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Across the Southern States to the Blue Pacific and Vancouver
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.375
- Description
- Side 1: Pencil drawing of car driving on a highway to the viewer’s right and into the distance. Other more roughly sketched vehicles are in oncoming lanes. A sign to the right of the road reads: ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES/ TO THE PACIFIC AND/ VANCOUVERIn the top left corner, the number 13 is circle…
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- Title
- Across the Southern States to the Blue Pacific and Vancouver
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.5 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Side 1: Pencil drawing of car driving on a highway to the viewer’s right and into the distance. Other more roughly sketched vehicles are in oncoming lanes. A sign to the right of the road reads: ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES/ TO THE PACIFIC AND/ VANCOUVERIn the top left corner, the number 13 is circled.Side 2: Pencil drawing of a car driving through a landscape of rolling hills. Mountains are barely visible in the background. This illustration is in a rectangular box. Below this box is a rectangle that is divided into four.
- Subject
- car
- landscape
- Peter Whyte
- drawing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.375
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- Date
- 1917 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.527
- Description
- A pencil drawing of a leafless tree
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- Title
- Apple Tree
- Date
- 1917 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.1 x 22.5 cm
- Description
- A pencil drawing of a leafless tree
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.527
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Best Wishes Peter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.772
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.772
- Description
- Christmas card sketch, resembling the final version of the 1951 card. Animals gather around Catharine and Peter’s vehicle waiting for Catharine to finish cooking. Peter sits on the roof reading. One of the bears is sitting by a stool with a fork in hand. Near the middle of the bottom edge of the pa…
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- Title
- Best Wishes Peter
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Christmas card sketch, resembling the final version of the 1951 card. Animals gather around Catharine and Peter’s vehicle waiting for Catharine to finish cooking. Peter sits on the roof reading. One of the bears is sitting by a stool with a fork in hand. Near the middle of the bottom edge of the paper it says “BEST WISHES PETER”verso: rectangular box drawn that is blank, that could have been used for another sketch.
- Subject
- bears
- stool
- fork
- moose
- birds
- squirrel
- rabbit
- tree
- cooking
- pot
- woman
- man
- reading
- vehicle
- Christmas card
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.772
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.504
- Description
- Two sidedThe naked upper branches of a tree on front sideVerso: a tree trunk with shrubs at its base gets cut off at top of page
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- Title
- Branches
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.3 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- Two sidedThe naked upper branches of a tree on front sideVerso: a tree trunk with shrubs at its base gets cut off at top of page
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.504
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Cliff and Me in our Hup
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.523
- Date
- 1917 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.523
- Description
- A pencil drawing of the front of a car with two masked figures seated inside. They drive towards the viewer. Verso: Pencil drawing of a car’s profile, facing left. There is one figure inside
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- Title
- Cliff and Me in our Hup
- Date
- 1917 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 15.1 cm
- Description
- A pencil drawing of the front of a car with two masked figures seated inside. They drive towards the viewer. Verso: Pencil drawing of a car’s profile, facing left. There is one figure inside
- Subject
- Cliff Whyte
- Peter Whyte
- car
- road trip
- Hup
- Hupmobile
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.523
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on board
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.506
- Description
- Pencil drawing of line of coniferous trees
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- Title
- Forest View
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on board
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 37.0 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawing of line of coniferous trees
- Subject
- tree
- landscape
- coniferous
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.506
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.505
- Description
- A pencil drawing of a large, gnarly tree with extensive branches. Writing denotes colour scheme and details. The King appears in blc.
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- Title
- The King
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- A pencil drawing of a large, gnarly tree with extensive branches. Writing denotes colour scheme and details. The King appears in blc.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.505
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- Date
- c. 1921
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.950 r
- Description
- Lake Louise
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- Title
- Lake Louise
- Date
- c. 1921
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Lake Louise
- Subject
- Lake Louise
- mountain
- lake
- tree
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.950 r
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Large Tree in Forest
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.501
- Description
- A pencil drawing of a large tree truck in left side of foreground. Other tree trunks appear behind it.
