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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1947

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1947
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.718
Description
A detailed sketch of the 1947 Christmas card. Animals join Catharine at the Dutch door of her home where she is serving them some food. On the top edge of drawing is reads “SEASONS GREETINGS” and along the bottom of the page “CATHARINE AND PETER” and “Peter Whyte 47 BANFF.” In the BLC “Catharine” i…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter 1947
Date
1947
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
14.0 x 21.3 cm
Description
A detailed sketch of the 1947 Christmas card. Animals join Catharine at the Dutch door of her home where she is serving them some food. On the top edge of drawing is reads “SEASONS GREETINGS” and along the bottom of the page “CATHARINE AND PETER” and “Peter Whyte 47 BANFF.” In the BLC “Catharine” is written.Inside the fold of the paper you can see a simple sketch of the floor plan of their cabin (main level), and inside one room it reads “kitchen.” On the bottom half of the page there is multiple squirrels drawn out. verso: there is a rough sketch of what looks like a landscape, with multiple birds drawn around it.
Subject
Christmas card
cabin
winter
food
moose
deer
bird
squirrel
floor plan
kitchen
wolf
bear
Banff
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.718
Images
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Date
1940 – 1960
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
104.20.0643 a-c
Description
Three oval woven mats. (a) the smallest, has birds and scenes of whale eating fishing boat, with red and yellow trimming colours. (b) the middle size, has two each indigo and red birds with green bar design in centre mat and orange, indigo trim at border, yellow and red trims elsewhere around oval.…
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Title
Table Mat Set
Date
1940 – 1960
Material
fibre
Dimensions
16.1 x 22.0 cm
Description
Three oval woven mats. (a) the smallest, has birds and scenes of whale eating fishing boat, with red and yellow trimming colours. (b) the middle size, has two each indigo and red birds with green bar design in centre mat and orange, indigo trim at border, yellow and red trims elsewhere around oval. (c) the largest, has exactly same design as (b) except all birds are indigo colour and green bar design in centre mat is trimmed in indigo and red, whereas trim on bar in (b) is indigo and orange. (a) stained from use; (b,c) in good condition.
Subject
households
kitchen
animal
bird
thunderbird
whale
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.20.0643 a-c
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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