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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.137
Description
Colour: blue, pink, yellow. Central image is a boat with its sail up. The head and shoulders of three figures can be seen in the boat. On the horizon to the right side is another boat. Distant mauve mountains can be seen behind and soft white blue sky above.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Chinese Junk
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
11 x 9 cm
Description
Colour: blue, pink, yellow. Central image is a boat with its sail up. The head and shoulders of three figures can be seen in the boat. On the horizon to the right side is another boat. Distant mauve mountains can be seen behind and soft white blue sky above.
Subject
seascape
transportation
mountains
figures
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.137
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.138
Description
Colour: blue, green, grey. Warm blue water in the lower quarter has three tiny boats on it in the lower right corner. Green and grey hills mark the far shore and a large blue snow capped mountain rises up behind and to the left. Clouds come down around it half way down.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Fujiyama
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
9 x 11 cm
Description
Colour: blue, green, grey. Warm blue water in the lower quarter has three tiny boats on it in the lower right corner. Green and grey hills mark the far shore and a large blue snow capped mountain rises up behind and to the left. Clouds come down around it half way down.
Subject
seascape
mountains
transportation
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.138
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.139
Description
Colour: blue, purple, yellow. In the lower left corner, a section of sail can be seen. In the middleof the water on the lower right side is he frontal view of a boat. Two boats are pulld up to the dock on te left and center halfway up. Purple hills are seen behind and blue sky above.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Junks
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
9 x 11 cm
Description
Colour: blue, purple, yellow. In the lower left corner, a section of sail can be seen. In the middleof the water on the lower right side is he frontal view of a boat. Two boats are pulld up to the dock on te left and center halfway up. Purple hills are seen behind and blue sky above.
Subject
seascape
transportation
mountains
figure
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.139
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Lake O'Hara, Opabin Dome

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.142
Description
Colour: purple, green. The lower edge is blue water. A piece of land with bushes comes out into it from the right side to the center. Behind are green trees which become a purple hill with more green trees on top. At the left side is a pass between the hill and the green slope going off left. In th…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake O'Hara, Opabin Dome
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
9 x 11 cm
Description
Colour: purple, green. The lower edge is blue water. A piece of land with bushes comes out into it from the right side to the center. Behind are green trees which become a purple hill with more green trees on top. At the left side is a pass between the hill and the green slope going off left. In the upper left and right cornes are light purple mountains. Pale blue sky is upper center and left a bit.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.142
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.143
Description
Colour: green, purple blue. In the lower third grass grows along the bottom edge and a row of trees cross form left to right leaving a gap between them at the right side. Behind is a purple blue mountain which rises to the right leaving the upper left area to clouds and sky.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Mount Thompson
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
22.5 x 27.5 cm
Description
Colour: green, purple blue. In the lower third grass grows along the bottom edge and a row of trees cross form left to right leaving a gap between them at the right side. Behind is a purple blue mountain which rises to the right leaving the upper left area to clouds and sky.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.143
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.144
Description
Colour: green, purple, grey brown. There is a green-blue lake at the bottom. Trees on the far shore become grey-brown mountains and in the upper centre area is a glacier on a purple mountain. Blue sky fills the top right edge.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Lake O'Hara
Date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
22.5 x 27.5 cm
Description
Colour: green, purple, grey brown. There is a green-blue lake at the bottom. Trees on the far shore become grey-brown mountains and in the upper centre area is a glacier on a purple mountain. Blue sky fills the top right edge.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
lake
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.144
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Jim White's House at Nash's Creek

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.148
Description
Colour: green, blue. Central image is a building with an addition on the back and two chimneys. There is grass in front. Trees behind to the left and one to the right in the distance. Pale blue sky is above.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Jim White's House at Nash's Creek
Date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
27 x 21.9 cm
Description
Colour: green, blue. Central image is a building with an addition on the back and two chimneys. There is grass in front. Trees behind to the left and one to the right in the distance. Pale blue sky is above.
Subject
building, house
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.148
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.149
Description
Colour: green, grey, blue. The lower area is a river running from the lower right corner up left to center. Snow banks on either side give way to a rocky hillside on the left and a row of trees to the right. Behind in the centre is a treed slope going right to mountain and left to a distant mountai…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Below Bow Falls
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
21.6 x 16.8 cm
Description
Colour: green, grey, blue. The lower area is a river running from the lower right corner up left to center. Snow banks on either side give way to a rocky hillside on the left and a row of trees to the right. Behind in the centre is a treed slope going right to mountain and left to a distant mountain. Blue sky along the top.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountains
falls
winter
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.149
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The Waterfall Below Oesa

