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- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.727
- Description
- An artist is sitting on a stool in front of a massive canvas resting on an easel. The figure is painting a mountain scene with tubs of paint around him, and a supply box off to his left.verso: signed by Peter Whyte with the presumed date: “1928 or 29 by Peter Whyte”
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 8.1 x 5.7 cm
- Description
- An artist is sitting on a stool in front of a massive canvas resting on an easel. The figure is painting a mountain scene with tubs of paint around him, and a supply box off to his left.verso: signed by Peter Whyte with the presumed date: “1928 or 29 by Peter Whyte”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.727
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.734
- Description
- Detailed drawing of a Mountie standing with his hands cupped, and his gaze pointed towards the ground. He is filled in with watercolour paint
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- Detailed drawing of a Mountie standing with his hands cupped, and his gaze pointed towards the ground. He is filled in with watercolour paint
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.734
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- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.738
- Description
- Three quick drawings of two men and a child that are filled in with watercolour. Written above the child “These are just two or three figures that I saw in the station in Montreal on my way through, March 4th,” and below the men “This little English girl was awfully cute and I loved the knees. I ha…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- Three quick drawings of two men and a child that are filled in with watercolour. Written above the child “These are just two or three figures that I saw in the station in Montreal on my way through, March 4th,” and below the men “This little English girl was awfully cute and I loved the knees. I have some more sketches but they are all in my sketch book. Peter”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.738
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- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.739
- Description
- Quick sketches filled in with watercolour of three men. Below man on the right there is another sketch of a man from bust up, but it is upside down. Written at the top of the paper “Sketched in the Windsor Street Station, Montreal, on a rainy March day,” and at the bottom of the page “A British Tar…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.2 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- Quick sketches filled in with watercolour of three men. Below man on the right there is another sketch of a man from bust up, but it is upside down. Written at the top of the paper “Sketched in the Windsor Street Station, Montreal, on a rainy March day,” and at the bottom of the page “A British Tar on his way to the West coast. H.M.S. Vivid. March 4th 1929”
- Subject
- Windsor station
- Montreal
- rainy
- men
- British Tar
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.739
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- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.740
- Description
- Three loose sketches: two are profile drawings of two men from the bust up (both wearing blue coats and hats) in the BRC and centre right, and near the centre of the page there is a profile drawing of a man in a tan coat and hat smoking a cigarette Written in the TRC “H.M.S. Vivid again. I like the…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- Three loose sketches: two are profile drawings of two men from the bust up (both wearing blue coats and hats) in the BRC and centre right, and near the centre of the page there is a profile drawing of a man in a tan coat and hat smoking a cigarette Written in the TRC “H.M.S. Vivid again. I like their hats,” and in the BLC “United States Immigration office. Windsor Station Montreal”
- Subject
- navy
- men
- cigarette
- hat
- coat
- immigration
- Windsor station
- Montreal
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.740
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.741
- Description
- Drawn in three quarter view (could be because the Mountie is looking down) from the bust up, it is a detailed image of a Mountie filled in with watercolour. He is wearing his red coat and looking away from the viewer.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- Drawn in three quarter view (could be because the Mountie is looking down) from the bust up, it is a detailed image of a Mountie filled in with watercolour. He is wearing his red coat and looking away from the viewer.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.741
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- Date
- 1923
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.743
- Description
- A rough sketch outlines a jeep driving up a mountain hill carrying luggage. In the background there is a mountain range and clouds in the sky. In the middle of the page near the bottom edge is says “SEE AMERICA FIRST” and above it you can see Peter’s signature. inside the fold along the length: qui…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1923
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.0 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- A rough sketch outlines a jeep driving up a mountain hill carrying luggage. In the background there is a mountain range and clouds in the sky. In the middle of the page near the bottom edge is says “SEE AMERICA FIRST” and above it you can see Peter’s signature. inside the fold along the length: quick sketches - very cartoonish - throughout the page. There are five drawings of men and one of woman, two that appear to be of wolves, one duck, a plane and a rough landscape. verso: printed advertisement for Glacier National Park, with a cartoon drawing of a man to the right of the printed image. In the BLC “magnificent” is crossed out, and near the fold in the middle of the page it says “for mudit”
- Subject
- jeep
- mountain
- travel
- cloud
- hill
- America
- luggage
- duck
- man
- woman
- wolf
- plane
- cigarette
- Glacier National Park
- advertisement
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.743
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; coloured graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.749
- Description
- A rough sketch of a shed filled with items inside and some against the left wall, with a stump and animal to the side, the background is multiple trees. The drawing has then been filled in with coloured pencil, detailed around the storage unit, but roughly filled in in the grass areas and trees.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; coloured graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.6 x 17.8 cm
- Description
- A rough sketch of a shed filled with items inside and some against the left wall, with a stump and animal to the side, the background is multiple trees. The drawing has then been filled in with coloured pencil, detailed around the storage unit, but roughly filled in in the grass areas and trees.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.749
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.750
- Description
