika
- Date
- 1877
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KoT.04.06 a-c
- Description
- This tryptic features 7 wise women all described by a text panel. These panels are made from 2 portions: a white block filled with text, and a red rectangular block to the right and overlapping the white. The print is framed by a border which is black and has light blue and pink decorative bands in…
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- Artist
- Toyohara Kunichika
- Title
- Seven Wise Women (from all eras) of Japan
- Date
- 1877
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.5 x 74.0 cm
- Description
- This tryptic features 7 wise women all described by a text panel. These panels are made from 2 portions: a white block filled with text, and a red rectangular block to the right and overlapping the white. The print is framed by a border which is black and has light blue and pink decorative bands in it. The seven women are in a room that is mostly green in colour. All the windows are closed, and blinds shut. From left to right: a woman stands reading; a woman sits at a table with scrolls on it (both women facing right); Three women in the center panel engaged in - maybe - a conversation: 2 are standing and one sitting in the middle front of them; two women in the third panel face right, the first sitting and reading, the second standing. The women are all wearing red fabric tied to the waist and flowing to their feet.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KoT.04.06 a-c
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