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- Date
- later than 1886
- Medium
- oil on board
- Catalogue Number
- MrT.02.01
- Description
- General colour: green, brown. Central image is a wooden grave marker stuck at the end of a mound of dirt left of center. It reads Sacred to A.R. Underwood. Died July 31, 1886. It is shadowed by a tree whose double trunk is at the right side. Behind is woods, dark trees and light underbrush.
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- Title
- Pioneer Grave
- Date
- later than 1886
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 27.5 cm
- Description
- General colour: green, brown. Central image is a wooden grave marker stuck at the end of a mound of dirt left of center. It reads Sacred to A.R. Underwood. Died July 31, 1886. It is shadowed by a tree whose double trunk is at the right side. Behind is woods, dark trees and light underbrush.
- Subject
- landscape, forest
- historical
- Credit
- Purchased from Bashford's Corner Ltd, Calgary, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- MrT.02.01
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Battling Moose
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- Date
- prior to 1905
- Medium
- photoengraving on paper
- Catalogue Number
- RuC.11.01
- Description
- Colour: greys as in a black and white photograph. At the waters edge in the center are two bull moose fighting. To the right, half way up in the background is a female moose looking on. Dead logs and grass fill the lower part of the picture.
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- Title
- Battling Moose
- Date
- prior to 1905
- Medium
- photoengraving on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.1 x 50.4 cm
- Description
- Colour: greys as in a black and white photograph. At the waters edge in the center are two bull moose fighting. To the right, half way up in the background is a female moose looking on. Dead logs and grass fill the lower part of the picture.
- Subject
- landscape
- animal, moose
- Credit
- Gift of W. J. Wright, Kamloops, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- RuC.11.01
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- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- ViS.02.05
- Description
- Colour: brown, mauve. Central image is a bucking pack horse. To the left is a pack horse going away from the viewer and a rider on a black horse facing out.To the right are two more pack horses running to the center, and a rider on a horse behind. Underfoot is prairie scrub and behind in the distan…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 47.3 x 62.1 cm
- Description
- Colour: brown, mauve. Central image is a bucking pack horse. To the left is a pack horse going away from the viewer and a rider on a black horse facing out.To the right are two more pack horses running to the center, and a rider on a horse behind. Underfoot is prairie scrub and behind in the distance purple mountains.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- ViS.02.05
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- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.097
- Description
- Profile portrait of the bust of a woman with her head gazing downwards.“The woman’s head is bowed as though she is preoccupied with something in front of her; perhaps it is the artist’s wife, Mellora, playing the piano. The woman’s eyes and mouth, and tendrils of hair at the nape are treated sensit…
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- Title
- Melora
- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 25 x 18 cm
- Description
- Profile portrait of the bust of a woman with her head gazing downwards.“The woman’s head is bowed as though she is preoccupied with something in front of her; perhaps it is the artist’s wife, Mellora, playing the piano. The woman’s eyes and mouth, and tendrils of hair at the nape are treated sensitively while flowers in the background underscore her femininity.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
- Subject
- portrait
- Mellora Collings
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.097
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- Date
- 1880
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.45
- Description
- Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.
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- Title
- Marble Halls
- Date
- 1880
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 13.5 x 14 cm
- Description
- Scene of a valley with outcroppings of dark rust/red rocks to the right and forground right, trees to the left middle, and mountains in the distance.
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.05.45
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Summit of the Rockies and Mt. Field
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- Date
- c. 1886
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- AiJ.05.01
- Description
- The scene is comprised mainly of a mountain and a lake. The lake takes up approx. 1/2 of the work, and is cropped in the brc by the frame. The blc is the shoreline of the lake. On the right and left side of the piece, just above the lake, the beginning of two treed mountain sides head out of the…
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- Title
- Summit of the Rockies and Mt. Field
- Date
- c. 1886
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- The scene is comprised mainly of a mountain and a lake. The lake takes up approx. 1/2 of the work, and is cropped in the brc by the frame. The blc is the shoreline of the lake. On the right and left side of the piece, just above the lake, the beginning of two treed mountain sides head out of the picture frame. These two slopes frame a clear mountain in the background which is centered in the middle of the piece. They sky is quite cloudy.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- Mt. Field
- Credit
- Gift of Donald Grace, Saanichton, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- AiJ.05.01
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First Time Bean Pods
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- Artist
- Ito Sojun
- Date
- 1885 – 1885
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SoI.03.01
- Description
- This drawing features a branch which extends from the blc, starting as one branch, and reaches into the tr side of the work where it branches into three grouping of leaves. The leaves are a black ink wash. Green ink is used to depict bean pods which are growing underneath the leaves closer to the…
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- Artist
- Ito Sojun
- Title
- First Time Bean Pods
- Date
- 1885 – 1885
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.0 x 33.5 cm
- Description
- This drawing features a branch which extends from the blc, starting as one branch, and reaches into the tr side of the work where it branches into three grouping of leaves. The leaves are a black ink wash. Green ink is used to depict bean pods which are growing underneath the leaves closer to the bottom of the branch.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- SoI.03.01
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Untitled [Cucumber, Its Flower, Vine, Leaf]
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsoi.03.02
- Artist
- Ito Sojun
- Date
- 1887 – 1887
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SoI.03.02
- Description
- This drawing features a cucumber, and it vine with leaves. There is a slight green tint at the top of the Cucumber, and a yellow colour for one of its flowers. The vine starts in the trc of the paper and slopes to the blc.
