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Across the Southern States to the Blue Pacific and Vancouver
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.375
- Description
- Side 1: Pencil drawing of car driving on a highway to the viewer’s right and into the distance. Other more roughly sketched vehicles are in oncoming lanes. A sign to the right of the road reads: ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES/ TO THE PACIFIC AND/ VANCOUVERIn the top left corner, the number 13 is circle…
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- Title
- Across the Southern States to the Blue Pacific and Vancouver
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 14.5 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Side 1: Pencil drawing of car driving on a highway to the viewer’s right and into the distance. Other more roughly sketched vehicles are in oncoming lanes. A sign to the right of the road reads: ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES/ TO THE PACIFIC AND/ VANCOUVERIn the top left corner, the number 13 is circled.Side 2: Pencil drawing of a car driving through a landscape of rolling hills. Mountains are barely visible in the background. This illustration is in a rectangular box. Below this box is a rectangle that is divided into four.
- Subject
- car
- landscape
- Peter Whyte
- drawing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.375
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Jim White's House at Nash's Creek
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.148
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.148
- Description
- Colour: green, blue. Central image is a building with an addition on the back and two chimneys. There is grass in front. Trees behind to the left and one to the right in the distance. Pale blue sky is above.
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- Title
- Jim White's House at Nash's Creek
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27 x 21.9 cm
- Description
- Colour: green, blue. Central image is a building with an addition on the back and two chimneys. There is grass in front. Trees behind to the left and one to the right in the distance. Pale blue sky is above.
- Subject
- building, house
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.148
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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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The Smith Brothers Limited
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.331
- Description
- Ink and pencil drawing of a train being investigated by nine men, in various positions, with magnifying glasses. One train car is labeled NYC 10079. A factory building, with a sign that reads CIGARETTES, towers above the train from the background. Peter Whyte’s signature, with “28” is in the botto…
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- Title
- The Smith Brothers Limited
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.3 x 23.5 cm
- Description
- Ink and pencil drawing of a train being investigated by nine men, in various positions, with magnifying glasses. One train car is labeled NYC 10079. A factory building, with a sign that reads CIGARETTES, towers above the train from the background. Peter Whyte’s signature, with “28” is in the bottom right corner of the drawing. A hand drawn line frames the drawing.Intersecting with the bottom of the hand-drawn frame is the title, hand written in pencil as: THE SMITH BROTHERS LIMITED
- Subject
- train
- industry
- investigation
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.331
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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
- 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
- 1928
- Medium
- conté on brown paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.016
- Description
- A well rendered drawing of a standing male life model with hands behind head. His bent arm and elbow conceals his face, his back is to the viewer and he is lunging forward but away from the viewer with his left foot. He has a flexed right leg. He is turned 3/4 away from viewer.There are various …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- conté on brown paper
- Dimensions
- 65.5 x 49.5 cm
- Description
- A well rendered drawing of a standing male life model with hands behind head. His bent arm and elbow conceals his face, his back is to the viewer and he is lunging forward but away from the viewer with his left foot. He has a flexed right leg. He is turned 3/4 away from viewer.There are various scribble and doodles around edges.
- Subject
- figure
- male
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.016
- Notes
- Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018
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- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.356 a,b
- Description
- Handmade greetings card with envelope addressed to Catharine Robb in Concord Massachusetts. Paper card has rough edges. Card is one-sided with a hand-coloured graphite drawing of a beachside landscape. The drawing contains a yellow hut surrounded by green palm trees and lavender mountains in the ba…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1921
- Medium
- on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.3 x 10.0 cm
- Description
- Handmade greetings card with envelope addressed to Catharine Robb in Concord Massachusetts. Paper card has rough edges. Card is one-sided with a hand-coloured graphite drawing of a beachside landscape. The drawing contains a yellow hut surrounded by green palm trees and lavender mountains in the background.On the top of the card, a handwritten inscription reads:Happy New Year, CatharineAt the bottom left of the card, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS is writtenSigned at the bottom right:: Peter DECEMBER 21 (below the name)Envelope addressed to:Miss Catharine RobbConcordMassachusetts M.S.A.
