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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 359
- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 203
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 36
- Clive Baxter ( – 1980, Canadian) 2
- Alexander Young Jackson (1882 – 1974, Canadian) 1
- George Bertrand Mitchell (1872 – 1966, American) 1
- Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian) 1
- Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian) 1
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal, brass; enamel
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0084
- Description
- A lidded, cylindrical brass container. The box is decorated with a raised floral design with an enameled background. “Made in India” is stamped on the base.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- metal, brass; enamel
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 6.0 x 6.0 cm
- Description
- A lidded, cylindrical brass container. The box is decorated with a raised floral design with an enameled background. “Made in India” is stamped on the base.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0084
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- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0131
- Description
- A rectangular, possibly mahogany, wooden box with a hinged lid. There is fancy brass inlay on the lid, and the bottom corners on the box are also finished with brass. The outside wood surface is cracking.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1910 – 1940
- Material
- wood; metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 5.0 x 10.7 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- A rectangular, possibly mahogany, wooden box with a hinged lid. There is fancy brass inlay on the lid, and the bottom corners on the box are also finished with brass. The outside wood surface is cracking.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0131
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- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- bark, birch
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0149
- Description
- A round birch bark basket made from the brown underbark of the birch sewn together with dyed strips of bark through pre-punched holes. The lid has a circle of light birchbark with notched edges sewn to the top with large X-stitching.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1940 – 1950
- Material
- bark, birch
- Dimensions
- 12.0 cm
- Description
- A round birch bark basket made from the brown underbark of the birch sewn together with dyed strips of bark through pre-punched holes. The lid has a circle of light birchbark with notched edges sewn to the top with large X-stitching.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0149
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0186
- Description
- Woven lattice basketry in brown, black, and natural (beige). Hinged by wire at two points, for the lid.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre; metal
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 13.0 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Woven lattice basketry in brown, black, and natural (beige). Hinged by wire at two points, for the lid.
- Subject
- households
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0186
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- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0200
- Description
- A lathe-turned round-dish, flat-bottomed box with a domed, lapping lid which fits flushly over a flange on the box body. Box and lid are painted a boxcar red and decorated with designs of circles and flowers, varnish over paint has oxidized. Interior of box has been painted a dark green.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1850 – 1900
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 6.3 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- A lathe-turned round-dish, flat-bottomed box with a domed, lapping lid which fits flushly over a flange on the box body. Box and lid are painted a boxcar red and decorated with designs of circles and flowers, varnish over paint has oxidized. Interior of box has been painted a dark green.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0200
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- Date
- 1945 – 1945
- Material
- stone
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0201
- Description
- A hand-carved, well-made, lidded box carved from soft Rocky Mountain marble. The box has a front and a back. The front has bevelled corners, whereas the back has square corners. The box interior has rounded corners and the lid fits smoothly and flushly into the cutout. Base is felted with green fel…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1945 – 1945
- Material
- stone
- Dimensions
- 4.3 x 5.7 x 9.2 cm
- Description
- A hand-carved, well-made, lidded box carved from soft Rocky Mountain marble. The box has a front and a back. The front has bevelled corners, whereas the back has square corners. The box interior has rounded corners and the lid fits smoothly and flushly into the cutout. Base is felted with green felt. The marble is black, streaked with white.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0201
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- Date
- 1910 – 1935
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0222
- Description
- Lidded red wooden box with black interiors. Relief carved scene of two robed men, one of whom (at right) is pointing out something to the left. Sides of lid and box covered with shallow relief carved geometric diamond pattern. “China” stamped on base.
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1910 – 1935
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 7.0 x 13.0 cm
- Description
- Lidded red wooden box with black interiors. Relief carved scene of two robed men, one of whom (at right) is pointing out something to the left. Sides of lid and box covered with shallow relief carved geometric diamond pattern. “China” stamped on base.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0222
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- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- bark; quill; grass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0266
- Description
- A flat-based, straight-sided birchbark box with smooth, flush, overfitting lid. Walls decorated with pink and white porcupine quills, and walls of lid similarly decorated. The top of the lid is decorated with an overlapped pattern of brown and white quills in a floral motif, with "stamens" of green…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Material
- bark; quill; grass
- Dimensions
- 6.2 x 7.5 cm
- Description
- A flat-based, straight-sided birchbark box with smooth, flush, overfitting lid. Walls decorated with pink and white porcupine quills, and walls of lid similarly decorated. The top of the lid is decorated with an overlapped pattern of brown and white quills in a floral motif, with "stamens" of green quills bursting from the centre. About 5% of the quills are loose at one end, some quills lost. Thread which binds grass to rim of lid has frayed severely. Box contains six quartz crystals.
