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The Battle of Cressy

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Artist
Unknown
Date
1792
Medium
engraving on paper
Catalogue Number
UnK.04.03
Description
A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back…
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Artist
Unknown
Title
The Battle of Cressy
Date
1792
Medium
engraving on paper
Dimensions
18.0 x 28.5 cm
Description
A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back paper reads “Johnson Art Galleries Limited Pictures Fine Framing. Montreal 634 St. Catherine West.”
Subject
activity
war
figure
group
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.04.03
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Artist
Shibata Zeshin (1807 – 1891, Japanese)
Date
1887
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ShE.04.01
Description
Three black ravens flying to the left at top of picture, the top of the background is reddish and tapers to white at bottom of picture. The birds are not completely in picture - the first raven show only the end of the tail, the second has the top of the head and back out of the picture and the thi…
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Artist
Shibata Zeshin (1807 – 1891, Japanese)
Title
Crows in Flight
Date
1887
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
36.3 x 30.3 cm
Description
Three black ravens flying to the left at top of picture, the top of the background is reddish and tapers to white at bottom of picture. The birds are not completely in picture - the first raven show only the end of the tail, the second has the top of the head and back out of the picture and the third has the tip of the top wing and tip of the tail feathers out of the picture.
Subject
animal
bird
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ShE.04.01
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Fire at the Castle, Life from the Inner Most Court of Chiyoda Castle

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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1896
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.04 a-c
Description
(a) lady dressed in a black kimono carries a paper lantern and long sword, there is a tall column of smoke behind her, above the roof tops, and shadowy figures (b) 37.4 x 25.7/36.0 x 24.1 two ladies, one mounted on a white horse, the other holding the horse and a long sword in her other hand, both …
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Fire at the Castle, Life from the Inner Most Court of Chiyoda Castle
Date
1896
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37 x 25 cm
Description
(a) lady dressed in a black kimono carries a paper lantern and long sword, there is a tall column of smoke behind her, above the roof tops, and shadowy figures (b) 37.4 x 25.7/36.0 x 24.1 two ladies, one mounted on a white horse, the other holding the horse and a long sword in her other hand, both are dressed in black kimonos and wearing tall conical black hats (c) 37.7 x 25.7/35.9 x 24.5 three ladies dressed in black kimonos with tall black hats are all holding long swords, and one has a paper lantern. Horses were brought to Japan from North China and Mongolia.
Subject
figure
group
female
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.04 a-c
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1910
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.37
Description
A wooden scultpure of a bison.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Buffalo
Date
1910
Dimensions
19.5 x 25.5 cm
Description
A wooden scultpure of a bison.
Subject
animal
buffalo
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.37
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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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Artist
Unknown
Date
1910
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.40
Description
A large wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Big Horn Sheep
Date
1910
Dimensions
24.5 x 29.0 cm
Description
A large wooden sculpture of a bighorn sheep.
Subject
animal
mountain sheep
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.40
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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.
Subject
botanical
fireweed
animal
butterfly
Credit
Gift of Fern Brewster Dooley, Banff, 1966
Catalogue Number
BlM.13.01
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The Dog and the Hare

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Artist
Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)
Date
1912
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
RaA.03.01
Description
Dog has pipe and walking stick and plaid cap and topcoat, hare has purple bonnet and purse. Signed and dated A. Rackham 1912 brc, signed on mat The Dog & the Hare, Aesop's Fables p.145.
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Artist
Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)
Title
The Dog and the Hare
Date
1912
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
20.8 x 25.2 cm
Description
Dog has pipe and walking stick and plaid cap and topcoat, hare has purple bonnet and purse. Signed and dated A. Rackham 1912 brc, signed on mat The Dog & the Hare, Aesop's Fables p.145.
Subject
animal
dog
hare
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
RaA.03.01
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The Cock and the Jewel

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Artist
Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)
Date
1912
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
RaA.03.02
Description
One cock and three hens in landscape. Beige, blue, black, red colour washes dominant. Signed blc A. Rackham 1912. Pencilled note to engraver at bottom of picture says 6 high with an arrow indicating up. Written on discard backing board said Aesop's Fables-1912 The Cock and the Jewel p. 121
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Artist
Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939, British)
Title
The Cock and the Jewel
Date
1912
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26.6 x 18.3 cm
Description
One cock and three hens in landscape. Beige, blue, black, red colour washes dominant. Signed blc A. Rackham 1912. Pencilled note to engraver at bottom of picture says 6 high with an arrow indicating up. Written on discard backing board said Aesop's Fables-1912 The Cock and the Jewel p. 121
Subject
animal
chicken
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
RaA.03.02
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Ram at Castleguard Camp

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1923
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.05
Description
Colour: brown on white. The frontal view of a ram's head, shoulders and upper part of the front left leg.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Ram at Castleguard Camp
Date
1923
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
9.5 x 15.2 x n/a cm
Description
Colour: brown on white. The frontal view of a ram's head, shoulders and upper part of the front left leg.
Subject
animal
ram
Credit
Gift of anonymous, 1971
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.05
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Moose at Glacier Lake

