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Watercolour Illustration
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactpor.05.01
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- PoR.05.01
- Description
- A botanical still life drawing of 6 or 7 different kinds of flowers in a grey vase. Flowers are deep blue, orange, light yellow, light pink, deep pink and white. Foliage is green. The vase has horizontal markmaking, giving the illusion of texture to the surface. Inscription on the back was written …
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- Title
- Watercolour Illustration
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.5 x 27.0 cm
- Description
- A botanical still life drawing of 6 or 7 different kinds of flowers in a grey vase. Flowers are deep blue, orange, light yellow, light pink, deep pink and white. Foliage is green. The vase has horizontal markmaking, giving the illusion of texture to the surface. Inscription on the back was written by one of her nieces, either Priscilla, Serena or Emily Potts. It reads, “Painted by my / Aunt Mary Ann Potts / about 1820”
- Subject
- botanical
- still life
- flowers
- Credit
- Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
- Catalogue Number
- PoR.05.01
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W.H. McMahon Joins The Mounties 1885
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- Date
- 1885 – 1956
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- McW.05.02 a-g
- Description
- Wood frame with white matting. 6 windows in the matting, 5 watercolour paintings and 1 photograph. Four of the watercolour paintings are in the four corners, a larger watercolour is places just about centre and the photograph is shown below. under each window is an inscription refrencing the image …
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- Title
- W.H. McMahon Joins The Mounties 1885
- Date
- 1885 – 1956
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Description
- Wood frame with white matting. 6 windows in the matting, 5 watercolour paintings and 1 photograph. Four of the watercolour paintings are in the four corners, a larger watercolour is places just about centre and the photograph is shown below. under each window is an inscription refrencing the image it is associated with. At the top is a large inscription reading “WHMcMahon Joins The Mounties. 1885.” All the writing is done in an ornate calligraphy.A: Image (top left): “The Raw Recruit” Viewer looks on into a blue room, facing a doorway and hallway. At the end of the hall a faded figure in blue pants and a red coat stand at attention. In the foreground, a soldier in a red coat, blue pants and white helmet stands in full profile view with rifle at his side. He faces the right side of the image. On the Right side a gentlemen (in a fine suit and hat) stands in full profile facing the left side of the image. He carries a suit case and walking stick. B: Image (bottom left): “First Uniform ill fitting” A man in a red coat, blue pants, and orange hat faces the viewer directly. The coat and pants are bumpy with lots of folds. in the back ground there are plain buildings and a dirt ground.C: Image (center top): “Who told you to dismount, Sir?” Blue skies look over a large area of dirt ground where a man sits in a brown shirt and blue pants. His right arm reaches down to his butt. His hat lays beside him on the right edge of the picture. In the center of the image a dark brown horse is painted mid-buck with the reins flying over his head and his ears pinned back. There is no rider on the saddle. Another man, in a red coat, stands in the distance on the left edge with his hand outstretched. In the background there is a large white building with a large British flag flying above. A faded fourth figure stands in the background. F: Image (Center bottom): “N.W.M.P. Barracks, Banff) It is a photograph (Can be found in archives V265/NA-66-37) Nine figures in brown uniforms stand in front of a yellow building with a brown roof. The man furthest to the left holds the reins of a dapple gray horse. A white dog sits between two of the center figures who are laying on the ground. Based off information at the Archives of Alberta the man laying down to the right of the dog is the artist, William Hastings McMahon. Two more horses pull a cart on the right edge. with a tenth figure in the cart. E: Image (top right): “Drill” A man in a red coat faces a line of marching soldiers in brown coats. He is slightly leaning forward and holds a long stick in his hands. Another figure in a red coat stands in the background. The surrounding environment is a mixtures of browns. Three faded buildings. D: Image (bottom right): “McMahon, N.W.M.P” A proud man faces the viewer directly. He is in a red coat, blue pants and black boots. The background is faded. One building is visible in the background and a woman figure in the far left. G: Frame and Calligraphy script on mat board
- Subject
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- R.C.M.P
- landscape
- barrack
- banff
- mounties
- North West Mounted Police
- N.W.M.P
- watercolour
- Credit
- Gift of Jack McMahon, Edmonton, 2018
- Catalogue Number
- McW.05.02 a-g
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Police Barracks in Banff
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- Date
- 1880 – 1929
- Medium
- watercolour, pen and ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- McW.05.01
- Description
- Watercolour painting with pen and ink detailing. It is a landscape painting with 4 Mountains, blue skies, an evergreen forested area, leafy trees, bushes, a building with a red roof, yellow walls and a wood fence. The sky accounts for half the image surface, some mountain peaks and trees cross the …
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- Title
- Police Barracks in Banff
- Date
- 1880 – 1929
- Medium
- watercolour, pen and ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 19.05 x 30.48 cm
- Description
- Watercolour painting with pen and ink detailing. It is a landscape painting with 4 Mountains, blue skies, an evergreen forested area, leafy trees, bushes, a building with a red roof, yellow walls and a wood fence. The sky accounts for half the image surface, some mountain peaks and trees cross the center line and stretch into the sky. There are four birds, off centered, flying in the back ground. The forested area stretches over the mountain ranges, coming up just behind the building which is placed in the distance to the viewer. The left side of the image is surrounded by bushes and three large trees. There are four figures in the painting, two closer to the viewer with red coats, blue pants. They are placed in the middle at an opening in the gate. Another figure is on the right edge, riding a dark brown horse. the fourth figure is standing next to the building, too far to paint details. There is a white structure to the right of the building, Unidentified.