- Subject
- households
- Indigenous
- decorative
- quillwork
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0266
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- Date
- 1940 – 1957
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0314
- Description
- Unvarnished, hand carved box, lid inset inside box rim, unhinged. Box is flat based with sides sitting on base edge, exterior roughly carved, inside straight sided. Lid French Canadian rural scene with man in horse drawn sleigh. Torn sticker that was removed indicated Canadian manufacture. Dark sta…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1940 – 1957
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 5.2 x 11.0 x 24.3 cm
- Description
- Unvarnished, hand carved box, lid inset inside box rim, unhinged. Box is flat based with sides sitting on base edge, exterior roughly carved, inside straight sided. Lid French Canadian rural scene with man in horse drawn sleigh. Torn sticker that was removed indicated Canadian manufacture. Dark stain at horse's head. Carved on lid is "Ardin"(?)
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- animal
- horse
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0314
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- Date
- 1918 – 1919
- Material
- wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1012
- Description
- Siberian box, hand-carved for Ulysse LaCasse,lid carved in relief of flower branches, "Vladivostok/Siberia 1918-1919./U. LaCasse" against textured background, rectangular box with flat ends and rounded sides like a flattened cylinder, carved of solid piece of wood, lid hinged with small metal pins …
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1918 – 1919
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 3.0 x 8.4 x 12.3 cm
- Description
- Siberian box, hand-carved for Ulysse LaCasse,lid carved in relief of flower branches, "Vladivostok/Siberia 1918-1919./U. LaCasse" against textured background, rectangular box with flat ends and rounded sides like a flattened cylinder, carved of solid piece of wood, lid hinged with small metal pins each side, interior of lid carved with curling hunting horn and "260" carved below it.
- Subject
- souvenirs
- Russia
- Ulysse LaCasse
- Credit
- Gift of Ulysse LaCasse, Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.1012
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- Date
- 1910 – 1915
- Material
- paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0046
- Description
- Tall round cardboard box with box-type lid; delicately painted with watercolours over textured paper covering box and lid; four panels around sides contain painted flower sprays separated from alternating, wider panels painted with polka dots of lights blue; lid contains similar sprays of flowers a…
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- Title
- Trinket Box
- Date
- 1910 – 1915
- Material
- paper
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- Tall round cardboard box with box-type lid; delicately painted with watercolours over textured paper covering box and lid; four panels around sides contain painted flower sprays separated from alternating, wider panels painted with polka dots of lights blue; lid contains similar sprays of flowers around side separated by light blue festoons of ribbons, and light blue polka dots on top, edges and lines separating panels painted with gold.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.0046
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Untitled [Airplane Bombing]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbxc.03.01
- Date
- 1943
- Medium
- graphite; crayon on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BxC.03.01
- Description
- General colour: red, blue and pencil on yellowing paper. A small plane flying to the right over water, dumps a load of bundles on a ship at left. Other ships can be seen in the distance right.
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- Title
- Untitled [Airplane Bombing]
- Date
- 1943
- Medium
- graphite; crayon on paper
- Dimensions
- 10.7 x 18.4 cm
- Description
- General colour: red, blue and pencil on yellowing paper. A small plane flying to the right over water, dumps a load of bundles on a ship at left. Other ships can be seen in the distance right.
- Subject
- transportation
- airplane
- ship
- Credit
- Gift of H. (Mrs.) T. Montgomery, Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- BxC.03.01
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Untitled [War at Sea]
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- Date
- 1948
- Medium
- graphite; crayon on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BxC.03.02
- Description
- General colour: blue and red pencil on yellowing pape. Lower center is a ship. Above it to the left is a plane being blown up by two rocket guns at the right side. There is another ship in the distance lower right and another plane in the distance upper right of enter.Montgomery, Son of Beverly Bax…
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- Title
- Untitled [War at Sea]
- Date
- 1948
- Medium
- graphite; crayon on paper
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 18.0 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue and red pencil on yellowing pape. Lower center is a ship. Above it to the left is a plane being blown up by two rocket guns at the right side. There is another ship in the distance lower right and another plane in the distance upper right of enter.Montgomery, Son of Beverly Baxter, British Statesman.
