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Caribou Highway & Merritt
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- Date
- 1938
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.09.12
- Description
- a small note/sketchbook with no front cover “Caribou Highway & Merritt 1938” printed in black watercolour.photos only up to # 8 see sketchbook for subsequent drawings
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- Title
- Caribou Highway & Merritt
- Date
- 1938
- Dimensions
- 11.5 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- a small note/sketchbook with no front cover “Caribou Highway & Merritt 1938” printed in black watercolour.photos only up to # 8 see sketchbook for subsequent drawings
- Subject
- landscape
- water
- mountains
- buildings
- Ernest Lamarque
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Lamarque (Estate), 1971
- Catalogue Number
- LaE.09.12
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- Date
- 1928 – 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.15
- Description
- Sketchbook wrapped in brown paper secured to the inside of the covers [most likely done by Peter as the original cover can be seen through tears in the paper] with “SKETCHES, Peter Whyte, BANFF ALBERTA CANADA” written in black ink on the front cover. Contents include sketches mostly of people [incl…
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- Title
- Sketches
- Date
- 1928 – 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 26.1 x 20.1 cm
- Description
- Sketchbook wrapped in brown paper secured to the inside of the covers [most likely done by Peter as the original cover can be seen through tears in the paper] with “SKETCHES, Peter Whyte, BANFF ALBERTA CANADA” written in black ink on the front cover. Contents include sketches mostly of people [including children, Mounties, women, golfers, climbers, cowboys, and Indigenous People], caricatures, horses, and portraits.
- Subject
- drawing
- sketching
- portrait
- caricature
- horses
- women
- children
- automobiles
- Indigenous Peoples
- Peter Whyte
- Catharine Robb Whyte;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.15
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SKETCHES BANFF 1928
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- 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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- 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
- Guy Wesley
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WeG.09.01a-p
- Description
- pencil sketches on paper sixteen sketches a-p various sizes
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- Artist
- Guy Wesley
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.3 x 22.8 cm
- Description
- pencil sketches on paper sixteen sketches a-p various sizes
- Credit
- Gift of Gordon E Lock, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WeG.09.01a-p
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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.07
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- Date
- 1926 – 1926
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.08
- Description
- A sketchbook with a possible pressed paper cover wrapped in green fabric. Has “Sketches” printed in dark red script 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. There is a coloured sticker of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebe…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1926 – 1926
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- A sketchbook with a possible pressed paper cover wrapped in green fabric. Has “Sketches” printed in dark red script 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. There is a coloured sticker of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec on the inside of the front cover and a hand-written note about the sketchbook’s contents written by Pete on the first page. It contains several black and white sketches of bands/musicians, tourists and tourism-related topics focussed primarily on Lake Louise, cowboys, camps, climbing, and graphite sketches of figures.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.08
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- Date
- ca. 1941 – 1942
- Medium
- watercolour; ink; pencil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- RbC.09.01
- Description
- A black coil bound sketchbook. Inside the front cover “Cliff Robinson 1009-13 Ave West, Calgary. Morley, Alta” has been written in ink. The sketchbook contains ink, watercolour, and pencil works that illustrate rural scenes [Morley/Mini Thni], studies of plants and animals, buildings, tipis, a sund…
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- Title
- untitled
- Date
- ca. 1941 – 1942
- Medium
- watercolour; ink; pencil on paper
- Dimensions
- 31.0 x 25.0 cm
- Description
- A black coil bound sketchbook. Inside the front cover “Cliff Robinson 1009-13 Ave West, Calgary. Morley, Alta” has been written in ink. The sketchbook contains ink, watercolour, and pencil works that illustrate rural scenes [Morley/Mini Thni], studies of plants and animals, buildings, tipis, a sundance lodge, RCMP Barracks, Haida symbols, Loose linocuts of villages, a church have been placed between pages. Near the back is a letter to members of the Society of Canadian Painter-etchers and Engravers and a list of paintings exhibited by the Art Gallery of Toronto April 11 - May 3 1942
- Credit
- Gift of Ron Robinson, Nelson, 2023
- Catalogue Number
- RbC.09.01
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- Date
- 1920 – 1935
- Medium
- graphite; ink; watercolour on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.02
- Description
- A grey fabric-bound sketchbook with “Sketches” [cursive] embossed in burgundy on the front cover and a small fabric pencil sleeve attached to the inside of the back cover that belonged to Peter Whyte. The original pages of the sketchbook seem to have been removed at some point - the book is full of…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1920 – 1935
- Medium
- graphite; ink; watercolour on paper;
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 35.9 cm
- Description
- A grey fabric-bound sketchbook with “Sketches” [cursive] embossed in burgundy on the front cover and a small fabric pencil sleeve attached to the inside of the back cover that belonged to Peter Whyte. The original pages of the sketchbook seem to have been removed at some point - the book is full of loose pieces of paper, some of which may be original to the sketchbook. Sketches feature figure studies, cars, wildlife, and graded sampler sheets done by Peter as part of his coursework at the Boston School of Fine Art.
