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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
- Peter or Catharine Whyte 15
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- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 2
- Kiakshuk (1886 – 1966, Canadian) 2
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- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.598
- Description
- An ink portrait of a woman from her shoulders - up. She has short curly hair and a small crown or tiara. Her collar is trimmed with fur and she wears a necklace. Linework is used for shading on her face.Signed in brc PETE WHYTE 21.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.5 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- An ink portrait of a woman from her shoulders - up. She has short curly hair and a small crown or tiara. Her collar is trimmed with fur and she wears a necklace. Linework is used for shading on her face.Signed in brc PETE WHYTE 21.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.598
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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
- 1927
- Medium
- graphite; coloured graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.765
- Description
- A fast figure drawing initially done in pencil is filled with coloured pencil to add depth and dimension to the figure. The woman is shoeless, resting on a cane in her right hand, and is wearing a colourful wrap on her head. Behind her there is some sort of structure that is three-tiered.
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- Title
- Old Woman
- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- graphite; coloured graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- A fast figure drawing initially done in pencil is filled with coloured pencil to add depth and dimension to the figure. The woman is shoeless, resting on a cane in her right hand, and is wearing a colourful wrap on her head. Behind her there is some sort of structure that is three-tiered.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.765
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- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.841
- Description
- A woman standing barefoot, wearing a head wrap and a dress. She is looking out to the right and her left hand is on her hip, while the right is gesturing to objects behind her.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1927
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 21.2 cm
- Description
- A woman standing barefoot, wearing a head wrap and a dress. She is looking out to the right and her left hand is on her hip, while the right is gesturing to objects behind her.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.841
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- conté on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.454
- Description
- Various conte drawings of a woman’s head, some in profile. [cursive brc] November 14 1928
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- conté on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.2 x 18.1 cm
- Description
- Various conte drawings of a woman’s head, some in profile. [cursive brc] November 14 1928
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.454
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- conté on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.455
- Description
- A conte drawing of a woman’s full figure in the nude. She is seated with one knee bent.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- conté on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.2 x 18.1 cm
- Description
- A conte drawing of a woman’s full figure in the nude. She is seated with one knee bent.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.455
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.766
- Description
- Drawing completed in ink to depict three people (two men and one woman) scrambling up an unknown mountain. The man on a ledge at the top that has a mustache and a pack on his back is lifting the woman up by her hair as she grasps towards him, the woman is using the second man’s head as a brace, and…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 25.1 cm
- Description
- Drawing completed in ink to depict three people (two men and one woman) scrambling up an unknown mountain. The man on a ledge at the top that has a mustache and a pack on his back is lifting the woman up by her hair as she grasps towards him, the woman is using the second man’s head as a brace, and the third man as a disgusted look on his face and is carrying a pickaxe. In the background you can see an outline for a mountain.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.766
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- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.291
- Description
- An ink drawing of two figures in the foreground with mountaisn in the background. A figure of a boy appears to be throwing something into a lake. A female figure on the right has her left arm out and is pointing at the boy. She wears a long skirt and a hat with a feather in it. There is a tree fram…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- An ink drawing of two figures in the foreground with mountaisn in the background. A figure of a boy appears to be throwing something into a lake. A female figure on the right has her left arm out and is pointing at the boy. She wears a long skirt and a hat with a feather in it. There is a tree framing the left side of the image. There is a hand drawn frame around the drawing.[brc, outside the hand-drawn frame]: GEORGIE, STOP THROWING STONES RIGHT THIS INSTANT OR BE BREAKING SOMETHING AROUND HERE -[blc, in cursive] Peter Whyte -29
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.291
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- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.731
- Description
- A group of children signing together in a background while a lady plays a grand piano in the foreground. There are lines extending from the piano to emphasis music being played, and these lines direct the viewers attention to a little stick figure dancing on the ground to the right of the piano. ve…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 15.0 cm
- Description
- A group of children signing together in a background while a lady plays a grand piano in the foreground. There are lines extending from the piano to emphasis music being played, and these lines direct the viewers attention to a little stick figure dancing on the ground to the right of the piano. verso: in the TRC “Concord November 1930”
- Subject
- woman
- children
- grand piano
- music
- singing
- stick figure
- dancing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.731
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- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.736
- Description
- A woman sits in her chair sewing, there appears to be a window behind her and a painting hanging on the wall. A cat sleeps on a bed near her feet, while in the foreground there is a box and what could be papers on the floor. verso: signed on the top end of the paper, “Nov. 1930 Peter Whyte”
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- ink; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 11.4 x 8.9 cm
- Description
- A woman sits in her chair sewing, there appears to be a window behind her and a painting hanging on the wall. A cat sleeps on a bed near her feet, while in the foreground there is a box and what could be papers on the floor. verso: signed on the top end of the paper, “Nov. 1930 Peter Whyte”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.736
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Mrs. Tom Simeon
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- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.441
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- Title
- Mrs. Tom Simeon
- Date
- 1931
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35.0 x 27.0 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.441
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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1949
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- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.724
- Description
- A detailed sketch of the 1949 Christmas card. Catharine is serving a group of animals some food around the Dutch door of her home. On the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS” is written and on the bottom edge “CATHARINE AND PETER” and Peter’s signature with “49” beside it can be seen.