- Subject
- transportation
- airplane
- war
- Credit
- Gift of H. (Mrs.) T. Montgomery, Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- BxC.03.02
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Old Road and Tree
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- Date
- 1910 – 1931
- Medium
- graphite on paper board
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.001
- Description
- Landscape, tree at left from top to bottom road crossing diagonally from left to right and disappearing. Rock-like shape at top right quarter. Writing on back.
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- Title
- Old Road and Tree
- Date
- 1910 – 1931
- Medium
- graphite on paper board
- Dimensions
- 19.5 x 24 cm
- Description
- Landscape, tree at left from top to bottom road crossing diagonally from left to right and disappearing. Rock-like shape at top right quarter. Writing on back.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1982
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.001
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- Date
- prior to 1931
- Medium
- graphite on paper board
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.029
- Description
- Appears to be a coastal scene with cliffs in the forground looking out over the water, there is a few small tree here. - out on the water is a upcropping of lone rock.“A coast scene sketched from a bluff, this is in an earlier coarser style of Collings.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalo…
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- Title
- Berry Head
- Date
- prior to 1931
- Medium
- graphite on paper board
- Dimensions
- 19 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Appears to be a coastal scene with cliffs in the forground looking out over the water, there is a few small tree here. - out on the water is a upcropping of lone rock.“A coast scene sketched from a bluff, this is in an earlier coarser style of Collings.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.029
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Houses with Twin Trees
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- Date
- prior to 1931
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.030
- Description
- Scene of a house with two trees in the immediate forground to the right and left of center. - further behind is a house which fills the space between the two trees and as far as the right edge. - two windows and a door on the immediate front, and a window and door on the side.
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- Title
- Houses with Twin Trees
- Date
- prior to 1931
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 19 x 25 cm
- Description
- Scene of a house with two trees in the immediate forground to the right and left of center. - further behind is a house which fills the space between the two trees and as far as the right edge. - two windows and a door on the immediate front, and a window and door on the side.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.030
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Bennalt Portage
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- Date
- prior to 1931
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.031
- Description
- Scene with mountains in the background and a bridge leading across a river below this to the below right of center there is a building at the right end of the bridge just behind.
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- Title
- Bennalt Portage
- Date
- prior to 1931
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 26 cm
- Description
- Scene with mountains in the background and a bridge leading across a river below this to the below right of center there is a building at the right end of the bridge just behind.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.031
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- Date
- prior to 1931
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.032
- Description
- Mountain scene with surrounding mountains and a valley lake. - appears to be something man-made stretching across the lake from forground to the background.
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- Title
- At Glacier
- Date
- prior to 1931
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20 x 26 cm
- Description
- Mountain scene with surrounding mountains and a valley lake. - appears to be something man-made stretching across the lake from forground to the background.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.032
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Steep Valley, Glacier
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- Date
- prior to 1931
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.033
- Description
- Mountain scene with three mountains one in the middle distance, the second closest to the right, and the third to the left. - there is lake or stream in the middle forground of the mountains with trees surrounding it.
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- Title
- Steep Valley, Glacier
- Date
- prior to 1931
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 20 x 26 cm
- Description
- Mountain scene with three mountains one in the middle distance, the second closest to the right, and the third to the left. - there is lake or stream in the middle forground of the mountains with trees surrounding it.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.033
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Garden Homes of B.C.
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- Date
- prior to 1931
- Medium
- graphite on cardboard package
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.034
- Description
- Scene of a pathway or road with tail slim trees on either side reaching up to the top edge where they disappear. - darkly shaded grey areas on the trees. - a blue spot of pigment 15.5cm from the br. along that edge.
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- Title
- Garden Homes of B.C.
- Date
- prior to 1931
- Medium
- graphite on cardboard package
- Dimensions
- 26 x 20.5 cm
- Description
- Scene of a pathway or road with tail slim trees on either side reaching up to the top edge where they disappear. - darkly shaded grey areas on the trees. - a blue spot of pigment 15.5cm from the br. along that edge.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.034
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