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- Title
- Large Tree in Forest
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 17.7 cm
- Description
- A pencil drawing of a large tree truck in left side of foreground. Other tree trunks appear behind it.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.501
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.497
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a group o deciduousf trees in the right side of the foreground, which lean towards the left, over what appears to be a path or stream. There are rocks at the base of the trees.
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- Title
- Leaning trees
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a group o deciduousf trees in the right side of the foreground, which lean towards the left, over what appears to be a path or stream. There are rocks at the base of the trees.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.497
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The Lone Pine Slopp
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.495
- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.495
- Description
- Three drawings, each enclosed in rectanges. The largest shows a man skiing on a hill with a tree. The other two show the man crashing into the tree.
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- Title
- The Lone Pine Slopp
- Date
- 1929 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 21.8 cm
- Description
- Three drawings, each enclosed in rectanges. The largest shows a man skiing on a hill with a tree. The other two show the man crashing into the tree.
- Subject
- skiing
- crash
- accident
- tree
- Lone Pine Slopp
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.495
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Rocks and variety of trees
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.498
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.498
- Description
- A simple pencil drawing of rocks in the foreground, which lead towards trees, stumps and general foliage.
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- Title
- Rocks and variety of trees
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- A simple pencil drawing of rocks in the foreground, which lead towards trees, stumps and general foliage.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.498
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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1949
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.722
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.722
- Description
- Rough sketch of the 1949 Christmas card. Scene depicts what looks like Norquay in the background, their home, and animals coming to and from the cabin. There is a rabbit watching the animals visiting and leaving the house, and a figure is slipping in a chair by the chimney stack. On the top edge “S…
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- Title
- Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1949
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.4 x 28.0 cm
- Description
- Rough sketch of the 1949 Christmas card. Scene depicts what looks like Norquay in the background, their home, and animals coming to and from the cabin. There is a rabbit watching the animals visiting and leaving the house, and a figure is slipping in a chair by the chimney stack. On the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS 1949” and on the bottom edge “CATHARINE AND PETER,” and “Peter Whyte” can be read. Near the TLC different dimensions are written out: “4 3/8 x 6 3/4” (above 6 3/4 there is a faint 6/8 written), “2 4 1/2 3 3/8,” “4 3/8 x 1 1/2.”verso: there is another rough sketch of the same scene seen on the the front side of the paper. In this image though there is no mountains in the background or the tree in front of the house.
- Subject
- Christmas card
- mountains
- tree
- house
- cabin
- rabbit
- mouse
- wolf
- deer
- bird
- figure
- sleeping
- chimney
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.722
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Storage Shed and Trees
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.518
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on board
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.518
- Description
- Drawing in top left part of board that depicts a brick and wood structure with one tree in front. Stairs lead into the structure; there is a large door to the right of the stairs.
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- Title
- Storage Shed and Trees
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on board
- Dimensions
- 26.5 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- Drawing in top left part of board that depicts a brick and wood structure with one tree in front. Stairs lead into the structure; there is a large door to the right of the stairs.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.518
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Tofino Paintings
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.03.234%20a-i
- Date
- 1943 – 1977
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.03.234 a-i
- Description
- a) A yellow envelope that has a red Ottawa, Canada stamp dated for April 25, 1977 in the TRC, in the TLC printed it says “Office of The Prime Minister Ottawa, Canada K1A 0A2 Cabinet du Premier Ministre”. Tapped in the middle is the address it is being mailed to, it says “Tofino Paintings here (Banf…
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- Title
- Tofino Paintings
- Date
- 1943 – 1977
