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- Unknown 15
- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 12
- Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian) 3
- Peter Bax (1895 – 1952, British) 3
- Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British) 2
- Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius (1869 – 1959, American) 2
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 2
- Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896 – 1969) 1
- Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian) 1
- Jean Ramsay 1
- Mary Black 1
- Date
- 1915 – 1925
- Material
- wood; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1042
- Description
- Painted wooden handle with long braided whip. 42.7 cm long by 3.2 dia. wooden handle, geometric design of yellow, red, green and dark blue. Red, white and yellow pompons butt end of handle and top of whip. Rawhide wrapped on end. Whip looped on to end. 139.0 cm long braided whip tapering to a …
- Title
- Dog Team Whip
- Date
- 1915 – 1925
- Material
- wood; skin
- Description
- Painted wooden handle with long braided whip. 42.7 cm long by 3.2 dia. wooden handle, geometric design of yellow, red, green and dark blue. Red, white and yellow pompons butt end of handle and top of whip. Rawhide wrapped on end. Whip looped on to end. 139.0 cm long braided whip tapering to a 2nd piece, 135.0 cm long. 4 narrow strips of rawhide tightly twisted, 3 sets of 3 knots, 12.0 cm long loose ends, 4 strands.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- transportation
- animal
- dog
- Credit
- Purchased from Alan McClelland, Banff, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1042
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- Artist
- Mary Black
- Date
- 1911
- Medium
- dried flowers; grass; butterfly on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BlM.13.01
- Description
- Two fire weed plants run the length and tilt to the right at the top. A butterfly hangs upside down in the upperleft corner. General colour-brown on soft grey white.
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- Artist
- Mary Black
- Title
- Fireweed
- Date
- 1911
- Medium
- dried flowers; grass; butterfly on paper
- Dimensions
- 49.5 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- Two fire weed plants run the length and tilt to the right at the top. A butterfly hangs upside down in the upperleft corner. General colour-brown on soft grey white.
- Credit
- Gift of Fern Brewster Dooley, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- BlM.13.01
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Flight Woodcock
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactrpl.04.01
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- engraving on paper
- Catalogue Number
- RpL.04.01
- Description
- Colour: black on white. Across the bottom and in the left corner are branches of a bush with berries. Behind is a distant lake and shores. A full round moon sits just above the horizon and is reflected in the lake. In the sky above are two birds flying to the right filling the upper left corner and…
- Title
- Flight Woodcock
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.6 x 30.2 cm
- Description
- Colour: black on white. Across the bottom and in the left corner are branches of a bush with berries. Behind is a distant lake and shores. A full round moon sits just above the horizon and is reflected in the lake. In the sky above are two birds flying to the right filling the upper left corner and center.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977
- Catalogue Number
- RpL.04.01
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Horse; Miniature Bric-A-Brac
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0133
- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0133
- Description
- Cut out bucking horse silhouette strung on cord. Horse painted white, black, brown, plain gold on observe. Written on saddle in gold "Kicking Horse B.C.".
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- Title
- Horse; Miniature Bric-A-Brac
- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 0.4 x 9.6 cm
- Description
- Cut out bucking horse silhouette strung on cord. Horse painted white, black, brown, plain gold on observe. Written on saddle in gold "Kicking Horse B.C.".
