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- George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian) 7
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- C. Firth 2
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 2
- Ito Sojun 2
- Okamoto Keiki 2
- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 2
- Andreas Roth 1
- D. Clark 1
- Konishi Kinkyo 1
- Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku 1
Anemone parviflora (Alpine Anenome)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.24
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.24
- Description
- Two plants with brown roots; large leaves; a white flower with yellow bud.
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- Title
- Anemone parviflora (Alpine Anenome)
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- Two plants with brown roots; large leaves; a white flower with yellow bud.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.24
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Aspens, Autumn
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.183
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.183
- Description
- Yellow aspens.
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- Title
- Aspens, Autumn
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 22.8 cm
- Description
- Yellow aspens.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- botanical
- aspens
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.183
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Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactfic.05.01
- Artist
- C. Firth
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.01
- Description
- Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
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- Artist
- C. Firth
- Title
- Banff Springs Hotel, Rocky Mountains 1887
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- Scene showing Banff springs hotel at right perched on a hillside. In the background the Bow River winds through a valley between Tunnel Mountain and Mt. Roundly. More mountains in distance. Trees in foreground. My. Roundly is hazy, almost unfinished in appearance.
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.01
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Bow River NWT, 1887
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactfic.05.02
- Artist
- C. Firth
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.02
- Description
- Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
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- Artist
- C. Firth
- Title
- Bow River NWT, 1887
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- Large river [The Bow River] with snow-capped mountains at back and stands of conifers on the banks. River winds from left foreground into right background. Stand of trees at right foreground.
- Credit
- Gift of Dorothy and Jim McLeod, Calgary, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- FiC.05.02
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- Date
- prior to 1963
- Medium
- coloured woodcut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.50
- Description
- Same as PhW.04.01. Blue purple flowers cover most of the picture, green and brown in background. Printed on Goyu paper from three cherry-wood blocks. One of a seven part portfolio The Canadian Scene assembled in 1928. Portfolio #273.
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- Title
- Cineraria
- Date
- prior to 1963
- Medium
- coloured woodcut on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Same as PhW.04.01. Blue purple flowers cover most of the picture, green and brown in background. Printed on Goyu paper from three cherry-wood blocks. One of a seven part portfolio The Canadian Scene assembled in 1928. Portfolio #273.
- Subject
- botanical
- Credit
- Gift of Dr. Glen Edwards, Calgary, 1983
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.50
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- Date
- prior to 1963
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.01
- Description
- Colour: blue purple, green, white, brown. A cluster of white and blue purple flowers float on a background of bright green and light brown.paper - #238
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- Title
- Cineraria
- Date
- prior to 1963
- Medium
- woodcut on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 18.4 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue purple, green, white, brown. A cluster of white and blue purple flowers float on a background of bright green and light brown.paper - #238
- Subject
- botanical
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.01
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Corral At Banff
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactphw.04.67
- Date
- 1941
- Medium
- woodblock print on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.67
- Description
- A person stands beside a horse outside whitewashed wooden building with a red roof. A teepee with geometric design around the bottom dominates the left foreground. In behind the building are conifer trees and the sliver of a mountain [Cascade Mountain].
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- Title
- Corral At Banff
- Date
- 1941
- Medium
- woodblock print on paper
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 9.5 cm
- Description
- A person stands beside a horse outside whitewashed wooden building with a red roof. A teepee with geometric design around the bottom dominates the left foreground. In behind the building are conifer trees and the sliver of a mountain [Cascade Mountain].
