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September Snow on Larch, Assiniboine

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.062

Description: Colour: purple, yellow, grey. A density of snow covered trees. An evergreen without much snow on it appears at the right side.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: September Snow on Larch, Assiniboine

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: purple, yellow, grey. A density of snow covered trees. An evergreen without much snow on it appears at the right side.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; winter; botanical

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.062

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Sisal, Wilhelmina Rise, Honolulu,

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.033

Description: Colour: green, blue. On the left side is a large fan like plant. On the right are two smaller ones and two tall tree like plants. Behind is clouded blue sky.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Sisal, Wilhelmina Rise, Honolulu,

Date: 1934

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: green, blue. On the left side is a large fan like plant. On the right are two smaller ones and two tall tree like plants. Behind is clouded blue sky.

Subject: landscape; botanical; Pacific; Hawaii

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.033

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Lauhala Trees, Kauai

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.034

Description: Colour: blue. From a mound on the left side grow two trees; four trunks in all, numberous roots and seven slumps of grass. At the lower right in the distance, two hills can be seen. The trees reach up to the top of the picture. Blue clouded sky behind.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Lauhala Trees, Kauai

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: blue. From a mound on the left side grow two trees; four trunks in all, numberous roots and seven slumps of grass. At the lower right in the distance, two hills can be seen. The trees reach up to the top of the picture. Blue clouded sky behind.

Subject: skyscape; botanical; Hawaii

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1970

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.034

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Watercolour Painting

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Date: c. 1830

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PoS.05.05

Description: Botanical still life of five different flowers in an ornate white and gold vase. The vase is a reverse bell shape, with a wide base at the bottom. There is a green ground that the vase is placed on. The flowers are white, pink, purple, yellow and blue, and includes violets and roses, among other fl…

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Title: Watercolour Painting

Date: c. 1830

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 20.0 x 16.0 cm

Description: Botanical still life of five different flowers in an ornate white and gold vase. The vase is a reverse bell shape, with a wide base at the bottom. There is a green ground that the vase is placed on. The flowers are white, pink, purple, yellow and blue, and includes violets and roses, among other flowers.

Subject: botanical; still life; flowers

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: PoS.05.05

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Watercolour Painting

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Date: c. 1830

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PoS.05.07

Description: Botanical sketch of red and white flowers on a branch with dark green leaves. Left top corner is burnt.

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Title: Watercolour Painting

Date: c. 1830

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 18.5 x 15.0 cm

Description: Botanical sketch of red and white flowers on a branch with dark green leaves. Left top corner is burnt.

Subject: botanical; study; sketch; flower; burned edge

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: PoS.05.07

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Watercolour Painting

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Date: c. 1830

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PoS.05.08

Description: Botanical sketch of thin, red, bell shaped flowers with long brown stems and small green foliage all the way down the stem. Top left corner is burnt.

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Title: Watercolour Painting

Date: c. 1830

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 18.5 x 15.0 cm

Description: Botanical sketch of thin, red, bell shaped flowers with long brown stems and small green foliage all the way down the stem. Top left corner is burnt.

Subject: botanical; study; sketch; flower; burned edge

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: PoS.05.08

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Watercolour Painting

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Artist: Unknown

Date: c. 1830

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.28

Description: Botanical still life painting depicting an insect, likely a butterfly or moth, flying next to a white and yellow flower. The flower’s bloms are long and skinny with a bell shape at the end. The foliage is a rich green colour. The insect has blue and white wings with a black and yellow body. The bac…

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Watercolour Painting

Date: c. 1830

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 9.0 x 13.0 cm

Description: Botanical still life painting depicting an insect, likely a butterfly or moth, flying next to a white and yellow flower. The flower’s bloms are long and skinny with a bell shape at the end. The foliage is a rich green colour. The insect has blue and white wings with a black and yellow body. The back has multiple inscriptions. Due to the hand, it is a bit difficult to read. “M. G. Le???d??”“February 4th, 1852”“M. G. L??????” “To E. Anderson”

Subject: botanical; still life; flower; insect

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.28

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Watercolour Painting

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Artist: Unknown

Date: c. 1830

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.29

Description: Botanical still life on a beige toned card with rounded corners. The flowers are central, showing blooms of red, yellow, pink and blue with bright green foliage. There are two colurs of paint marks in the top left corner.The back has multiple inscriptions. Due to the hand, it is a bit difficult to …

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Artist: Unknown

Title: Watercolour Painting

Date: c. 1830

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 9.0 x 13.0 cm

Description: Botanical still life on a beige toned card with rounded corners. The flowers are central, showing blooms of red, yellow, pink and blue with bright green foliage. There are two colurs of paint marks in the top left corner.The back has multiple inscriptions. Due to the hand, it is a bit difficult to read. “From Mary G L????de?”“To Lizzy Anderson”In blue ink or paint:“TO MARY”Listed in pencil:“Pilgrimage”“Matrimony”“Courtship”?“Novice”

Subject: botanical; still life; flower

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: UnK.05.29

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Larch in Snow (Mt. Assiniboine Trip)

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.023

Description: Yellow larch in snow.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Larch in Snow (Mt. Assiniboine Trip)

Date: 1937

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: Yellow larch in snow.

Subject: landscape; winter; botanical; larch

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.023

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Bermuda

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas on cardboard

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.025

Description: A large tree next to water.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Bermuda

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas on cardboard

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: A large tree next to water.

Subject: seascape, Caribbean; botanical; tree

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.025

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Kauai, Hawaii

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.031

Description: Tropical tree.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Kauai, Hawaii

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 12.6 x 17.8 cm

Description: Tropical tree.

Subject: botanical; Lauhala trees; Hawaii

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.031

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Larches

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.326

Description: Two (Larch) trees with green, yellow, and orange branches, the background is a solid charcoal grey.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Larches

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 17.5 x 13.0 cm

Description: Two (Larch) trees with green, yellow, and orange branches, the background is a solid charcoal grey.

Subject: botanical; larch

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.326

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Larch Trees

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.350

Description: Thin line of green grass along bottom of painting, trc shading on the water, which is the background for all of the study, very elegantly placed larch tree in foreground with two trunks, one branches more to the right the other one branches towards the tlc, the leaves glisten with sunlight.

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Artist: Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)

Title: Larch Trees

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.7 x 28.0 cm

Description: Thin line of green grass along bottom of painting, trc shading on the water, which is the background for all of the study, very elegantly placed larch tree in foreground with two trunks, one branches more to the right the other one branches towards the tlc, the leaves glisten with sunlight.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; lake; botanical

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.350

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Eriophorum augustifolium Roth (Tassel Cottongrass)

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Artist: Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)

Date: 1932

Medium: lithograph on paper

Catalogue Number: WaM.04.02

Description: (a) A commerical print with tassel cottongrass on right page; 2 green stems rise from bottom edge, each has numerous tufts of cottongrass;(b) the facing page has a Tennyson poem in silver; hand written in pen: “With all good wishes for Christmas & The New Year from Mary Vaux Walcott 1932-1933”

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Artist: Mary Vaux Walcott (1860 – 1940, American)

Title: Eriophorum augustifolium Roth (Tassel Cottongrass)

Date: 1932

Medium: lithograph on paper

Dimensions: 25.0 x 17.0 cm

Description: (a) A commerical print with tassel cottongrass on right page; 2 green stems rise from bottom edge, each has numerous tufts of cottongrass;(b) the facing page has a Tennyson poem in silver; hand written in pen: “With all good wishes for Christmas & The New Year from Mary Vaux Walcott 1932-1933”