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.2 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- a) A yellow envelope that has a red Ottawa, Canada stamp dated for April 25, 1977 in the TRC, in the TLC printed it says “Office of The Prime Minister Ottawa, Canada K1A 0A2 Cabinet du Premier Ministre”. Tapped in the middle is the address it is being mailed to, it says “Tofino Paintings here (Banff) 1 of [sic: can’t make out the work after of] Mrs. Catharine R. Whyte, P.O. Box 370, Banff, Alberta OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER - CABINET DU PREMIER MINISTRE OTTAWA K1A 0A2”. b)Sketch of a an inlet, there is a mountain to the right with some quick pencil marks to establish trees at the base and across the water near the right edge. There is also outlines for mist. Surrounding the sketch there are notes on the structure of the painting and what colours to use: “very misty, blue green about right, darker than in painting, mist behind trees, white, pale pink peach, peach - same value sky -, more orange, yellow green, white, fig, pinkish lavender hills, 4, 3, yellow, blue, pale, [sic can not make out] dark, pale yellow green blue & shy reflec., pink in stores, pale brown, 5, reflection, pink, wind pale blue, dark reflection, some pink, merges, darkest green, sky about right green in trees on island”. c) Quick sketch of a mountain, trees and a body of water. Around the drawing there is notes on colour and structure for future paintings : “misty above, faint hits light lavender hue, orange light, fog flat bluish fog, green, dark, soft lavender blue reflection, reflect of trees lighter than trees, orange wind - pale yellowish no pink”. d) A sketch of what appears to be a mountains landscape next to water. There is a printed inscription on the paper that says “Mail order Tofino, B.C. Nov. 24, 1943.”. As well there is references to colour and structure to be used on an artwork later on: “bluer flecks of pale green pink, more pinkish lavender, patch pale green sky , soft sweet pea pink, bright pinkish yellow, blueish lavender, blueish green, dark green, dark green blue, pink reflection, blue, pinkish, redish [sic] brownish purple”. Verso: another sketch of an inlet with a mountain, water and trees. Throughout the drawing it is filled with artist notes: “sweet pea cloud, soft edges, pale greenish stripe [sic] sky, sweet pea lavender, blue violet, deep pink, 2 darker blue green, 3 blackish green, steal blue, dark reflect, pink reflection, blue, pink, blueish greenish grey water wind, pinkish stripe , lavender, sand reddish brown”. e) A drawing of trees on the edge of water. In the sketch there is artist notes that say: “pinkish orangish haze on hills, greenish sky, light blue, dark green, light blue”. f) Sketch of trees on water. Around the drawing it says “sort of green relect, reflect of trees fades off, pinkist near edge, outs - [sic], dark where pebbles reflect sky are”. g) Multiple sections of trees bordered by the ocean. Around the drawing there is artist notes: “ paler sky - little orange in yellow, value trees about reflect, darker beach - little blue in white fog, light, light, dark, dark, wind whitish blue, [sic can not make out first word] reflect”. h) Sketch of a mountain with clouds all around, and trees. Throughout the drawing it says “5, 7, 8, bluish grey white, lighter grey, 6, 4, greenish, darkest, 2, 3, 3, light silver, 9”. i) Along top edge it says “Cold blue above, laven d [sic lavender] yellow greenish blue. robins egg - brilliant orange sunrise top part more pinkish blue -”.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.03.234 a-i
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.500
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a lone tree in the left side of the page. Writing denotes colour scheme and details.
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- Title
- Tree
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a lone tree in the left side of the page. Writing denotes colour scheme and details.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.500
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Tree and Leaves
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.502
- Description
- A pencil drawing of a large tree branch taht descends from top left corner. It is covered with leaves. Lighter sketches appear in the bottom, including rooster and hens (blc) and a tree (brc). There is a very heavy pencil scribble in brc.
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- Title
- Tree and Leaves
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 17.7 cm
- Description
- A pencil drawing of a large tree branch taht descends from top left corner. It is covered with leaves. Lighter sketches appear in the bottom, including rooster and hens (blc) and a tree (brc). There is a very heavy pencil scribble in brc.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.502
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.496
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a deciduous tree. A number 0 or letter o appears in blc with circle around it.
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- Title
- Tree portrait
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a deciduous tree. A number 0 or letter o appears in blc with circle around it.
- Subject
- tree
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.496
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.495
- Description
- Rough pencil sketch of tree trunks with faint marks fro grass in the foreground
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- Title
- Tree studies
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- Rough pencil sketch of tree trunks with faint marks fro grass in the foreground
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.495
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.507
- Description
- A pencil drawing of a gnarly log that has been uprooted and lies on its side.
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- Title
- Tree Stump
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 38.0 cm
- Description
- A pencil drawing of a gnarly log that has been uprooted and lies on its side.
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.507
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