- Credit
- Gift of Ralph Young, Edmonton, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.04.67
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First Time Bean Pods
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsoi.03.01
- Artist
- Ito Sojun
- Date
- 1885 – 1885
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SoI.03.01
- Description
- This drawing features a branch which extends from the blc, starting as one branch, and reaches into the tr side of the work where it branches into three grouping of leaves. The leaves are a black ink wash. Green ink is used to depict bean pods which are growing underneath the leaves closer to the…
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- Artist
- Ito Sojun
- Title
- First Time Bean Pods
- Date
- 1885 – 1885
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.0 x 33.5 cm
- Description
- This drawing features a branch which extends from the blc, starting as one branch, and reaches into the tr side of the work where it branches into three grouping of leaves. The leaves are a black ink wash. Green ink is used to depict bean pods which are growing underneath the leaves closer to the bottom of the branch.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- SoI.03.01
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- Artist
- Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku
- Date
- 1883 – 1883
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KiO.03.01
- Description
- an ink wash drawing of four leaves. There are 2 different types of leaves, one type with a stem and many branches; the other with a stem down the middle and two sides. There is writing along the rs.
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- Artist
- Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku
- Title
- Ink Leaves
- Date
- 1883 – 1883
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.5 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- an ink wash drawing of four leaves. There are 2 different types of leaves, one type with a stem and many branches; the other with a stem down the middle and two sides. There is writing along the rs.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KiO.03.01
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Lake Louise, Canada
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactrta.02.02
- Artist
- Andreas Roth
- Date
- 1943
- Medium
- oil paint on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- RtA.02.02
- Description
- Mountain landscape with large prominent mountain (Mt. Victoria) with glacier (Victoria glacier) in the background with a large turquoise lake (Lake Louise) stretching to the foreground. Green slopes on either side of the lake. “Andreas Roth 1943” in lower left corner. Written on the back of the can…
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- Artist
- Andreas Roth
- Title
- Lake Louise, Canada
- Date
- 1943
- Medium
- oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- 57.0 x 73.0 cm
- Description
- Mountain landscape with large prominent mountain (Mt. Victoria) with glacier (Victoria glacier) in the background with a large turquoise lake (Lake Louise) stretching to the foreground. Green slopes on either side of the lake. “Andreas Roth 1943” in lower left corner. Written on the back of the canvas is “Lake Louise Canada Presented to Mr. Fred Crosby Deer Lodge by Andreas Roth 1943”
- Subject
- Lake Louise
- Banff
- mountains
- glaciers
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- RtA.02.02
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Limber Pine, Squaw Butte, Cowley
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.098
- Date
- 1947 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.098
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, purple, brown. A large tree stands at the right side. It's upper branches lean across the top to the left. It's roots run off the lower right corner. Behind is a green slope, a couple of bushy trees at the left side, and a few trees on the horizon where the sky goes from purple…
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- Title
- Limber Pine, Squaw Butte, Cowley
- Date
- 1947 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, purple, brown. A large tree stands at the right side. It's upper branches lean across the top to the left. It's roots run off the lower right corner. Behind is a green slope, a couple of bushy trees at the left side, and a few trees on the horizon where the sky goes from purple to white clouds to blue beyond.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.098
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Lobelia kalmii (Brook Lobelia)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.28
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.28
- Description
- A delicate painting of long green stems and long, thin leaves; with small purple flowers near top.
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- Title
- Lobelia kalmii (Brook Lobelia)
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 12.5 cm
- Description
- A delicate painting of long green stems and long, thin leaves; with small purple flowers near top.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.28
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Lychnis apetala (Nodding Lychnis/Campion)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.27
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.27
- Description
- A plant with a long root that spreads widely, small leaves at lower part of stem; atop each stem is a round, ribbed bulb with purple centres; to the viewer’s left of this is a smaller drawing of the same kind of plant with 2 stems and flowers.