- On the top half of the page there is a quick sketch in pencil done of a tradesman hammering a piece of wood on what appears to be an anvil. The drawing is then detailed in ink and filled in with watercolour in some places. On the lower half of the page there is practice signatures and practiced way…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.2 x 16.2 cm
- Description
- On the top half of the page there is a quick sketch in pencil done of a tradesman hammering a piece of wood on what appears to be an anvil. The drawing is then detailed in ink and filled in with watercolour in some places. On the lower half of the page there is practice signatures and practiced ways to write “Banff,” “Alberta,” and “Canada.” There is also scribbles of ink around some of the words too.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.750
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- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Medium
- graphite; coloured graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.801
- Description
- Pete’s “Grandmother” is out skiing and as she goes up over a hill her left pole breaks underneath her. There are two people in the background skiing as well, and are standing by a group of trees
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1930
- Medium
- graphite; coloured graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.9 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Pete’s “Grandmother” is out skiing and as she goes up over a hill her left pole breaks underneath her. There are two people in the background skiing as well, and are standing by a group of trees
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.801
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.813
- Description
- In the foreground there is a tree on the right side of the drawing, moving back into space there is a group of people sitting out on the ground observing what appears to be a person on a horse (to the right of the tree in the background). There are two tipis in the mid ground, set up along the down…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.6 x 34.0 cm
- Description
- In the foreground there is a tree on the right side of the drawing, moving back into space there is a group of people sitting out on the ground observing what appears to be a person on a horse (to the right of the tree in the background). There are two tipis in the mid ground, set up along the downward slop of the hill. Behind the event there is just another hill and the sky above it
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.813
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; coloured graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.826
- Description
- A skier has found himself on a tower of snow above the other skiers. He is looking down at it the tower, with another skier to his right looking up at him. The gentleman on the hill is wearing blue pants, a white coat, a white scarf with orange details, and a blue hat. The second skier is wearing b…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; coloured graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.5 x 22.8 cm
- Description
- A skier has found himself on a tower of snow above the other skiers. He is looking down at it the tower, with another skier to his right looking up at him. The gentleman on the hill is wearing blue pants, a white coat, a white scarf with orange details, and a blue hat. The second skier is wearing blue pants, blue hat, and a yellow coat. In the background there are the ski tracks, and pole marks in the snow that lead back to two other skiers. Off to the right in the background there is a hill coloured in blue to suggest there is some distance. In the BLC written in blue pencil and appears to be erased “(Wrong Wax!!!)”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.826
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.828
- Description
- Multiple studies of some area related to travel (i.e. airport, train station, dock, etc.). Near the BLC there multiple people drawn walking in different directions, most of which are pushing their luggage on trolleys/carts or carrying their bags. Near the middle of the paper there is mostly pencil …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 27.6 cm
- Description
- Multiple studies of some area related to travel (i.e. airport, train station, dock, etc.). Near the BLC there multiple people drawn walking in different directions, most of which are pushing their luggage on trolleys/carts or carrying their bags. Near the middle of the paper there is mostly pencil drawings of different types of luggage being sketched out. Near the centre right edge there is a drawing of one person pushing multiple bags and trunk on a trolley/cart, to the right of this there is a sketch of what appears to be mans torso and below this there is quick scribbles of ink. Near the TRC there is a person pushing a trolley/cart with multiple luggage. To the left of this drawing in the TRC there is a larger study of a group of people waiting with their baggage and a conveyor belt being manned by some worker. One of the figures waiting appears to have dropped some of their baggage.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.828
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- Date
- 1925
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.872
- Description
- An ink drawing of a vintage car that is sitting in a grassing landscape. Behind it is a couple Corinthian Order columns that are coming out of tall grasses. In the background you can see clouds in the sky.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.3 x 34.9 cm
- Description
- An ink drawing of a vintage car that is sitting in a grassing landscape. Behind it is a couple Corinthian Order columns that are coming out of tall grasses. In the background you can see clouds in the sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.872
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.880
- Description
- A man is sitting in a chair that he has titled up against a wall, so it is only being stabilized by the two back feet. He is wearing a hat and reading a newspaper. Below him is a cup on a saucer. In the background there is a person at a desk, who appears to be writing. There is a light next to them…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.8 x 21.4 cm
- Description
- A man is sitting in a chair that he has titled up against a wall, so it is only being stabilized by the two back feet. He is wearing a hat and reading a newspaper. Below him is a cup on a saucer. In the background there is a person at a desk, who appears to be writing. There is a light next to them. Below the drawing it says “-------WHERE A RANGY INDIVIDUAL IN FLANNEL SHIRT AND CHAPS SAT TILTED BACK AGAINST THE WALL”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.880
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.883
- Description
- A man wearing a headdress (only upper and lower arm bands, a loin cloth, and moccasins) stands by a small fire with his arms crossed. There are trees off to the right of the figure, and in the background you the ink lines make out the outline of trees. Above the trees it is a night sky that has a v…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.7 x 29.4 cm
- Description
- A man wearing a headdress (only upper and lower arm bands, a loin cloth, and moccasins) stands by a small fire with his arms crossed. There are trees off to the right of the figure, and in the background you the ink lines make out the outline of trees. Above the trees it is a night sky that has a very large moon taking up most of the skyline.
