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- Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian) 67
- Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian) 37
- Alfred Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian) 11
- George Weber (1907 – 2002, Canadian) 9
- Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British) 8
- Walter Joseph Phillips, R. C. A. (1884 – 1963, Canadian) 6
- Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950, Japanese) 5
- W. S. Painter (1877 – 1957, Canadian) 5
- Barbara Spohr (1955 – 1987, Canadian) 4
- Henry George Glyde (1906 – 1998, Canadian) 4
- Peter Bax (1895 – 1952, British) 4
- Unknown 4
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- ceramic
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0170 a,b
- Description
- A matched cup and saucer. The cup is straight sided most of way down from the lip and then slants in to a narrower base. Both pieces have a band of curlicues that forms a narrow band around the rim of the saucer and inside the rim of the cup. The cup and saucer are decorated with a scene of a Chi…
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- Title
- Cup And Saucer
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Material
- ceramic
- Dimensions
- 5.5 (b) cm
- Description
- A matched cup and saucer. The cup is straight sided most of way down from the lip and then slants in to a narrower base. Both pieces have a band of curlicues that forms a narrow band around the rim of the saucer and inside the rim of the cup. The cup and saucer are decorated with a scene of a Chinese gate, bridge, birds, and trees covering the face of the saucer and the outside of the cup. Both pieces are marked “Royal Albert Crown China, Made in England” and the cup also has “#6465”.
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0170 a,b
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Decorative Pillars, Savoy Hotel, London
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.269
- Date
- c. 1895
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.269
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- Title
- Decorative Pillars, Savoy Hotel, London
- Date
- c. 1895
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 26 x 20 cm
- Subject
- landscape
- architecture
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.269
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Deer on Banff Avenue
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactphw.05.02
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.05.02
- Description
- Colour: grey, brown, blue, green, yellow. A deer right of center crosses the road which fills the lower half. Across the middle going into the distance at the left are a row of store front with cars parked in front - one car appears to be travelling to the left. Behind the buildings are mountains a…
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- Title
- Deer on Banff Avenue
- Date
- 1947
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 36.8 x 37.9 cm
- Description
- Colour: grey, brown, blue, green, yellow. A deer right of center crosses the road which fills the lower half. Across the middle going into the distance at the left are a row of store front with cars parked in front - one car appears to be travelling to the left. Behind the buildings are mountains and sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1969
- Catalogue Number
- PhW.05.02
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The Development of Society: A Collection of Towers
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactarp.05.08
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.05.08
- Description
- Multi-coloured towers and animal chesspieces rising to the left on green hills against a white background.
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- Title
- The Development of Society: A Collection of Towers
- Date
- 1982
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 54.0 x 74.0 cm
- Description
- Multi-coloured towers and animal chesspieces rising to the left on green hills against a white background.
- Subject
- whimsey
- architecture
- animal
- chesspieces
- Pat Askren
- Credit
- Gift of Jon Whyte, Banff, 1992
- Catalogue Number
- ArP.05.08
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Dole Pineapple Factory, Honolulu
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.031
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.031
- Description
- Colour: dark grey, green. The upper half is dark grey sky. In the center are a group of buildings way in the distance and water beyond. The foreground is green slopes - a few trees and a building to the left.
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- Title
- Dole Pineapple Factory, Honolulu
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 35 cm
- Description
- Colour: dark grey, green. The upper half is dark grey sky. In the center are a group of buildings way in the distance and water beyond. The foreground is green slopes - a few trees and a building to the left.
- Subject
- landscape
- Pacific
- architecture
- Hawaii
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.031
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Draining Mill - Norfolk
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactlac.03.12
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.03.12
- Description
- Black and white drawing of a windmill. The windmill is drawn in the centre left of the image on a slight hill. The arms of the windmill are viewed from the side. A bit of a fence is visible in the brc. In the distance on the blc there is a farmhouse. Clouds are drawn in the sky.
- Title
- Draining Mill - Norfolk
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Description
- Black and white drawing of a windmill. The windmill is drawn in the centre left of the image on a slight hill. The arms of the windmill are viewed from the side. A bit of a fence is visible in the brc. In the distance on the blc there is a farmhouse. Clouds are drawn in the sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Peter and Judith Jekill, Calgary, 2001
- Catalogue Number
- LaC.03.12
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- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WbG.04.014
- Description
- A cityscape scene of Edmonton. The vantage point seems to be from the opposite bank of the North Saskatchewan river. The closest side of the riverbank is soft green and slopes downward from the bottom of the print towards the river which is bright blue. The river flows horizontally across the pr…
- Title
- Edmonton
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Description
- A cityscape scene of Edmonton. The vantage point seems to be from the opposite bank of the North Saskatchewan river. The closest side of the riverbank is soft green and slopes downward from the bottom of the print towards the river which is bright blue. The river flows horizontally across the print. Several houses are visible at the bottom of the riverbank. Trees descend down the riverbank on either side of the print. A steel bridge crosses the river and is visible at the right of the print. The The skyscrapers of downtown Edmonton stretch across the print on the opposite side of the river. The buildings are tan. The sky is clear blue and mauve.