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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Date
1926
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.04
Description
Colour: brown, yellow. The left profile of a moose head, antlers and shoulders.
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Artist
James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)
Title
Moose at Glacier Lake
Date
1926
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
7.0 x 9.8 cm
Description
Colour: brown, yellow. The left profile of a moose head, antlers and shoulders.
Subject
animal
moose
Credit
Gift of J. Monroe Thorington, Philadelphia, USA, 1969
Catalogue Number
SiJ.05.04
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Umagaesh, from the series Ten Views of Mount Fuji

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Artist
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)
Date
1928
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
YoH.04.01
Description
Colour: charcoal grey, brown, purple. A dark slope slanting down from left to right. Has figures and horses dispersed across the bottom and up the left side. It fills the lower two thirds Behind and beyond is a mountain peak and pink clouded blue sky.
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Artist
Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese)
Title
Umagaesh, from the series Ten Views of Mount Fuji
Date
1928
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
37.4 x 24.7 cm
Description
Colour: charcoal grey, brown, purple. A dark slope slanting down from left to right. Has figures and horses dispersed across the bottom and up the left side. It fills the lower two thirds Behind and beyond is a mountain peak and pink clouded blue sky.
Subject
landscape
mountain
figure
group
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
Catalogue Number
YoH.04.01
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
BeC.04.30
Description
A horse is standing right center on a hill, he stands alert, tail up, looking to his left. two other horses are lightly sketched in just over the hill. A small tree is on the hill, left center. The background shows a faint line of mountains.
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Title
Danger
Date
1928
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
12.5 x 17.6 cm
Description
A horse is standing right center on a hill, he stands alert, tail up, looking to his left. two other horses are lightly sketched in just over the hill. A small tree is on the hill, left center. The background shows a faint line of mountains.
Subject
landscape
mountain
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
Catalogue Number
BeC.04.30
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
coloured graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.303
Description
Fifteen small cartoon sketches of rabbits, a boy, and an elderly man and woman. Drawn in blue pencil crayon.One possible interpretation of some of the sequence of drawings is a young man dreaming of transforming into a rabbit.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1928
Medium
coloured graphite on paper
Dimensions
28.0 x 21.5 cm
Description
Fifteen small cartoon sketches of rabbits, a boy, and an elderly man and woman. Drawn in blue pencil crayon.One possible interpretation of some of the sequence of drawings is a young man dreaming of transforming into a rabbit.
Subject
sketch
cartoon
animal
rabbit
figure
male
female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.303
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.304
Description
Small ink and graphite sketches of cartoon figures, feet, horses, faces, and hands.Insciption: [blc] Dec. 26th/ Canada/ Catharine; [brc in cursive]: Well I wonder [ ...]everything
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1928
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 21.5 cm
Description
Small ink and graphite sketches of cartoon figures, feet, horses, faces, and hands.Insciption: [blc] Dec. 26th/ Canada/ Catharine; [brc in cursive]: Well I wonder [ ...]everything
Subject
sketch
cartoon
animal
horse
figure
male
female
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.304
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
BeC.04.31
Description
A large bull bison stands center left, facing to the right, looking at a skull and rib bones of a buffalo. A long line of bison are sketched going over the hill and into the distance. The bottom half of the picture is a grassy knoll. A faint line of mountain in the background.
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Title
Monarch of the Past
Date
1928
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
12.5 x 17.6 cm
Description
A large bull bison stands center left, facing to the right, looking at a skull and rib bones of a buffalo. A long line of bison are sketched going over the hill and into the distance. The bottom half of the picture is a grassy knoll. A faint line of mountain in the background.
Subject
landscape
mountain
animal
buffalo
Credit
Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
Catalogue Number
BeC.04.31
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Untitled [Saddle Horse]

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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
BeC.03.01
Description
A sketch of a saddled and bridled horse. The horse is facing to right of picture, his tail is tied up, he is standing in snow. A faint drawing of a log house is in centre background, a buffalo skull is over the door. A circle resembling a compass is in bottom right of picture. The reverse of this d…
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Saddle Horse]
Date
1930
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
19.5 x 36.5 cm
Description
A sketch of a saddled and bridled horse. The horse is facing to right of picture, his tail is tied up, he is standing in snow. A faint drawing of a log house is in centre background, a buffalo skull is over the door. A circle resembling a compass is in bottom right of picture. The reverse of this drawing has a pen and ink sketch of an airplane, of WW I vintage, the pilot can be seen in the cockpit.
Subject
animal
horse
architecture
rural
log cabin
Credit
Gift of Les Peters, Great Falls, USA, 1983
Catalogue Number
BeC.03.01
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
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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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
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.
Subject
animal
horse
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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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.430
Description
A brown cabin with white trim is in left centre, another building to the left of it. Mountain in the distance at centre right. Large evergreen trees beside the cabin. Billowy sky. A saddled brown horse is standing near a standing man in the right foreground.
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
At the Yoho Camp
Date
1930
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
30.4 x 30.3 cm
Description
A brown cabin with white trim is in left centre, another building to the left of it. Mountain in the distance at centre right. Large evergreen trees beside the cabin. Billowy sky. A saddled brown horse is standing near a standing man in the right foreground.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
architecture
rural
animal
horse
figure
male
camping
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.01.430
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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
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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Artist
Charles A. Beil (1894 – 1976, Canadian)
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.
Subject
animal
horse
Credit
Gift of Raymond Haimila, Canmore, 1985
Catalogue Number
BeC.06.02
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