- Subject
- person
- Indigenous
- man
- clothing
- loin cloth
- arm bands
- shoes
- moccasins
- heard dress
- ceremonial clothing
- fire
- smoke
- trees
- sky
- moon
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.883
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on monogram board
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.884
- Description
- A man wearing a golfing hat has a set of wings attached to his back and has swooped up above a car that is driving below him. There are two people in the vehicle, the one in the passenger seat is looking up at the guy. Above the image it says “THAT HE WILL EVER BECOME A MECHANICAL BIRD AND FLY OVER…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on monogram board
- Dimensions
- 39.0 x 26.3 cm
- Description
- A man wearing a golfing hat has a set of wings attached to his back and has swooped up above a car that is driving below him. There are two people in the vehicle, the one in the passenger seat is looking up at the guy. Above the image it says “THAT HE WILL EVER BECOME A MECHANICAL BIRD AND FLY OVER IS OUT OF THE QUESTION -----------”, and below the drawing it is signed “Peter Whyte”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.884
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on monogram board
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.886
- Description
- Three sketches take up a third of the page each: 1) A hunched over person walks between two stocky men. The man on the left is wearing a hat and walking with a cane, and the gentleman on the right is carrying a newspaper and smoking. They are walking into a crowd. Beside the drawing it says “IF I C…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on monogram board
- Dimensions
- 39.0 x 26.3 cm
- Description
- Three sketches take up a third of the page each: 1) A hunched over person walks between two stocky men. The man on the left is wearing a hat and walking with a cane, and the gentleman on the right is carrying a newspaper and smoking. They are walking into a crowd. Beside the drawing it says “IF I CAN MANAGE TO SANDWICH MYSELF BETWEEN TWO GOOD STOUT FELLOW PEDESTRIANS ---------”, 2) A Neanderthal (appears to be) is running away from a long neck dinosaur. Beside the drawing it says “MY PREHISTORIC ANCESTOR DODGING A DINOSAUR -----------”, and 3) A man walks in front of a vehicle reading a newspaper. There is another car driving away in the opposite direction. Beside the drawing it says “I HOPPED OFF AS THE AVIATORS SAY AND WENT ACROSS THE STREET ----------”. verso: near the middle of the board there is a sketch of two pirates, one with a sword that has injured the other. Underneath the drawing it reads “QUICK, BRING ME A CHAIR I CAN’T STAND THE SIGHT OF BLOOD” Below the drawing it says “My prehistoric ancestor dodging a dinosaur If I can manage to sandwich myself between two good stout fellow pedestrians I hopped off as the aviators say and went across the street That he will ever become a mechanical bird and fly over is out of the question.”
- Subject
- people
- men
- dinosaur
- animal
- car
- newspaper
- reading
- walking
- street
- pedestrian
- cane
- smoking
- pirates
- swords
- blood
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.886
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.942
- Description
- A man wearing a hat and glasses leans his left elbow on a ledge, while a woman in a long dress stands talking to him.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.7 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- A man wearing a hat and glasses leans his left elbow on a ledge, while a woman in a long dress stands talking to him.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.942
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; charcoal on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.944
- Description
- Three men are linked together in a dance line, and they appear to be celebrating. They are wearing army hates and long trench coats
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; charcoal on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.6 x 21.3 cm
- Description
- Three men are linked together in a dance line, and they appear to be celebrating. They are wearing army hates and long trench coats
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.944
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