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Mt. Sir Donald

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.283

Description: Pencil drawing of a mountain capped with snow. The silhouette of trees act as a screen in the foreground. A hand drawn frame in pencil encircles the drawing.MT. SIR DONALD [centre bottom] CANADIAN ROCKIES [brc]appears to have an erased signature in bottom right corner, with “Pete...” Peter White 1…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mt. Sir Donald

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 29.5 x 21.0 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of a mountain capped with snow. The silhouette of trees act as a screen in the foreground. A hand drawn frame in pencil encircles the drawing.MT. SIR DONALD [centre bottom] CANADIAN ROCKIES [brc]appears to have an erased signature in bottom right corner, with “Pete...” Peter White 1921 [brc, above CANADIAN ROCKIES]

Subject: landscape; mountain; trees

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.283

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.756

Description: A very detailed drawing of Banff United Church in the foreground, with a simple sketch of Rundle Mountain in the background. The image is drawn on stationery paper with “BANFF, ALBERTA CANADA” printed on the right side of the page, near the edge. verso: random lines sketched throughout the page

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 21.0 x 28.0 cm

Description: A very detailed drawing of Banff United Church in the foreground, with a simple sketch of Rundle Mountain in the background. The image is drawn on stationery paper with “BANFF, ALBERTA CANADA” printed on the right side of the page, near the edge. verso: random lines sketched throughout the page

Subject: church; United Church; Banff; Alberta; Canada; Rundle mountain; trees; architecture

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.756

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.763

Description: Detailed sketch of a cabin on the edge of lake that has smoke coming out of the chimney, there is a dead tree to its left and a canoe sitting on the shore by the water. Out on the water there is two people in canoes paddling (all canoes are rockered canoes) about the water. In the background there …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1921

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 14.8 x 21.6 cm

Description: Detailed sketch of a cabin on the edge of lake that has smoke coming out of the chimney, there is a dead tree to its left and a canoe sitting on the shore by the water. Out on the water there is two people in canoes paddling (all canoes are rockered canoes) about the water. In the background there is detailed tree line and mountain range.

Subject: rockered canoe; paddle; people; mountains; lake; water; cabin; smoke; trees

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.763

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.825

Description: There are four separate images being depicted on the paper. The first in the top portion of the paper is a group of twelve tipis at the base of a foothill. The hills roll up behind them, with the Rocky Mountains in the background. There are some people by the tipis, but a group of three people in t…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 19.3 x 25.6 cm

Description: There are four separate images being depicted on the paper. The first in the top portion of the paper is a group of twelve tipis at the base of a foothill. The hills roll up behind them, with the Rocky Mountains in the background. There are some people by the tipis, but a group of three people in the foreground entering the area. In the second drawing on the bottom half of the paper near the left edge is a drawing of a tipi with trees in front of it and a group a person standing in front of the opening to the tipi. In the background there are mountains. In the third drawing to the right of the second is a group of people travelling in a horse caravan. Above them there is a rough sketch of what could be another tipi. In the fourth drawing in the bottom half of the paper near the right edge there is a man driving a wagon. You can see that he is holding the reins, but the team that is leading cannot be seen. verso: in the TLC it says “K22-2” and in the TRC “Flecn 339”

Subject: tipi; teepee; Indigenous; people; man; trees; foothills; mountains; wagon; horses; reigns; team; caravan

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.825

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.837

Description: Two drawings are divided by a fold in the paper. The top half of the paper is a man on skis that are coming together in the back, and he appears to be falling over backwards. One of the poles is pointed in front of him and the other behind his body. In the background there is some trees along the h…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 26.9 x 18.9 cm

Description: Two drawings are divided by a fold in the paper. The top half of the paper is a man on skis that are coming together in the back, and he appears to be falling over backwards. One of the poles is pointed in front of him and the other behind his body. In the background there is some trees along the hill. The drawing on the bottom half of the paper is of a skier that has fallen down. One of his skis and poles is pointing up into the air.

Subject: skiing; skier; skis; poles; winter; sports; hill; snow; people; man; trees; pine trees

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.837

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.846

Description: Two boxed off drawings. The first has rocks in the foreground with one mountain rising up in the mid-ground and then a range of mountains in the background. The second drawing has rocks in the foreground and a lake just past them, and in the background there is mountains. Both drawings are assemble…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.7 x 16.0 cm

Description: Two boxed off drawings. The first has rocks in the foreground with one mountain rising up in the mid-ground and then a range of mountains in the background. The second drawing has rocks in the foreground and a lake just past them, and in the background there is mountains. Both drawings are assembled planer like.

Subject: rocks; mountains; Rocky Mountains; lake; water; trees

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.846

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.847

Description: Boxed off in the top half of the paper is a drawing of a mountain. There is some trees and other vegetation in the foreground, and there may be a water body that is frozen over.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.7 x 16.0 cm

Description: Boxed off in the top half of the paper is a drawing of a mountain. There is some trees and other vegetation in the foreground, and there may be a water body that is frozen over.

Subject: mountain; Rocky Mountains; trees; snow; water; winter; clouds

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.847

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.904

Description: A large long necked dinosaur is stomping it’s way across a landscape. It has knocked down two trees and there is a person running the other away from the feet of the animal. In the background there is a tree to the left of the dinosaur and a trilithon to the right. Written below the drawing “Millio…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 27.5 x 21.3 cm

Description: A large long necked dinosaur is stomping it’s way across a landscape. It has knocked down two trees and there is a person running the other away from the feet of the animal. In the background there is a tree to the left of the dinosaur and a trilithon to the right. Written below the drawing “Millions of year ago I see in imagination, my hairy ancestor -- dodging a dinosaur”