- Subject
- landscape
- beach
- hut
- trees, palm
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.356 a,b
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- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.329
- Description
- A pencil and ink drawing of two men on a frozen lake. One man has fallen through broken ice and is only visible from the chest-up. The other man, wearing a hat and coat, assists the fallen man by pulling him up with a stick. Quickly-sketched trees line the background. There is a sign with illegibl…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 23.5 cm
- Description
- A pencil and ink drawing of two men on a frozen lake. One man has fallen through broken ice and is only visible from the chest-up. The other man, wearing a hat and coat, assists the fallen man by pulling him up with a stick. Quickly-sketched trees line the background. There is a sign with illegible writing on it posted to the right of the fallen man. In the bottom left corner of the drawing, “Peter Whyte -29” is visible. A hand-drawn pencil line frames the scene.Below this drawing, dialogue reads:WELL HOW DID YOU COME TO FALL IN?FOOL, I DIDN’T COME TO FALL IN, I CAME TO SKATE!!
- Subject
- comic
- winter
- skating
- Peter Whyte
- drawing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.329
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- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.330
- Description
- A drawing in ink and pencil of a heavy set, bearded man constraining his belly with a belt attached to a hand-cranked contraption. He leans towards a smiling woman. The woman holds a bundle of cloth. Dolls sit on display behind her. Wearing spectacles, a full-length dress, and hair in a bun, this w…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1928
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 26.0 cm
- Description
- A drawing in ink and pencil of a heavy set, bearded man constraining his belly with a belt attached to a hand-cranked contraption. He leans towards a smiling woman. The woman holds a bundle of cloth. Dolls sit on display behind her. Wearing spectacles, a full-length dress, and hair in a bun, this woman appears to be the man’s mother. Signed at the bottom right of the drawing: “Peter Whyte 28”Below the drawing, text explains that the man is attempting to reduce the size of his belly.“THESE MODERN CHIMNEYS ARE SO SMALL MA, THAT I HAVE TO DO IT”-----A hand-drawn pencil line frames the drawing and text.
- Subject
- chimneys
- humour
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.330
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- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.332
- Description
- An ink and pencil drawing of a car driving, from viewer’s left to right, on a landscape. There are three figures inside the vehicle. The landscape is characterized by rolling, empty hills, with a wooden railing to the right of the car. An ink line frames the drawing.
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- Title
- untitled
- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- An ink and pencil drawing of a car driving, from viewer’s left to right, on a landscape. There are three figures inside the vehicle. The landscape is characterized by rolling, empty hills, with a wooden railing to the right of the car. An ink line frames the drawing.
- Subject
- travel
- cars
- roads
- drawing
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.332
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- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.335
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a man at his typewriter. His back is to the viewer. The typewriter sits on a desk with books. The number 14, circled, is in the top-right corner of the paper.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 21.6 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a man at his typewriter. His back is to the viewer. The typewriter sits on a desk with books. The number 14, circled, is in the top-right corner of the paper.
- Subject
- typewriter
- writing
- drawing
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.335
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- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.337
- Description
- . A figure appears to be at a chalkboard writing. There are three distinct seated figures in the foreground, one of which loses an eye. The drawing is enclosed with a hand drawn frame. In the top left corner, CHAPTER and a circled number 11 appears. Above, and to the right of the drawing, the text …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.3 x 21.1 cm
- Description
- . A figure appears to be at a chalkboard writing. There are three distinct seated figures in the foreground, one of which loses an eye. The drawing is enclosed with a hand drawn frame. In the top left corner, CHAPTER and a circled number 11 appears. Above, and to the right of the drawing, the text MY EYE ROLLED ONTO THE FLOOR!! appears.
