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Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter ‘47

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1947

Medium: ink; coloured inks; watercolours on paper; card

Catalogue Number: WyP.04.39

Description: Final print of Christmas Card, depicting a woman (Catharine?) on the interior door of the Whyte home looking at all the animals gathered outside which include: a moose, a deer, a coyote, a fox, a squirrel, and some birds. Above the scene is text that reads: “SEASONS GREETINGS”. On the bottom left …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter ‘47

Date: 1947

Medium: ink; coloured inks; watercolours on paper; card

Dimensions: 10.9 x 16.3 cm

Description: Final print of Christmas Card, depicting a woman (Catharine?) on the interior door of the Whyte home looking at all the animals gathered outside which include: a moose, a deer, a coyote, a fox, a squirrel, and some birds. Above the scene is text that reads: “SEASONS GREETINGS”. On the bottom left corner text reads: “CATHARINE AND PETER”. BRC Peter’s signature and “‘47”See WyP.03.718 and WyP.03.960 for previous tester and versions.

Subject: card; Christmas; animals; peter whyte; whyte home; catharine whyte; holidays

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.04.39

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https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.27

Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1940

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.27

Description: Light blue river in foreground, coursing to background of trees and mountains. Green and brown banks to either side, tall evergreens on the right, smaller ones on the left. Mauve, blue and green mountains to the mid centre left. A light blue sky.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1940

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 10.7 x 16.2 cm

Description: Light blue river in foreground, coursing to background of trees and mountains. Green and brown banks to either side, tall evergreens on the right, smaller ones on the left. Mauve, blue and green mountains to the mid centre left. A light blue sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; card; Christmas; river

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

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.27

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https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.21

Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.21

Description: This is a Christmas card, greeting and signature in brc. Green and blue foreground with two people standing off to the left looking at the moon high in the night sky. A blue and white mountain range is far in the distance. To the right is a brown cliff.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1946

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 8.0 x 12.2 cm

Description: This is a Christmas card, greeting and signature in brc. Green and blue foreground with two people standing off to the left looking at the moon high in the night sky. A blue and white mountain range is far in the distance. To the right is a brown cliff.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; figure; people; winter; card; Christmas

Credit: Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.21

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https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsij.05.28

Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Date: 1942

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: SiJ.05.28

Description: This is a hand painted Christmas card. A meadow in the foreground with a stand of trees and bushes mid centre and the greeting itself on the far right. More trees, a stream and a mountain range in the backgound. Light cloudy sky.

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Artist: James (Sr.) Simpson (1877 – 1972, Canadian)

Title: Untitled

Date: 1942

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 10.0 x 12.5 cm

Description: This is a hand painted Christmas card. A meadow in the foreground with a stand of trees and bushes mid centre and the greeting itself on the far right. More trees, a stream and a mountain range in the backgound. Light cloudy sky.