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- Title
- Lychnis apetala (Nodding Lychnis/Campion)
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A plant with a long root that spreads widely, small leaves at lower part of stem; atop each stem is a round, ribbed bulb with purple centres; to the viewer’s left of this is a smaller drawing of the same kind of plant with 2 stems and flowers.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.27
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- Artist
- Okamoto Keiki
- Date
- 1884 – 1884
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KeO.03.01
- Description
- A branch of a magnolia tree enters the page at the blc and stretches up towards the trc. The branch is painted with a black ink. On the branch, magnolia flowers (2) and magnolia buds (3) reach towards the top of the page. There is light green ink on the flowers and buds, a red center is visible …
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- Artist
- Okamoto Keiki
- Title
- Magnolia
- Date
- 1884 – 1884
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.0 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- A branch of a magnolia tree enters the page at the blc and stretches up towards the trc. The branch is painted with a black ink. On the branch, magnolia flowers (2) and magnolia buds (3) reach towards the top of the page. There is light green ink on the flowers and buds, a red center is visible on the flower closest to the left. The buds are painted with a mid-tone of brown.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KeO.03.01
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Moneses uniflora (blue one) Epilobium palustre (pink one)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.25
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.25
- Description
- Two different plants on the page; to the left two mostly green plants, with leaves near the roots; a long stem is topped with a white five-petalled flower with orange stamins; other is a single plant with long leaves and small four-pink flowers.
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- Title
- Moneses uniflora (blue one) Epilobium palustre (pink one)
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Two different plants on the page; to the left two mostly green plants, with leaves near the roots; a long stem is topped with a white five-petalled flower with orange stamins; other is a single plant with long leaves and small four-pink flowers.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.25
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Montia (Claytonia) parvifolia (Small-leaved Springbeauty)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.23
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.23
- Description
- A single plant; brown root with tendrils and 9 stems emanating from it; the stems have small leaves; five have small pink flowers and/or buds.
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- Title
- Montia (Claytonia) parvifolia (Small-leaved Springbeauty)
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- A single plant; brown root with tendrils and 9 stems emanating from it; the stems have small leaves; five have small pink flowers and/or buds.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.23
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Part of Old Banff
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcid.05.01
- Artist
- D. Clark
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on heavy paper
- Catalogue Number
- CiD.05.01
- Description
- The oldest known painting of the Banff townsite. It shows Stoney Squaw to the left, Cascade to the right with Brewster in background. A false fronted building in left foreground has Groceries, dry goods, L.C. Fulmer written on front, bigger building to the right foreground Banff Hotel, Keefe, ????.…
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- Artist
- D. Clark
- Title
- Part of Old Banff
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- watercolour on heavy paper
- Dimensions
- 21 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- The oldest known painting of the Banff townsite. It shows Stoney Squaw to the left, Cascade to the right with Brewster in background. A false fronted building in left foreground has Groceries, dry goods, L.C. Fulmer written on front, bigger building to the right foreground Banff Hotel, Keefe, ????. A log structure to centre left, a small red building centre right, five trees in centre, numerous stumps. The grass and trees are green. Along the bottom of the picture is inscribed: Part of original Banff Siding 29? 1888 Cascade Mtn 8K - D Clark, Agent CPR.Siding 29 was established in 1883 at the base of Cascade Mtn. The CPR moved the station to its current Banff location in 1889 and by 1897 all the residents of the old town had moved to the new town of Banff. Eleanor Luxton, Banff Canada’s First National Park... pg. 68
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1974
- Catalogue Number
- CiD.05.01
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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1947
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.718
- 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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Sedum lanceolatum (Lanceleaf/Spearleaf Stonecrop)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactscm.05.29
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.29
- Description
- A small painting of a plant; the brown roots have long thin tendrils; a clump of small leaves at the base; thick long stems with yellow flowers.
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- Title
- Sedum lanceolatum (Lanceleaf/Spearleaf Stonecrop)
- Date
- 1885 – 1905
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.5 x 12.5 cm
- Description
- A small painting of a plant; the brown roots have long thin tendrils; a clump of small leaves at the base; thick long stems with yellow flowers.
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- ScM.05.29
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- Date
- 1948
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WbG.04.106
- Description
- Pink and red sweet peas on flesh coloured background.
- Title
- Sweet Peas
- Date
- 1948
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.7 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- Pink and red sweet peas on flesh coloured background.
- Subject
- botanical
- sweet peas
- Credit
- Gift of Donna Tingley, Edmonton, 2004
- Catalogue Number
- WbG.04.106
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