- Subject
- painting
- drawing
- Peter Whyte;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.02
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Medium
- graphite; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.13
- Description
- Flipbook-style sketchbook with marbled brown and beige covers bound with black fabric tape along the short top edge. A paper sticker adhered to the middle of the front cover has “PW BANFF” written in graphite. Contents include figure studies of people in various poses and participating in various a…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Medium
- graphite; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 19.8 x 12.5 cm
- Description
- Flipbook-style sketchbook with marbled brown and beige covers bound with black fabric tape along the short top edge. A paper sticker adhered to the middle of the front cover has “PW BANFF” written in graphite. Contents include figure studies of people in various poses and participating in various activities, sometimes accompanied with text, as well as animals - usually horses.
- Subject
- drawing
- sketching
- horses
- skiing
- figure study
- Peter Whyte;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.13
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- Date
- 1928 – 1935
- Medium
- graphite; ink; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.18
- Description
- Hardcover “Punch” sketchbook with the December 26, 1928 magazine cover replicated for the cover. Contents include sketches by Peter Whyte, some just figure studies, some complete with ink and occasionally colour. Sketches include people, horses, cowboys, soldiers, faces, hands, cartoon animals, men…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1928 – 1935
- Medium
- graphite; ink; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 25.9 x 20.1 cm
- Description
- Hardcover “Punch” sketchbook with the December 26, 1928 magazine cover replicated for the cover. Contents include sketches by Peter Whyte, some just figure studies, some complete with ink and occasionally colour. Sketches include people, horses, cowboys, soldiers, faces, hands, cartoon animals, men in a classroom setting, airplanes in flight, cars, children, ski jumpers, people in a restaurant, people skating, and portraits.
- Subject
- drawing
- sketching
- figure studies
- children
- horses
- curling
- skating
- ski jumping
- Indigenous Peoples
- Inuit
- military
- Peter Whyte
- King George VI
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.18
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.19
- Description
- Pressed paper coil-bound sketchbook with green covers. White paper adhesive label on front cover contains manufacturer details “Li-Rite, Sketch Pad, No. 6087” in black. Sketchbook pages are mostly empty, with only a sketch of two people on skis with their backs shown [includes a small inset at the …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 36.0 cm
- Description
- Pressed paper coil-bound sketchbook with green covers. White paper adhesive label on front cover contains manufacturer details “Li-Rite, Sketch Pad, No. 6087” in black. Sketchbook pages are mostly empty, with only a sketch of two people on skis with their backs shown [includes a small inset at the bottom where the same scene is sketched in with watercolour paint], a rough sketch of a log building with Rundle Mountain in the background, and a rough sketch of a person on horseback.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.19
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Medium
- graphite; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.21
- Description
- Flip-book style coil-bound sketchbook with pressed paper covers. Front cover is laminated light brown with “REEVES, Series 60, SKETCH BOOK, FOR PENCIL, CRAYON AND WATER COLOUR” printed in black. Contains only two sketches: one of a waterfall and one of a building, possibly the school, with Rundle i…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Medium
- graphite; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 31.0 x 22.3 cm
- Description
- Flip-book style coil-bound sketchbook with pressed paper covers. Front cover is laminated light brown with “REEVES, Series 60, SKETCH BOOK, FOR PENCIL, CRAYON AND WATER COLOUR” printed in black. Contains only two sketches: one of a waterfall and one of a building, possibly the school, with Rundle in the background.
- Subject
- sketching
- drawing
- waterfalls
- buildings
- Peter Whyte;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.21
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Medium
- pencil; water colour; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.22
- Description
- Pressed paper flip-book style sketchbook with laminated light brown cover - “CO-MO SKETCH BOOK” and figure study sketch printed in black. “55¢” handwritten in black ink in top left corner. Sketch book contains two sketches: an unidentified Indigenous man with hair braided and tied with green wearin…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Medium
- pencil; water colour; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 22.2 cm
- Description
- Pressed paper flip-book style sketchbook with laminated light brown cover - “CO-MO SKETCH BOOK” and figure study sketch printed in black. “55¢” handwritten in black ink in top left corner. Sketch book contains two sketches: an unidentified Indigenous man with hair braided and tied with green wearing a red shirt with green accents around the neck, and a log building with trees along the left-hand side, a fence dissapearing off to the right, and moose antlers at the apex of the roof.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.22
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- Date
- 1935 – 1955
- Medium
- graphite; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.24
- Description
- Red cloth-bound sketchbook with leather trim wound around the edges - the edges of the pages are painted red. Contents include figure studies and sketches of people skiing.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1935 – 1955
- Medium
- graphite; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- Red cloth-bound sketchbook with leather trim wound around the edges - the edges of the pages are painted red. Contents include figure studies and sketches of people skiing.