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.013
Description
Colour: blue, purple. In the lower half, a waterfall cascade over a rock cliff (left of center). Behind, purple mountains rise and blue sky with three clouds fill in the top.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
The Waterfall Below Oesa
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
76.5 x 63.5 cm
Description
Colour: blue, purple. In the lower half, a waterfall cascade over a rock cliff (left of center). Behind, purple mountains rise and blue sky with three clouds fill in the top.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
lake
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.013
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Stoney Camp at Sunset

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.016
Description
Colour: grey, blue, green, orange. From each side teepees are situated; five on the left and eight on the right going into the distance to a point left of center, where the central space meets the hills behind. Groups of figures and dogs sit or stand around at the entrances to the teepees. There is…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Stoney Camp at Sunset
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
43 x 102 cm
Description
Colour: grey, blue, green, orange. From each side teepees are situated; five on the left and eight on the right going into the distance to a point left of center, where the central space meets the hills behind. Groups of figures and dogs sit or stand around at the entrances to the teepees. There is a larger group sitting in a circle at the lower edge in the center. The blue sky is heavy with streaks of orange and grey clouds filling the upper half of the picture.
Subject
landscape
Canadian Rockies
mountain
camp
figure
group
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.016
Notes
Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1950 – 1957
Medium
oil on masonite
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.566
Description
A sketch or unfinished painting of a ring of nine teepees. The teepee in the foreground, viewer’s right, is the largest, has inside firelight and shadows visible. The teepee, in the foreground, viewer’s left, is partially visible, with shadows and light from within visible. There are two figures in…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Camp at Dusk
Date
1950 – 1957
Medium
oil on masonite
Dimensions
27.0 x 71.0 cm
Description
A sketch or unfinished painting of a ring of nine teepees. The teepee in the foreground, viewer’s right, is the largest, has inside firelight and shadows visible. The teepee, in the foreground, viewer’s left, is partially visible, with shadows and light from within visible. There are two figures in the foreground, one in red, and one in blue and yellow and suggestions of others in the background. There is a low blue sky dusk descending overhead.
Subject
landscape
camp
teepee
figure
group
Peter Whyte
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.566
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Banff Indian Days Camp