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- Artist
- Ito Sojun
- Title
- Untitled [Cucumber, Its Flower, Vine, Leaf]
- Date
- 1887 – 1887
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.0 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- This drawing features a cucumber, and it vine with leaves. There is a slight green tint at the top of the Cucumber, and a yellow colour for one of its flowers. The vine starts in the trc of the paper and slopes to the blc.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- SoI.03.02
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Viewing of Chrysanthemums at the Temporary Imperial Palace
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- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.07 a-c
- Description
- This triptych is a summer scene made up of mostly greens and reds. The three panels all feature groups of women. There is a lake in the background. The first panel contains a group of three women,2 standing and one crouching, in the foreground. In the background are 3 more women immersed in the…
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- Title
- Viewing of Chrysanthemums at the Temporary Imperial Palace
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 37 x 74 cm
- Description
- This triptych is a summer scene made up of mostly greens and reds. The three panels all feature groups of women. There is a lake in the background. The first panel contains a group of three women,2 standing and one crouching, in the foreground. In the background are 3 more women immersed in the flowers. In the trc os a building on an overhang. The second panel features 4 women clustered in front of large flowers. The third panel also contains 4 women. In the tlc is a gazebo of sorts with flowers all around.
- Subject
- group
- women
- activity
- summer
- flower viewing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ChY.04.07 a-c
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Lady Nalih’la Going Down to the East
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- Artist
- Yasuda Shodo
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ShY.04.01 a-c
- Description
- This triptych features three women on a journey. What appears to be Mount Fuji is in the background of the first panel, and all three panels are divided in half by a watery background and a yellow sandy foreground; the first panel is the only with trees but has no figures in it. A figure on a hor…
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- Artist
- Yasuda Shodo
- Title
- Lady Nalih’la Going Down to the East
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 37.5 x 71.0 cm
- Description
- This triptych features three women on a journey. What appears to be Mount Fuji is in the background of the first panel, and all three panels are divided in half by a watery background and a yellow sandy foreground; the first panel is the only with trees but has no figures in it. A figure on a horse and one standing to the left of the horse make up the second panel, in the third panel a lone figure stands, facing the women in the second panel who’s heads are turned to the left.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- ShY.04.01 a-c
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- Artist
- Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku
- Date
- 1883 – 1883
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KiO.03.01
- Description
- an ink wash drawing of four leaves. There are 2 different types of leaves, one type with a stem and many branches; the other with a stem down the middle and two sides. There is writing along the rs.
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- Artist
- Kotani (or, Odani) Kingaku
- Title
- Ink Leaves
- Date
- 1883 – 1883
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.5 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- an ink wash drawing of four leaves. There are 2 different types of leaves, one type with a stem and many branches; the other with a stem down the middle and two sides. There is writing along the rs.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KiO.03.01
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Untitled [Leaves and Flower]
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- Artist
- Ito Sojun
- Date
- 1887 – 1887
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- SoI.03.03
- Description
- This drawing features a curious looking portion of a plant. It extends with soft lines from the brc to the tlc. At the top of this extended branch is a dark pointy leaf, and under this leaf is a branch of blossoms with pale yellow centers.
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- Artist
- Ito Sojun
- Title
- Untitled [Leaves and Flower]
- Date
- 1887 – 1887
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 32.2 cm
- Description
- This drawing features a curious looking portion of a plant. It extends with soft lines from the brc to the tlc. At the top of this extended branch is a dark pointy leaf, and under this leaf is a branch of blossoms with pale yellow centers.
- Subject
- Botanical
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- SoI.03.03
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Young Willow Branches - Moon Crescent
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- Artist
- Takada Kakushu
- Date
- 1881
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KaD.03.01
- Description
- Willow branches fall into the page from the top edge, and one of these branches stretches all the way to the bottom center of the page. Through the leaves a crescent moon is visible.
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- Artist
- Takada Kakushu
- Title
- Young Willow Branches - Moon Crescent
- Date
- 1881
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 32 x 35 cm
- Description
- Willow branches fall into the page from the top edge, and one of these branches stretches all the way to the bottom center of the page. Through the leaves a crescent moon is visible.