- Subject
- souvenirs
- animal
- horse
- Kicking Horse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0133
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Ike Mills Bringing the Skoki Stove
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.02.032
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.032
- Description
- Colour: brown, blue, white. A team of seven dogs pulls a sled with a stove on it and a driver behind wearing snow shoes, coat and hat, brandishes a whip. It is moving to the right across white snow. The sky is blue and comes down to meet a white mountain peak of snow left of center in the upper hal…
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- Title
- Ike Mills Bringing the Skoki Stove
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 45.6 x 78.6 cm
- Description
- Colour: brown, blue, white. A team of seven dogs pulls a sled with a stove on it and a driver behind wearing snow shoes, coat and hat, brandishes a whip. It is moving to the right across white snow. The sky is blue and comes down to meet a white mountain peak of snow left of center in the upper half. Pete painted this to go over Ike's fireplace, where it hung for 30 years.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.032
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- Date
- 1917 – 1930
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0104
- Description
- A silver, plated over copper, round lapel pin of U.S. Glacier National Park which snaps to another, similarly shaped backing. Separate seal soldered to front depicts mountain goat standing in relief at centre, with band around reading, Glacier National Park See America First". Pin button stands o…
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- Title
- Lapel Pin
- Date
- 1917 – 1930
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 2.7 x 1.0 cm
- Description
- A silver, plated over copper, round lapel pin of U.S. Glacier National Park which snaps to another, similarly shaped backing. Separate seal soldered to front depicts mountain goat standing in relief at centre, with band around reading, Glacier National Park See America First". Pin button stands on post flattening to another smaller button at back with snap socket, backing button is the same, without the seal applied, and containing the snap post fitting the socket of the front.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.0104
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0108
- Description
- A lapel pin with kangaroo charm hanging from stud post. Pin essentially round with point bottom, and crest atop reading "D.M." Depicted on pin inside circular border is rifleman on stomach taking aim, with crossed rifles below in point of pin. Small brass kangaroo charm hangs from post in back. St…
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- Title
- Lapel Pin
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 1.0 x 2.4 x 2.8 cm
- Description
- A lapel pin with kangaroo charm hanging from stud post. Pin essentially round with point bottom, and crest atop reading "D.M." Depicted on pin inside circular border is rifleman on stomach taking aim, with crossed rifles below in point of pin. Small brass kangaroo charm hangs from post in back. Stud cap screws on to post, with separate ring attached having three sharp teeth to hold in place on lapel.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.09.0108
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Licence Plaque
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact106.06.1001
- Date
- 1933
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1001
- Description
- 1933 brass plated sheet metal park licence plaque. Cut out of stamped bull bison in profile, stands on base with printing: "Canada's National Parks 1933". Slightly concave reverse impression seen on back. 2 small pin holes drilled through bison's side, and directly below through base for attach…
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- Title
- Licence Plaque
- Date
- 1933
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 10.9 cm
- Description
- 1933 brass plated sheet metal park licence plaque. Cut out of stamped bull bison in profile, stands on base with printing: "Canada's National Parks 1933". Slightly concave reverse impression seen on back. 2 small pin holes drilled through bison's side, and directly below through base for attaching to provincial license.
- Credit
- Gift of William Round, Banff, 1966
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1001
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- Date
- 1937
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1012 a,b
- Description
- Two 1937 brass bison park licence plaques. Pressed brass bull bison in profile, stands on plaque "Canada's National Parks 1937". Slightly concave reverse impression seen on back. 2 small pin holes drilled through bison's side, and directly below through base for attaching to provincial license p…
- Title
- Licence Plaque
- Date
- 1937
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 10.9 cm
- Description
- Two 1937 brass bison park licence plaques. Pressed brass bull bison in profile, stands on plaque "Canada's National Parks 1937". Slightly concave reverse impression seen on back. 2 small pin holes drilled through bison's side, and directly below through base for attaching to provincial license plate, bronze tone. On back of sinister hind leg "Made by Winnipeg Brass".
- Credit
- Gift of Iva (Mrs. Len) Smith, 1976
- Catalogue Number
- 106.06.1012 a,b
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0187 a,b
- Description
- A pair of cufflinks with enameled scene of midnight sun over the ocean. Two flat, enameled, oval plates connected by a long, slightly curving, flat bar. One oval plate attached by flat strap on its back through an eye in the bar allows the plate to swivel, the other firmly soldered perpendicular to…
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- Title
- Man's Cufflinks
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 0.9 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of cufflinks with enameled scene of midnight sun over the ocean. Two flat, enameled, oval plates connected by a long, slightly curving, flat bar. One oval plate attached by flat strap on its back through an eye in the bar allows the plate to swivel, the other firmly soldered perpendicular to the bar at the other end. Each of four ovals completely covered with enameled scene of red sun setting over ocean with steep cliffs one side and gulls flying on the other. Smooth glassy surfaces.
- Subject
- households
- animal
- gull
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0187 a,b
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Mountain Sheep
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1910
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.38
- Description
- A wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Mountain Sheep
- Date
- 1910
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- A wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
- Subject
- animal
- mountain sheep
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.38
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Mountain Sheep Skull
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact112.01.1013
- Date
- prior to 1950
- Material
- bone; horn
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.1013
- Description
- Bleached skull and horns of a mountain sheep.
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- Title
- Mountain Sheep Skull
- Date
- prior to 1950
- Material
- bone; horn
- Dimensions
- 44.0 cm
- Description
- Bleached skull and horns of a mountain sheep.
- Subject
- animal
- mountain sheep
- ram
- Credit
- Gift of Douglas Robinson, 1971
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.1013
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Muskox Carving
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact112.01.1008
- Date
- prior to 1950
- Material
- bone; horn
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.1008
- Description
- Bleached skull and horns of a muskox.