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil and mixed media on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.040
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Banff Indian Days Camp
Date
1930 – 1940
Medium
oil and mixed media on canvas
Dimensions
53.4 x 63.7 cm
Subject
landscape
mountains
camp
teepees
figure
group
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.040
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1931 – 1932
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.048
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Self Portrait
Date
1931 – 1932
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
53.5 x 43.2 cm
Subject
portrait
male
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.048
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.080
Description
Landscape with valley from above, framed by two low trees at left and two tall trees at right. Colourful buildings in foreground with brown fields in centre of painting. Snowy blue mountains in background. “PETER WHYTE” in red bottom right corner.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Oil Painting
Date
n.d.
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
26.5 x 34.0 cm
Description
Landscape with valley from above, framed by two low trees at left and two tall trees at right. Colourful buildings in foreground with brown fields in centre of painting. Snowy blue mountains in background. “PETER WHYTE” in red bottom right corner.
Subject
mountains
Banff
town
Credit
Gift of Dorothy H. Wardle, Sidney, 1976
Catalogue Number
WyP.02.080
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1930
Medium
ink; graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.05
Description
A sketchbook with a black spine and pressed paper cover in black and white. There is a white rectangular label with “Peter Whyte Banff” written in graphite pencil. It contains several black and white and coloured sketches done by Peter Whyte of various subjects including people, places, structures,…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1930 – 1930
Medium
ink; graphite on paper
Dimensions
26 x 20.2 cm
Description
A sketchbook with a black spine and pressed paper cover in black and white. There is a white rectangular label with “Peter Whyte Banff” written in graphite pencil. It contains several black and white and coloured sketches done by Peter Whyte of various subjects including people, places, structures, and transports (mostly ships) from trips through Asia, Africa, and Hawaii taken during 1930.
Subject
sketching
drawing
figure studies
ships
Asia
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.05
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928 – 1928
Medium
ink; graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.06
Description
A sketchbook with a black spine and pressed paper cover in black and white. There is a white rectangle label with “SKETCHES BANFF 1928” written in black ink. It contains several colour sketches that have been cut out of a different sketchbook and pasted in to this one. The last two sketches have no…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
SKETCHES BANFF 1928
Date
1928 – 1928
Medium
ink; graphite on paper
Dimensions
25.8 x 20.2 cm
Description
A sketchbook with a black spine and pressed paper cover in black and white. There is a white rectangle label with “SKETCHES BANFF 1928” written in black ink. It contains several colour sketches that have been cut out of a different sketchbook and pasted in to this one. The last two sketches have not been attached. Subjects are figure studies of Mounties, cowboys, climbers, Indigenous Peoples, soldiers, Asian people, and skiers.
Subject
sketching
drawing
figure studies
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.06
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1928 – 1928
Medium
ink; graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.07
Description
A sketchbook with possible pressed paper cover wrapped in green fabric. Has “Sketches” printed in dark red cursive on the front cover and a 5 cm long fabric loop attached to the bottom edge of the back cover, most likely to hold a pencil. It contains several black and white ink sketches of Mounties…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1928 – 1928
Medium
ink; graphite on paper
Dimensions
23.6 x 28.5 cm
Description
A sketchbook with possible pressed paper cover wrapped in green fabric. Has “Sketches” printed in dark red cursive on the front cover and a 5 cm long fabric loop attached to the bottom edge of the back cover, most likely to hold a pencil. It contains several black and white ink sketches of Mounties and rodeo cowboys mostly on horseback, as well as one bull rider, Indigenous Peoples, and rough sketches done in graphite.
Subject
sketches
figure studies
Mounties
rodeo
Indigenous Peoples
horses
Peter Whyte
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.07
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
n.d.
Medium
pen on paper; card
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.962
Description
A pen sketch of Whyte Home with mountains in the background and trees in the foreground. Drawn in an illustrative style. Back mountain is drawn in blue pen. Above the sketch “REDUCE ??? 1/2” in blue coloured pencil. BRC of drawing “P.W.”Back - a red stamp that reads “CRAIG & CANYON, BANFF, ALTA.”
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
n.d.
Medium
pen on paper; card
Dimensions
19.3 x 28.7 cm
Description
A pen sketch of Whyte Home with mountains in the background and trees in the foreground. Drawn in an illustrative style. Back mountain is drawn in blue pen. Above the sketch “REDUCE ??? 1/2” in blue coloured pencil. BRC of drawing “P.W.”Back - a red stamp that reads “CRAIG & CANYON, BANFF, ALTA.”
Subject
whyte home
peter whyte
banff
mountains
trees
building
illustration
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.962
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1940 – 1960
Medium
graphite; watercolour; on paper;
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.01
Description
Spiral-bound sketchbook with brown thick card stock covers that belonged to Peter Whyte. Printed on the front cover is “The Beverly Spiral Sketch Book, (Rough Surface), For Pencil, Watercolors, Crayon and Ink, M” in dark brown. Sketches feature Christmas card ideas, figure studies, teepee interiors…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1940 – 1960
Medium
graphite; watercolour; on paper;
Dimensions
30.5 x 22.4 cm
Description
Spiral-bound sketchbook with brown thick card stock covers that belonged to Peter Whyte. Printed on the front cover is “The Beverly Spiral Sketch Book, (Rough Surface), For Pencil, Watercolors, Crayon and Ink, M” in dark brown. Sketches feature Christmas card ideas, figure studies, teepee interiors, rows of teepees with people in front/around them, animals, a house [done in watercolour paints, possibly by a child named Ian], and the funeral of Chief David Bearspaw, 1956. Some pages appear to have been torn from other sketchbooks and inserted in this one - there are also smaller papers of sketches folded up and tucked between the pages.
Subject
painting
drawing
Peter Whyte
David Bearspaw
Indigenous Peoples
Stoney Nakoda
Christmas;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.01
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1910 – 1920
Medium
on paper; card;
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.964
Description
A handmade portfolio with “ART” written in black ink across the cover underneath a rectangular watercolour painting of a sailboat with pink and green rocks on the right-hand edge, black hills in the background, and “Lila” signed in the bottom left corner. The painting is bordered in black ink. The …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Art
Date
1910 – 1920
Medium
on paper; card;
Dimensions
33.5 x 25.8 cm
Description
A handmade portfolio with “ART” written in black ink across the cover underneath a rectangular watercolour painting of a sailboat with pink and green rocks on the right-hand edge, black hills in the background, and “Lila” signed in the bottom left corner. The painting is bordered in black ink. The pieces of the portfolio are made of green-grey paper wrapped around a piece of cardstock, sealed on the inside with a decorative page consisting of hand-drawn black and yellow hexagons with simple floral designs inside them. The covers are held together with a length of red cord wound through three holes punched along one edge. There is an additional hole punched in the middle of the open edge.
Subject
art supplies
paintings
drawings
Peter Whyte
Lila White;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.964
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