- Credit
- Gift of George Weber, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- WbG.04.014
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Elevators, Fort McLeod
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.584
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- graphite on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.584
- Description
- Sketch only
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- Title
- Elevators, Fort McLeod
- Date
- 1944
- Medium
- graphite on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35.6 x 46.0 cm
- Description
- Sketch only
- Subject
- architecture
- rural
- figure
- group
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.584
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Elevators, Radway, Alberta
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- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WbG.04.012
- Description
- Red and white grain elevators are at the centre of the print. They bear the logos of “Alberta Pacific” and “United Grain Growers.” Four are larger and in the foreground. Another one is visible further away. Smaller outbuildings and telephone poles surround the grain elevators. The sky is a cle…
- Title
- Elevators, Radway, Alberta
- Date
- 1972
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Description
- Red and white grain elevators are at the centre of the print. They bear the logos of “Alberta Pacific” and “United Grain Growers.” Four are larger and in the foreground. Another one is visible further away. Smaller outbuildings and telephone poles surround the grain elevators. The sky is a clear blue that fades to white on the horizon. Thin streaky clouds stretch across the print. The foreground is green, white and dark brown. It looks like it has been plowed in roughly even rows.
- Credit
- Gift of George Weber, 1973
- Catalogue Number
- WbG.04.012
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Elizabeth Parker Hut, Contentment Meadows, Lake O'Hara
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.078
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.078
- Description
- Colour: green, purple. In the foreground is green grass and two boulders in the lower right corner. Trees fill the middle ground and right of center are three cabins. The mountains rise up behind the trees. There's a patch of blue sky in the upper left corner and a little right of center at the top.
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- Title
- Elizabeth Parker Hut, Contentment Meadows, Lake O'Hara
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27.4 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, purple. In the foreground is green grass and two boulders in the lower right corner. Trees fill the middle ground and right of center are three cabins. The mountains rise up behind the trees. There's a patch of blue sky in the upper left corner and a little right of center at the top.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.078
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- BaP.04.05
- Description
- 5 actors, 2 male and 3 female are lined up on scaffolding outside an open, curtained door. The scaffolding and the railing dominate the center third of the picture. The women appear to be wearing maids uniforms.
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- Title
- The Entrance
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.3 x 14.5 cm
- Description
- 5 actors, 2 male and 3 female are lined up on scaffolding outside an open, curtained door. The scaffolding and the railing dominate the center third of the picture. The women appear to be wearing maids uniforms.
- Subject
- figure
- group
- architecture
- urban
- Christmas
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- BaP.04.05
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Family Caribou Hunt
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- wool; hide
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.07
- Description
- This square wall hanging has green and black stitching all around the edges and in the corners. In the light background the scene includes in the upper section a male with a bow and arrow aiming at a caribou. The middle section shows a woman with a child on her back and a male figure with an arm ra…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Family Caribou Hunt
- Date
- prior to 1962
- Medium
- wool; hide
- Dimensions
- 58.0 x 66.0 cm
- Description
- This square wall hanging has green and black stitching all around the edges and in the corners. In the light background the scene includes in the upper section a male with a bow and arrow aiming at a caribou. The middle section shows a woman with a child on her back and a male figure with an arm raised. Just right of the center is a tee pee. Above the tee pee area is another woman with two children. The bottom area shows a dog tied to a fixed peg in the ground and another figure working on the tee pee. All the image shapes have been cut out of fibre with the exception of the tee pee, it is made from skin. The overall colour in this wall hanging is yellow, black,green and off white.
- Credit
- Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.08.07
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The Fenway in Boston
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.140
- Date
- 1927 – 1929
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.140
- Description
- Colour: green, pale blue. The lower two thirds is a stream and grass. The upper third is a bank of trees and the top of a brick tower which is left of center. Sky is pale along the top edge.
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- Title
- The Fenway in Boston
- Date
- 1927 – 1929
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 9 x 11 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, pale blue. The lower two thirds is a stream and grass. The upper third is a bank of trees and the top of a brick tower which is left of center. Sky is pale along the top edge.