- Subject
- school
- humour
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.337
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- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.340
- Description
- a pencil drawing of various woodlands/mountain animals sitting in a classroom while a human figure gestures at something written on the board. Examples of some of the animals are: rabbit, elk or moose, possibly a beaver. There are other human pupils behind the animals that sit in the front row with…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1925 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 17.8 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- a pencil drawing of various woodlands/mountain animals sitting in a classroom while a human figure gestures at something written on the board. Examples of some of the animals are: rabbit, elk or moose, possibly a beaver. There are other human pupils behind the animals that sit in the front row with their backs to the viewer.
- Subject
- school
- education
- wildlife
- drawing
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.340
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- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.342
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a horse from a rear-side angle. The horse is in a dynamic pose and wears a bridle. Below the horse are three drawings enclosed in boxes. The drawings are difficult to discern, but appear to be part of a story board.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 27.8 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a horse from a rear-side angle. The horse is in a dynamic pose and wears a bridle. Below the horse are three drawings enclosed in boxes. The drawings are difficult to discern, but appear to be part of a story board.
- Subject
- horses
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.342
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- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.346
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a woman in what appears to be a dressing gown looking out an open window at a horse. The horse is in a dynamic pose. Outside and below this box are the faint remnants of another horse. This drawing was erased.This drawing is framed by a hand drawn square. To the top left of this s…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.2 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawing of a woman in what appears to be a dressing gown looking out an open window at a horse. The horse is in a dynamic pose. Outside and below this box are the faint remnants of another horse. This drawing was erased.This drawing is framed by a hand drawn square. To the top left of this square, the word CHAPTER appears, followed by the number 8, which is circled.
- Subject
- horses
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.346
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- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.348
- Description
- Pencil and ink drawing of a man with his back to the viewer, carrying a suitcase and backpack. He wears shorts and knee-high socks. He looks into the background, where a road leads to an urban skyline. Beyond this skyline is a line of mountains. In the air, there is a person bucking on a horse.The …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 21.2 cm
- Description
- Pencil and ink drawing of a man with his back to the viewer, carrying a suitcase and backpack. He wears shorts and knee-high socks. He looks into the background, where a road leads to an urban skyline. Beyond this skyline is a line of mountains. In the air, there is a person bucking on a horse.The paper is embossed with HOWARD SMITH VICTORY BONDS.
- Subject
- city
- rodeo
- Peter Whyte
- mountains
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.348
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- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.357
- Description
- Pencil drawing of three scenes in hand drawn boxes. The scenes are arranged vertically. The top scene is of a figure walking a dog on a leash. The middle scene is of a figure digging his heels into the ground while an animal (dog or goat) leaps forward and pulls the man by a leash. The bottom scene…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.8 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- Pencil drawing of three scenes in hand drawn boxes. The scenes are arranged vertically. The top scene is of a figure walking a dog on a leash. The middle scene is of a figure digging his heels into the ground while an animal (dog or goat) leaps forward and pulls the man by a leash. The bottom scene shows a car driving on a road with hills in the background.
- Subject
- man
- car
- animal
- humour
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.357
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- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.361
- Description
- Two pencil sketched scenes arranged vertically on paper. The paper appears to have been folded, as there is a crease between these two scenes. The top scene has a central wheel-helm raised on a platform, like it might be on the bow of a ship. Another figure, possibly a telescope, is to the viewer’s…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1921 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.5 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Two pencil sketched scenes arranged vertically on paper. The paper appears to have been folded, as there is a crease between these two scenes. The top scene has a central wheel-helm raised on a platform, like it might be on the bow of a ship. Another figure, possibly a telescope, is to the viewer’s right of the helm.In the bottom scene, various forest/mountain creatures, such as an elk, moose and bear sit in the front row of a classroom. Other less distinct figures sit around them in other seats. A figure with a pointer-stick gestures at the board, which has an image of a human skeleton on it.
- Subject
- drawing
- Peter Whyte
- animals
- classroom
- ship
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.361
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