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Cathedral Mountain from Opabin Pass

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Artist: James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on board

Catalogue Number: MaJ.02.04

Description: Copy of inscription au verso:To Pete and Catherine (sic) Whyte, with congratulations (better late than never) with the hope that life will always be as pleasant for them both as for Pete in the sketch. From this humble fellow member in the Opabin Shale Splitter’s J .E. H. MacDonaldOct. 1, 1930

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Artist: James Edward Hervey MacDonald, R. C. A. (1873 – 1932, Canadian)

Title: Cathedral Mountain from Opabin Pass

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on board

Dimensions: 20.8 x 26.0 cm

Description: Copy of inscription au verso:To Pete and Catherine (sic) Whyte, with congratulations (better late than never) with the hope that life will always be as pleasant for them both as for Pete in the sketch. From this humble fellow member in the Opabin Shale Splitter’s J .E. H. MacDonaldOct. 1, 1930

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies

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

Catalogue Number: MaJ.02.04

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Cathedral Mountain, Lake O'Hara

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.010

Description: Colour: blue, green, black. The lower half is a green lake surrounded by black trees in the foreground, rock cliffs on the left side and mountain slopes in the distance to left and right. The upper half is a distant mountain lit in the last rays of the sun. Above is blue sky with one large grey clo…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Cathedral Mountain, Lake O'Hara

Date: 1931 – 1940

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 63.0 x 76.0 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green, black. The lower half is a green lake surrounded by black trees in the foreground, rock cliffs on the left side and mountain slopes in the distance to left and right. The upper half is a distant mountain lit in the last rays of the sun. Above is blue sky with one large grey cloud.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.010

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Chief Dan Wildman

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

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.01

Description: Colour: brown, grey, red. Head and upper torso of a man facing left. He wears a large feather headress and a buckskin jacket with beaded trim. He wears a claw or teeth necklace. The background is grey.

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

Title: Chief Dan Wildman

Date: 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 63.4 x 76.7 cm

Description: Colour: brown, grey, red. Head and upper torso of a man facing left. He wears a large feather headress and a buckskin jacket with beaded trim. He wears a claw or teeth necklace. The background is grey.

Subject: portrait, male; Dan Wildman

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1971

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.01

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Chief David Bearspaw

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

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas on cardboard

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.127

Description: Portrait of Chief David Bearspaw.

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

Title: Chief David Bearspaw

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas on cardboard

Dimensions: 35.5 x 28.0 cm

Description: Portrait of Chief David Bearspaw.

Subject: portrait, male; David Bearspaw

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.127

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Chief Hector Crawler

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.017

Description: Colour: grey, yellow, red, black. The head and upper torso of an Indigenous man wearing a large feather headdress and a beaded buckskin jacket. A white beaded neckpiece hangs down in front. The background in grey.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Chief Hector Crawler

Date: 1931

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 76.5 x 63.0 cm

Description: Colour: grey, yellow, red, black. The head and upper torso of an Indigenous man wearing a large feather headdress and a beaded buckskin jacket. A white beaded neckpiece hangs down in front. The background in grey.

Subject: portrait, male; Indigenous

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.017

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Clouds

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.003

Description: Mountains of purplish black hues are located in the lower right corner. Cloud formations in various tones of blues, greys and white take up the majority of the canvas.

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

Title: Clouds

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.2 x 30.0 cm

Description: Mountains of purplish black hues are located in the lower right corner. Cloud formations in various tones of blues, greys and white take up the majority of the canvas.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; skyscape

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.003

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Columbia Icefield, Athabasca Glacier

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1940 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.158

Description: A large gnarled, dead grey and brown tree with long brances is centre leaning left. Fall vegetation, rust-coloured, is in the immediate foreground, evergeens to the right. The icefield dominates the painting spilling to moraine lower and right, grey-blue flanks to each side and a cloudy white sky.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Columbia Icefield, Athabasca Glacier

Date: 1940 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.8 x 35.5 cm

Description: A large gnarled, dead grey and brown tree with long brances is centre leaning left. Fall vegetation, rust-coloured, is in the immediate foreground, evergeens to the right. The icefield dominates the painting spilling to moraine lower and right, grey-blue flanks to each side and a cloudy white sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; icefield, Columbia; glacier, Athabasca

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.158

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Crowfoot Glacier

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.143

Description: This is a close up view of Crowfoot Glacier. The treeline can be seen weaving around the parameters of the lake. The lake consequently winds around a jutty of rock extending from the mountain. The Glacier above moves through the mountain rocks until it meets the source of the lake below. A cobalt b…

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

Title: Crowfoot Glacier

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: This is a close up view of Crowfoot Glacier. The treeline can be seen weaving around the parameters of the lake. The lake consequently winds around a jutty of rock extending from the mountain. The Glacier above moves through the mountain rocks until it meets the source of the lake below. A cobalt blue sky can be seen in the top left hand corner.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.143

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Crowfoot Glacier

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

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.202

Description: The Crowfoot Glacier comprises 2/3 of the sketch. The glacier is visible running down the mountain side. The rough terrain of the mountains is depicted in various colour ranges of blue grey, reddish pinks, and yellows. A placid river runs below the mountains. A far bank is lined with a row of tall …

