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Seal Group of 4
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.16 a-d
- Description
- Group of seals carved from light green stone. (a) Irregular shaped base 1.2 high, has carved edges. On this base is a seal 3.0 x 6.0 x 3.5. (b) 2.6x7.2x2.5, lying on left side (c) 2.5 x6.0 x 3.5 lying on belly (d) 2.5 x 6.5 x 3.3 lying on belly. All have carved fins and tails, facial features…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Seal Group of 4
- Date
- 1962
- Description
- Group of seals carved from light green stone. (a) Irregular shaped base 1.2 high, has carved edges. On this base is a seal 3.0 x 6.0 x 3.5. (b) 2.6x7.2x2.5, lying on left side (c) 2.5 x6.0 x 3.5 lying on belly (d) 2.5 x 6.5 x 3.3 lying on belly. All have carved fins and tails, facial features inscribed.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.16 a-d
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Going to the Sundance
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.02.021
- Date
- 1957
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.021
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, black, white. A wagon pulled by horses, a rider and horse and aother wagon move from left to right on a trail through green prairie grass. The blue sky above has three large clouds.
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- Title
- Going to the Sundance
- Date
- 1957
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Dimensions
- 91.8 x 181.2 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, blue, black, white. A wagon pulled by horses, a rider and horse and aother wagon move from left to right on a trail through green prairie grass. The blue sky above has three large clouds.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.021
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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.938
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.938
- Description
- A Christmas card design of a group of vehicles in a convoy travelling down a road to the mountains. The last car is filled with a group of animals, and beside this vehicle there is a post with a bunch of signs pointing to directions to different cities. These signs say “HOMER, FAIRBANKS, EDMONTON, …
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- Title
- Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.2 x 28.6 cm
- Description
- A Christmas card design of a group of vehicles in a convoy travelling down a road to the mountains. The last car is filled with a group of animals, and beside this vehicle there is a post with a bunch of signs pointing to directions to different cities. These signs say “HOMER, FAIRBANKS, EDMONTON, DAWSON CITY, BANFF, ANCHORAGE, VALDEZ, WHITEHORSE, FORT ST. JOHN, AND SEWARD”. The licence plate on the last vehicle says “B.N.P. 1956 CANADA”. While below the drawing it says “SEASONS GREETINGS CATHARINE AND PETER”. Around the edges of the drawing it says “6 inches” and “3 3/4”
- Subject
- travel
- driving
- vehicle
- car
- Christmas card
- sign
- mountain
- Rocky Mountain
- animal
- moose
- bird
- bear
- deer
- wolf
- rabbit
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.938
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Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.936
- 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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Season’s Greetings Peter and Catharine
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.937
- 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
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.04.36
- 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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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
- 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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- 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.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.303
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- 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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- 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
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.304
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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.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.37
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Mountain Sheep
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.06.38
- 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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Big Horn Sheep
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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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The Battle of Cressy
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.04.03
- 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.”
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.04.03
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St. Nicholas Peak, Corral at Bow Lake
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.109
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.109
- Description
- Colour: green, grey. The foreground is green with one tree in it. A grey fence crosses one third up. Evergreens stand behind it - the larger of them at the center and right side. Green hills can be seen in the background giving way to purple grey mountains in the distance. One peak can be see on th…
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- Title
- St. Nicholas Peak, Corral at Bow Lake
- Date
- 1945 – 1960
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, grey. The foreground is green with one tree in it. A grey fence crosses one third up. Evergreens stand behind it - the larger of them at the center and right side. Green hills can be seen in the background giving way to purple grey mountains in the distance. One peak can be see on the left side. Grey blue sky is beyond.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- animal
- horse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.109
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Corral at Bow Lake
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- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.003
- Description
- Colour: green, grey, blue. In the foreground there are a few trees and grass which meet a fence one third up. At the gate on the right side stands a figure. Behind the fence is a cabin left and trees left and right allowing the turquoise lake in the distance to appear left of center. The mountain p…
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- Title
- Corral at Bow Lake
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 51 x 40.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, grey, blue. In the foreground there are a few trees and grass which meet a fence one third up. At the gate on the right side stands a figure. Behind the fence is a cabin left and trees left and right allowing the turquoise lake in the distance to appear left of center. The mountain peak beyond has snow on it and meets sky left of center in the upper area. Sky is clouded.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.003
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On the Way to Indian Days
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- Date
- 1952 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.020
- Description
- Colour: blue, green, yellow, black. The lower two thirds is long yellow and green grass. Where the blue sky meets the grass there is a caravan of horses and wagons. Seven horses and riders on the left side moving right and one wagon center and one wagon right pulled by two horses each and piled hig…
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- Title
- On the Way to Indian Days
- Date
- 1952 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 51.1 x 150.8 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, green, yellow, black. The lower two thirds is long yellow and green grass. Where the blue sky meets the grass there is a caravan of horses and wagons. Seven horses and riders on the left side moving right and one wagon center and one wagon right pulled by two horses each and piled high with baggage and people. At the very front on the right side runs a little black dog.
- Subject
- landscape
- figure
- group
- transportation
- animal
- horse
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.020
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Untitled [Ceramic Horse-type Figure]
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- ceramic; glaze
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.88
- Description
- A brown, two-headed horse-like figurine with a small figure in a saddle on the horse’s back. Lighter areas are visible where glaze was not applied. The head of the figure in the saddle appears to be chipped or broken. Blue patches of glaze can be seen all over. Symbols appear to have been marke…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Untitled [Ceramic Horse-type Figure]
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- ceramic; glaze
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 9.5 x 4.0 cm
- Description
- A brown, two-headed horse-like figurine with a small figure in a saddle on the horse’s back. Lighter areas are visible where glaze was not applied. The head of the figure in the saddle appears to be chipped or broken. Blue patches of glaze can be seen all over. Symbols appear to have been marked on the horse prior to firing.
- Credit
- Gift of Harold C. Whyte, Penticton, 2002
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.88
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.06
- Description
- ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- The Bird Tree
- Date
- 1880 – 1900
- Dimensions
- 20.8 x 4.7 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- ornately carved ivory sculpture of a man and a bird under a tree.
- Subject
- figure, male
- animal
- mythological
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.06
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.30
- Description
- standing otter; front and back feet pointing foreward, head up; features defined as well as ears; eyes, nostrils and mouth black; tail straight back; natural striped colouring, white and ivory seam runs full length from chin between legs and belly, continues top of tail.
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Otter
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Dimensions
- 2.9 x 13.7 cm
- Description
- standing otter; front and back feet pointing foreward, head up; features defined as well as ears; eyes, nostrils and mouth black; tail straight back; natural striped colouring, white and ivory seam runs full length from chin between legs and belly, continues top of tail.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.06.30
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