- Subject
- botanical
- willow branches
- landscape
- moon
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KaD.03.01
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- Artist
- Okamoto Keiki
- Date
- 1884 – 1884
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KeO.03.01
- Description
- A branch of a magnolia tree enters the page at the blc and stretches up towards the trc. The branch is painted with a black ink. On the branch, magnolia flowers (2) and magnolia buds (3) reach towards the top of the page. There is light green ink on the flowers and buds, a red center is visible …
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- Artist
- Okamoto Keiki
- Title
- Magnolia
- Date
- 1884 – 1884
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.0 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- A branch of a magnolia tree enters the page at the blc and stretches up towards the trc. The branch is painted with a black ink. On the branch, magnolia flowers (2) and magnolia buds (3) reach towards the top of the page. There is light green ink on the flowers and buds, a red center is visible on the flower closest to the left. The buds are painted with a mid-tone of brown.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KeO.03.01
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Untitled [Insect and Basket]
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- Artist
- Hobun Tani
- Date
- 1887 – 1887
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- TaH.03.01
- Description
- A brown insect with long antenna’s is inside of a basket. The basket has four sides with lines going across to form a trap of sorts and is quite tall. There are green leaves around the basket, with little blue flowers or berries on them.
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- Artist
- Hobun Tani
- Title
- Untitled [Insect and Basket]
- Date
- 1887 – 1887
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- A brown insect with long antenna’s is inside of a basket. The basket has four sides with lines going across to form a trap of sorts and is quite tall. There are green leaves around the basket, with little blue flowers or berries on them.
- Subject
- still life
- basket
- insect
- leaves
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- TaH.03.01
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Untitled [Gentian Flower]
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- Artist
- Okamoto Keiki
- Date
- 1884 – 1884
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KeO.03.02
- Description
- This is a drawing with coloured ink of a flower. A green stem rises from the lower left corner of the picture and ends in a blue, open flower near the top right corner. There are 3 smaller buds on the stem which blend in quite well with the green leaves on the stem
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- Artist
- Okamoto Keiki
- Title
- Untitled [Gentian Flower]
- Date
- 1884 – 1884
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- This is a drawing with coloured ink of a flower. A green stem rises from the lower left corner of the picture and ends in a blue, open flower near the top right corner. There are 3 smaller buds on the stem which blend in quite well with the green leaves on the stem
- Subject
- botanical
- gentian flower
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KeO.03.02
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Untitled [Branch and Leaves]
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- Artist
- Konishi Kinkyo
- Date
- 1880 – 1880
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Catalogue Number
- KnK.03.02
- Description
- This drawing features a stick that appears to be bamboo reaching diagonally across the page, starting in the llc and ending in the trc. At the top of the branch are leaves. All done in black ink.
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- Artist
- Konishi Kinkyo
- Title
- Untitled [Branch and Leaves]
- Date
- 1880 – 1880
- Medium
- drawing on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.0 x 35.5 cm
- Description
- This drawing features a stick that appears to be bamboo reaching diagonally across the page, starting in the llc and ending in the trc. At the top of the branch are leaves. All done in black ink.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- KnK.03.02
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Untitled [Emblem]
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- Artist
- Takahashi
- Date
- 1884
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BoA.03.01
- Description
- Centered on the page is a fishing float design. It is circular with a diamond center. On each tip of the diamond is a small circle that joins the larger circle. The inside of the diamond, and the space between the diamond and the circle are shaded with a grey.
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- Artist
- Takahashi
- Title
- Untitled [Emblem]
- Date
- 1884
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 32.5 cm
- Description
- Centered on the page is a fishing float design. It is circular with a diamond center. On each tip of the diamond is a small circle that joins the larger circle. The inside of the diamond, and the space between the diamond and the circle are shaded with a grey.
- Subject
- design
- fishing float
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- BoA.03.01
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Summit Canister
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- Date
- 1990 – 1998
- Material
- plastic; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1162
- Description
- Summit canister with screw top made from black plastic piping. Top is attached to body with metal cable. “A. KANE” incised in lower side of canister.
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- Title
- Summit Canister
- Date
- 1990 – 1998
- Material
- plastic; metal
- Dimensions
- 16.0 cm
- Description
- Summit canister with screw top made from black plastic piping. Top is attached to body with metal cable. “A. KANE” incised in lower side of canister.
- Subject
- sports
- climbing
- Castle Mt.
- Alan Kane
- Credit
- Gift of Don Peterson, Vancouver, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 105.02.1162
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- Date
- 1992 – 1997
- Material
- glass; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1034 a-d
- Description
- 4 empty wine bottles featuring paintings in the collection of the Whyte Museum: a) “Banff Wine Store. Mommesin” - painting by Maxine Elliot; b) “Sumac Ridge. Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Celebrating 25 years” painting by Catharine Whyte of Mount Rundle; c) “Rimrock Resort Hotel. Pinot Gris…
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- Title
- Wine Bottle
- Date
- 1992 – 1997
- Material
- glass; paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 cm
- Description
- 4 empty wine bottles featuring paintings in the collection of the Whyte Museum: a) “Banff Wine Store. Mommesin” - painting by Maxine Elliot; b) “Sumac Ridge. Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. Celebrating 25 years” painting by Catharine Whyte of Mount Rundle; c) “Rimrock Resort Hotel. Pinot Gris - 1995 - painting by Catharine Whyte of Yoho Peak; d) “Rimrock Resort Hotel. Cabernet Franc - 1996” - painting by Peter Whyte of Waterfall Below Oesa.
- Credit
- Gift of Katherine Lipsett, Canmore, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- 110.01.1034 a-d
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