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

Title: Crowfoot Glacier

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.8 x 28.0 cm

Description: The Crowfoot Glacier comprises 2/3 of the sketch. The glacier is visible running down the mountain side. The rough terrain of the mountains is depicted in various colour ranges of blue grey, reddish pinks, and yellows. A placid river runs below the mountains. A far bank is lined with a row of tall evergreens. The front shoreline is comprised of lime green grasses. A single rock juts out of the water to the right of centre.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.202

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Crowfoot Glacier

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

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.139

Description: Green slopes undulate in the foreground down to the lake of the glacier. Trees dot either side of the slopes, diminishing in size around the baby blue coloured lake. The slopes of Crowfoot Glacier rise high above the lake below. The mountain range in colour from purple to green and yellow-ochre. An…

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

Title: Crowfoot Glacier

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Green slopes undulate in the foreground down to the lake of the glacier. Trees dot either side of the slopes, diminishing in size around the baby blue coloured lake. The slopes of Crowfoot Glacier rise high above the lake below. The mountain range in colour from purple to green and yellow-ochre. An ominous grey cloud cover broods over the mountain peaks.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.139

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Summit

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.082

Description: Colour: green, purple. A little brook runs between rocks and grass in the lower center. Halfway up grow trees on either side. Meadows beyond reach a lake right of center where a forest goes up either side. In the background are three purple mountains with grey and blue sky beyond.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Crowfoot Glacier, Bow Summit

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 27.5 x 35 cm

Description: Colour: green, purple. A little brook runs between rocks and grass in the lower center. Halfway up grow trees on either side. Meadows beyond reach a lake right of center where a forest goes up either side. In the background are three purple mountains with grey and blue sky beyond.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.082

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Crowfoot Glacier from Bow Summit

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

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.155

Description: Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier seen from Bow Summit

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

Title: Crowfoot Glacier from Bow Summit

Date: 1945 – 1955

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 28.0 x 35.5 cm

Description: Bow Lake and Crowfoot Glacier seen from Bow Summit

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; Crowfoot Glacier; Bow Summit; Bow Lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.155

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Early Snow, Mount Assiniboine

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1938 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.009

Description: Colour: blue, white. The lower third is snow with a trail going up from the bottom center to the right then left to the center where on either side there are snow laden trees. Four evergreens and one larch on the left and two evergreens and four larch on the right. Beyond is a mountain peak on the …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Early Snow, Mount Assiniboine

Date: 1938 – 1945

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 76.6 x 64.0 cm

Description: Colour: blue, white. The lower third is snow with a trail going up from the bottom center to the right then left to the center where on either side there are snow laden trees. Four evergreens and one larch on the left and two evergreens and four larch on the right. Beyond is a mountain peak on the left side - the saddle being right of center. There is a cloud resting on the saddle between the two rises. The sky is blue.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; lake

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.009

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Eskimo Children II, Resolute Bay, N.W.T.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Date: 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: DaK.02.01

Description: The faces of three children look out from parka hoods. Behind in the distance are mountains.

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Artist: Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper (1898 – 1994, Canadian)

Title: Eskimo Children II, Resolute Bay, N.W.T.

Date: 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 75.0 x 62.3 cm

Description: The faces of three children look out from parka hoods. Behind in the distance are mountains.

Subject: portrait; child; group; Inuit

Credit: Purchased from Kathleen Frances Daly Pepper, 1969

Catalogue Number: DaK.02.01

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Figures on the Sand II

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Artist: Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts (1871 – 1927, American)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: RoE.02.01

Description: Purchased by Mrs. Russell Robb, 1927. See RoE.02.02 for more info.

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Artist: Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts (1871 – 1927, American)

Title: Figures on the Sand II

Date: c. 1920

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 24.3 x 49.8 cm

Description: Purchased by Mrs. Russell Robb, 1927. See RoE.02.02 for more info.

Subject: landscape; ocean; figure; child; group

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

Catalogue Number: RoE.02.01

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Fossil Mountain from Skoki Lodge

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.300

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Fossil Mountain from Skoki Lodge

Date: 1933

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.6 x 27.8 cm

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.300

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Goat Mountain, Spray Valley

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.131

Description: Colour: blue, green, grey. At the lower left corner is a purple rock slope with three short trees on it. Behind on either side are green shores sloping down to a snowy river which goes from the lower right corner to the center. In the upper third in the distance are blue mountains three peaks and b…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Goat Mountain, Spray Valley

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 22.5 x 27.7 cm

Description: Colour: blue, green, grey. At the lower left corner is a purple rock slope with three short trees on it. Behind on either side are green shores sloping down to a snowy river which goes from the lower right corner to the center. In the upper third in the distance are blue mountains three peaks and blue sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; Goat Mountain; valley; Spray

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.131

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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The Goodsirs, Yoho Park

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

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.01.262

Description: The left foreground contains a large triangular black rock. The upper surface of the rock is coloured violet-grey and green-grey, as are the other foreground rocks. The foreground also contains patches of green and orange grass. On the left, in the middleground, a violet-grey mountain (whose surfac…

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

Title: The Goodsirs, Yoho Park

Date: n.d.

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 25.4 x 30.3 cm

Description: The left foreground contains a large triangular black rock. The upper surface of the rock is coloured violet-grey and green-grey, as are the other foreground rocks. The foreground also contains patches of green and orange grass. On the left, in the middleground, a violet-grey mountain (whose surface is undefined) slopes downwards. In the background, to the right of centre, is a range of four blue mountains. White glaciers are found at their base. The light blue sky is broken by several plumes of cloud, which are being blown diagonally upwards from the top of the four peaks.