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- Title
- Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1949
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.8 x 23.3 cm
- Description
- A detailed sketch of the 1949 Christmas card. Catharine is serving a group of animals some food around the Dutch door of her home. On the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS” is written and on the bottom edge “CATHARINE AND PETER” and Peter’s signature with “49” beside it can be seen.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.724
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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1949
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- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.726
- Description
- A detailed sketch of the 1949 Christmas card. Catharine is seen at the Dutch door of her home offering food to the animals. On the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS” and on the bottom edge “CATHARINE AND PETER” and signed “Peter Whyte 49.”
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- Title
- Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1949
- Date
- 1949
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 23.3 cm
- Description
- A detailed sketch of the 1949 Christmas card. Catharine is seen at the Dutch door of her home offering food to the animals. On the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS” and on the bottom edge “CATHARINE AND PETER” and signed “Peter Whyte 49.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.726
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Best Wishes Peter
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- 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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Seasons Greetings Peter and Catharine 1954
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- Date
- 1954
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.799
- Description
- Peter and Catharine are sitting on stools at their easels painting a mountain landscape in front of them. There is a group of animals sitting around them watching them paint. On the bottom edge of the drawing it says “SEASONS GREETINGS 1954 PETER AND CATHARINE”verso: rough sketch of the same drawin…
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- Title
- Seasons Greetings Peter and Catharine 1954
- Date
- 1954
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.1 x 27.6 cm
- Description
- Peter and Catharine are sitting on stools at their easels painting a mountain landscape in front of them. There is a group of animals sitting around them watching them paint. On the bottom edge of the drawing it says “SEASONS GREETINGS 1954 PETER AND CATHARINE”verso: rough sketch of the same drawing that is on the front side. This image though is only of Peter painting, a rough idea of where Catharine would be sitting, and the moose.
- Subject
- Christmas card
- painting
- paint
- brushes
- hat
- easel
- canvas
- birds
- mountain range
- mountain
- grass
- stump
- moose
- bear
- deer
- squirrel
- wolf
- stool
- man
- woman
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.799
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Season’s Greetings Peter and Catharine
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- Date
- 1954
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.937
- Description
- The 1954 Christmas card. Peter and Catharine sit on stools at their easels painting the mountain landscape in front of them. There is a group of animals standing around watching them. Written below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS 1954 PETER AND CATHARINE”.
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- Title
- Season’s Greetings Peter and Catharine
- Date
- 1954
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 19.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- The 1954 Christmas card. Peter and Catharine sit on stools at their easels painting the mountain landscape in front of them. There is a group of animals standing around watching them. Written below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS 1954 PETER AND CATHARINE”.
- Subject
- people
- man
- woman
- animal
- moose
- rabbit
- wolf
- squirrel
- bird
- bear
- deer
- mountain
- Rocky Mountains
- painting
- pain
- furniture
- stool
- paint
- canvas
- easel
- Christmas card
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.937
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Season’s Greetings Peter and Catharine
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- Date
- 1954
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.04.36
- Description
- On the bottom half of the paper there is a final printed version of the 1954 Christmas card. Peter and Catharine are sitting on stools working on paintings at their easels. They are painting a mountain and lake landscape that is in front of them. There is a group of animals sitting around them watc…
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- Title
- Season’s Greetings Peter and Catharine
- Date
- 1954
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 16.2 cm
- Description
- On the bottom half of the paper there is a final printed version of the 1954 Christmas card. Peter and Catharine are sitting on stools working on paintings at their easels. They are painting a mountain and lake landscape that is in front of them. There is a group of animals sitting around them watching them paint. Below the print it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS 1954 PETER AND CATHARINE”.verso: multiple watercolour paint swatches on the back.