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- Title
- Muskox Carving
- Date
- prior to 1950
- Material
- bone; horn
- Dimensions
- 59.0 cm
- Description
- Bleached skull and horns of a muskox.
- Credit
- Gift of Jim Davies, Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- 112.01.1008
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BaP.04.02
- Description
- A street alleyway; two tall brick buildings on each side of the picture, foreground is a street. A donkey and a horse are standing in the alley. The building on the left has some building apparatus on the side.
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- Title
- Off Stage
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.2 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- A street alleyway; two tall brick buildings on each side of the picture, foreground is a street. A donkey and a horse are standing in the alley. The building on the left has some building apparatus on the side.
- Subject
- architecture
- urban
- animal
- donkey
- Christmas
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- BaP.04.02
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BaP.04.03
- Description
- A street alleyway; two tall brick buildings on each side of the picture, foreground is a street. A donkey and a horse are standing in the alley. The building on the left has some building apparatus on the side.
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- Title
- Off Stage
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.4 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- A street alleyway; two tall brick buildings on each side of the picture, foreground is a street. A donkey and a horse are standing in the alley. The building on the left has some building apparatus on the side.
- Subject
- architecture
- urban
- animal
- donkey
- Christmas
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- BaP.04.03
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The Pack Horse
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbec.06.02
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- Medusa cement [self-setting]
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.06.02
- Description
- Colour: white. This is a bas-relief of a pack horse facing right standing in grass.Modelled ca. 1931 for Tex Woods, a packer and guide in Banff, for gable on house on Spray Avenue. Taken off house in 1977 by Ray Haimila. He had permission to cast 14 bronzes plus 1 Aluminum on the condition that he …
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- Title
- The Pack Horse
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- Medusa cement [self-setting]
- Dimensions
- 36.0 x 46.0 cm
- Description
- Colour: white. This is a bas-relief of a pack horse facing right standing in grass.Modelled ca. 1931 for Tex Woods, a packer and guide in Banff, for gable on house on Spray Avenue. Taken off house in 1977 by Ray Haimila. He had permission to cast 14 bronzes plus 1 Aluminum on the condition that he present the master cast to the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation. He presented 1 bronze to the Senior Citizen’s Home in Canmore; sold the others.
- Credit
- Gift of Raymond Haimila, Canmore, 1985
- Catalogue Number
- BeC.06.02
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- Artist
- Jean Ramsay
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- RaJ.05.01
- Description
- Head of an orange long-haired cat.
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- Artist
- Jean Ramsay
- Title
- Rusty
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.6 x 12.5 cm
- Description
- Head of an orange long-haired cat.
- Credit
- Gift of W. (family) Painter, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- RaJ.05.01
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- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.392
- Description
- A realistic painting of a bay horse. He is facing to the left, has on a bridle, saddle and yellow rain slicker tied behind the saddle. The background is green.
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- Title
- Saddlehorse
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.6 x 30.2 cm
- Description
- A realistic painting of a bay horse. He is facing to the left, has on a bridle, saddle and yellow rain slicker tied behind the saddle. The background is green.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.392
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0245 a,b
- Description
- Two small sake cups. Grey ground with racoon animal design, crackle glaze. Stamped "MADE IN JAPAN".
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- Title
- Sake Cup
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 2.8 x 5.2 cm
- Description
- Two small sake cups. Grey ground with racoon animal design, crackle glaze. Stamped "MADE IN JAPAN".
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- Edith Morse Robb
- animal
- racoon
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0245 a,b
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Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.940
- Description
- A Christmas card design. A rabbit in snowshoes holding poles has one lifted up and is pointing at a group of animals that is watching it. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS CATHARINE AND PETER” and on the left edge it says “REDUCE TO 3 3/4”.verso: lines drawn to determine a size for the …
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- Title
- Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.8 x 28.7 cm
- Description
- A Christmas card design. A rabbit in snowshoes holding poles has one lifted up and is pointing at a group of animals that is watching it. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS CATHARINE AND PETER” and on the left edge it says “REDUCE TO 3 3/4”.verso: lines drawn to determine a size for the card. Written along the left edge “Rota brown Yellow Lake Mixing white animals Standard red Peacock blue”.
- Subject
- Christmas card
- animal
- rabbit
- moose
- deer
- bird
- squirrel
- bear
- clothing
- mittens
- scarf
- winter
- sports
- snowshoes
- poles
- skis
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.940
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