- Subject
- landscape
- river
- urban
- architecture
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.140
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- Date
- 1700 – 1900
- Material
- clay
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.0009
- Description
- A small, white clay representation of a conical turret roof, broken off about 2.0 cm below eave, texture of roof contains four rows of vertical, pointed tiles.
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- Title
- Finial
- Date
- 1700 – 1900
- Material
- clay
- Dimensions
- 5.5 cm
- Description
- A small, white clay representation of a conical turret roof, broken off about 2.0 cm below eave, texture of roof contains four rows of vertical, pointed tiles.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 101.02.0009
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Fire Engine, Dawson City
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.097
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.097
- Description
- Colour: blue, orange red. Central image is a four wheeled vehicle with a tank and a long black handled pump. It stands in green grass. Behind is a large building: the back part of which is yellow, the front purple brown. A few figures can be seen by the door at the left side. Above are telegraph po…
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- Title
- Fire Engine, Dawson City
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: blue, orange red. Central image is a four wheeled vehicle with a tank and a long black handled pump. It stands in green grass. Behind is a large building: the back part of which is yellow, the front purple brown. A few figures can be seen by the door at the left side. Above are telegraph poles and blue sky.
- Subject
- transportation
- architecture
- urban
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.097
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Fort St. James
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyc.01.069
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.069
- Description
- Two buildings in grassy area.
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- Title
- Fort St. James
- Date
- 1973
- Medium
- oil on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.3 cm
- Description
- Two buildings in grassy area.
- Subject
- architecture
- rural
- Fort St. James
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.069
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- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- gouache on card
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.07.02
- Description
- Four cowboys are gathered around a teepee, the top of which is not visible, as it runs of the paper. A man at the far right sits on a boulder and plays the guitar. The next man’s back faces the viewer. The third man sits on a second boulder and appears to be playing the harmonica. The fourth ma…
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- Title
- Four Cowboys
- Date
- 1936
- Medium
- gouache on card
- Dimensions
- 26 x 35.8 cm
- Description
- Four cowboys are gathered around a teepee, the top of which is not visible, as it runs of the paper. A man at the far right sits on a boulder and plays the guitar. The next man’s back faces the viewer. The third man sits on a second boulder and appears to be playing the harmonica. The fourth man stands with his leg on the same boulder, his hand resting on his leg. A tree trunk is visible behind the man on the far right. Mountains and a stormy-looking sky are seen beyond the camp setting. All of the men are wearing cowboy hats.
- Subject
- figure
- male
- cowboy
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- architecture
- teepee
- activity
- music
- guitar
- harmonica
- Credit
- Gift of Henry George Glyde, Victoria, 1997
- Catalogue Number
- GyH.07.02
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Fujiyama from Fumatsu
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Catalogue Number
- YoH.04.12
- Description
- Colour: charcoal grey, purple and pink browns. Central image is the courtyard of a group of buildings. There are two bushes in the lower left. Behind the buildings taking the upper third is the snowy peak of Fujiyama which rises to the right side.
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- Title
- Fujiyama from Fumatsu
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- woodblock on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.7 x 37.4 cm
- Description
- Colour: charcoal grey, purple and pink browns. Central image is the courtyard of a group of buildings. There are two bushes in the lower left. Behind the buildings taking the upper third is the snowy peak of Fujiyama which rises to the right side.
- Subject
- landscape
- mountain
- architecture
- rural
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971
- Catalogue Number
- YoH.04.12
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Generator Shed, Bugaboo Camp
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- Date
- 1968 – 1969
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.368
- Description
- In the foreground on the left is a brown generator shed. Behind the shed are six trees. In the background there is a very large group of mountains. A large peak points out towards the sky in the center left area and several rock areas jet out on the right side as well. The mountains are covered wit…
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- Title
- Generator Shed, Bugaboo Camp
- Date
- 1968 – 1969
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25.2 x 30.2 cm
- Description
- In the foreground on the left is a brown generator shed. Behind the shed are six trees. In the background there is a very large group of mountains. A large peak points out towards the sky in the center left area and several rock areas jet out on the right side as well. The mountains are covered with snow and blue shadows. Snow mounds cover the ground areas around the shed and trees.
- Subject
- landscape
- Canadian Rockies
- architecture
- shed
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.01.368
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Gloucester, Mass.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.302
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.302
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- Title
- Gloucester, Mass.
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 22.7 x 27.8 cm
- Subject
- architecture
- industry
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.302
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