- Subject
- Christmas card
- painting
- easel
- canvas
- paint
- brush
- people
- man
- woman
- animal
- moose
- deer
- squirrel
- wolf
- rabbit
- bear
- bird
- landscape
- mountain
- water
- lake
- Rocky Mountains
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.04.36
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- Date
- 1955
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.804
- Description
- Ten small drawings of different activities occurring. 1) three people are walking over a hill with a couple of animals, 2) a group of people appear to be travelling in a convoy with a horse dragging goods behind it, 3) a group of people on horses moving across the land, 4) a person on a horse that …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1955
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.3 x 27.7 cm
- Description
- Ten small drawings of different activities occurring. 1) three people are walking over a hill with a couple of animals, 2) a group of people appear to be travelling in a convoy with a horse dragging goods behind it, 3) a group of people on horses moving across the land, 4) a person on a horse that is pulling supplies are coming up over a hill, there are tipis off in the background, 5) a group in a wagon follow behind another heading towards the mountains, 6) possibly a small hut with a person, and there is a hide stretched out on poles, 7) a group of people have assembled in an open area outdoors, 8) a person who appears to have a some sort of head ornament on is preparing to shoot an arrow with their bow, 9) a wooden drying rack with meat hanging from it, in front of it there looks like two people are sitting on the ground, and 10) a group of huts lined up near trees, there appears to be smoke coming out of ventilation areas on the roof. verso: a sketch of the 1955 Christmas card, another boxed off drawing of a person appearing to be playing a drum, a drawing that has some similarities to “Seven Teepees” (though completed about 20 years earlier, and a final boxed off drawing of a native man wearing a headdress.
- Subject
- tanning
- hide
- meat
- meat drying
- wagon
- horse
- people
- hut
- bow and arrow
- tipi
- headdress
- Christmas card
- moose
- bear
- deer
- squirrel
- man
- woman
- painting
- easel
- canvas
- paint brush
- music
- drum
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.804
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Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter
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- Date
- 1955
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.936
- Description
- The 1955 Christmas card design. Peter is standing beside Catharine who is sitting on a tree stump. They are watching a group of animals paint the mountain scene in the background. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS 1955 CATHARINE AND PETER”verso: ink marks along the left edge
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- Title
- Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter
- Date
- 1955
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.4 x 28.8 cm
- Description
- The 1955 Christmas card design. Peter is standing beside Catharine who is sitting on a tree stump. They are watching a group of animals paint the mountain scene in the background. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS 1955 CATHARINE AND PETER”verso: ink marks along the left edge
- Subject
- Christmas card
- people
- man
- woman
- animal
- moose
- deer
- bear
- squirrel
- bird
- rabbit
- wolf
- landscape
- mountain
- Rocky Mountains
- painting
- canvas
- brush
- paint
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.936
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Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.04.37
- Date
- 1955
- Medium
- coloured ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.04.37
- Description
- A final version of the 1955 Christmas card. Peter is standing beside Catharine who is sitting on a stump. Peter appears to be holding Catharine’s hand. They are watching a group of animals sitting at easels painting landscapes on canvas. In the background there is a mountain range.
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- Title
- Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter
- Date
- 1955
- Medium
- coloured ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 10.8 x 15.7 cm
- Description
- A final version of the 1955 Christmas card. Peter is standing beside Catharine who is sitting on a stump. Peter appears to be holding Catharine’s hand. They are watching a group of animals sitting at easels painting landscapes on canvas. In the background there is a mountain range.
- Subject
- Christmas card
- animal
- moose
- bear
- deer
- wolf
- squirrel
- rabbit
- bird
- mountains
- Rocky Mountains
- painting
- paint
- canvas
- easel
- art
- people
- man
- woman
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.04.37
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