- Subject
- sketching
- drawing
- figure studies
- skiing
- Peter Whyte;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.24
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- Date
- 1934 – 1934
- Medium
- graphite; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.25
- Description
- Spiral-bound sketchbook with red and white-patterned cardboard covers and a black fabric elastic band attached to the back cover for the purpose of holding the book closed. A white paper sticker is adhered to the front cover with “Spring Block, Drawing Paper, By T.S.” printed in black on it - “Pete…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1934 – 1934
- Medium
- graphite; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 24.8 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- Spiral-bound sketchbook with red and white-patterned cardboard covers and a black fabric elastic band attached to the back cover for the purpose of holding the book closed. A white paper sticker is adhered to the front cover with “Spring Block, Drawing Paper, By T.S.” printed in black on it - “Peter Whyte” is written in pencil in the TLC. Contents include scene sketches from a 1934 trip to Japan by Peter and Catharine. Consists mostly of people sitting at tables presumably playing cards, Catharine reading the newspaper, figure studies, and a horse-drawn 2-wheel carriage.
- Subject
- sketching
- drawing
- figure study
- newspaper
- portrait
- Japan
- horses
- Peter Whyte
- Catharine Robb Whyte;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.25
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- Date
- 1934 – 1934
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.26
- Description
- Fabric-wrapped cardboard cover Japanese sketchbook with high-quality paper pages. All pages stacked folded over each other like an accordion. Contents include figure studies and caricatures/stylized portraits of Japanese men and women, often holding umbrella - almost all of the images of women have…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1934 – 1934
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 24.2 x 18.22 cm
- Description
- Fabric-wrapped cardboard cover Japanese sketchbook with high-quality paper pages. All pages stacked folded over each other like an accordion. Contents include figure studies and caricatures/stylized portraits of Japanese men and women, often holding umbrella - almost all of the images of women have been coloured in with watercolour paint.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.26
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Medium
- graphite; colour pencil; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.27
- Description
- Black and white-patterned cardboard cover with black fabric tape along spine and white paper adhesive sticker for title on front cover. Contents include rough sketches for Indigenous scenes paintings, usually including structures like tepees and sweat lodges, mathematical/geometric equations for pl…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Medium
- graphite; colour pencil; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 21.3 x 17.4 cm
- Description
- Black and white-patterned cardboard cover with black fabric tape along spine and white paper adhesive sticker for title on front cover. Contents include rough sketches for Indigenous scenes paintings, usually including structures like tepees and sweat lodges, mathematical/geometric equations for placement of tepee poles, and more.
- Subject
- sketching
- drawing
- paintings
- Indigenous Peoples
- Stoney Nakoda
- First Nations
- ceremonies
- dances
- Morley
- Peter Whyte;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.27
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- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.03
- Description
- A Japanese sketchbook with ecru-coloured brocade covers, no spine, with folding pages designed accordion-style, but made in such a way pages are double-backed and are two pages wide so that it is possible to paint or sketch on both sides. It contains various sketches and paintings done in pencil, i…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930
- Medium
- ink; graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 1.8 x 11.5 x 16.3 cm
- Description
- A Japanese sketchbook with ecru-coloured brocade covers, no spine, with folding pages designed accordion-style, but made in such a way pages are double-backed and are two pages wide so that it is possible to paint or sketch on both sides. It contains various sketches and paintings done in pencil, ink and watercolours. On the front cover, viewer’s left, there is a glued piece of off-white paper 10.4x2.0cm wide, and on the back inside cover, viewer’s left there is a chop mark (1.0x0.50cm wide) in ochre ink.
- Subject
- drawing
- painting
- Japan
- Peter Whyte;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.03
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- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper; board; canvas
- Catalogue Number
- DmN.09.02
- Description
- Small, rectangular, brown/grey sketchbook. Has elastic strap on outside back cover to hold book closed. Has pencil holder attached to top of back cover made of canvas. Sketches inside are mostly of animals, some figures and Egyptian statues.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper; board; canvas
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 14 cm
- Description
- Small, rectangular, brown/grey sketchbook. Has elastic strap on outside back cover to hold book closed. Has pencil holder attached to top of back cover made of canvas. Sketches inside are mostly of animals, some figures and Egyptian statues.
- Credit
- Gift of Marilyn Jones, Cochrane, 2015
- Catalogue Number
- DmN.09.02
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