- Credit
- Gift of Jack McMahon, Edmonton, 2018
- Catalogue Number
- McW.05.01
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- Date
- 1919 – 1920
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.03.289
- Description
- pink rose with green stem and leaves on brown grounding
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1919 – 1920
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 24.2 x 32.0 cm
- Description
- pink rose with green stem and leaves on brown grounding
- Subject
- flower
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.03.289
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- Date
- 1918
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.03.288
- Description
- yellow, orange and brown flowers in a green long necked vase
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1918
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 32.0 x 23.5 cm
- Description
- yellow, orange and brown flowers in a green long necked vase
- Subject
- flower
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.03.288
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.03.287
- Description
- small purple flowers on green stems with large green leaves with a black background
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- small purple flowers on green stems with large green leaves with a black background
- Subject
- flower
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.03.287
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.951 q
- Description
- Ink drawing of obese dog.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- Ink drawing of obese dog.
- Subject
- dog
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.951 q
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.951 p
- Description
- Drawing of person with arms up in air
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- Drawing of person with arms up in air
- Subject
- person
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.951 p
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I wish they’d ‘urry wid de eats
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.951 n
- Description
- Hatching of man leaning of fence, to the right of him in ink “I WISH THEY’D ‘URRY WID DE EATS” in bottom left “ORIGINAL”
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- Title
- I wish they’d ‘urry wid de eats
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.2 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- Hatching of man leaning of fence, to the right of him in ink “I WISH THEY’D ‘URRY WID DE EATS” in bottom left “ORIGINAL”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.951 n
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.951 m
- Description
- Two drawings: mountain range and cartoon of mouse with cheese, mice swimming and mouse on back of bald mans head labelled “SUMMER PASTIMES”
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 29.8 x 22.4 cm
- Description
- Two drawings: mountain range and cartoon of mouse with cheese, mice swimming and mouse on back of bald mans head labelled “SUMMER PASTIMES”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.951 m
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- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.950 x
- Description
- drawing of decorated triangle and man smoking in BRC
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1920
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.2 x 29.7 cm
- Description
- drawing of decorated triangle and man smoking in BRC
- Subject
- smoking
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.950 x
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- Date
- c. 1921
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.950 r
- Description
- Lake Louise
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- Title
- Lake Louise
- Date
- c. 1921
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description
- Lake Louise
- Subject
- Lake Louise
- mountain
- lake
- tree
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.950 r
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- Date
- c. 1921
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.950 q
- Description
- Incomplete drawing of a mountain resembling Assiniboine in the middle with valley around.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1921
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.5 x 29.5 cm
- Description
- Incomplete drawing of a mountain resembling Assiniboine in the middle with valley around.
- Subject
- mountain
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.950 q
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- Date
- 1910 – 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.855
- Description
- A man skating down the ice with a hockey stick and a puck in front of him. At the ice’s edge there are two children looking on. Above the drawing is says “MY PUBLIC -------------” and in the BRC it is signed “Peter Whyte - 28 -”. Below the signature it says “Drawn specially for Russ.”
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- Title
- My Public
- Date
- 1910 – 1928
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.8 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- A man skating down the ice with a hockey stick and a puck in front of him. At the ice’s edge there are two children looking on. Above the drawing is says “MY PUBLIC -------------” and in the BRC it is signed “Peter Whyte - 28 -”. Below the signature it says “Drawn specially for Russ.”
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 0
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.855
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- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.854
- Description
- A simple square log structure that has trees surrounding it. There are mountains that rise up behind the building. The cabin’s door reads “HOTEL”.
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1910 – 1925
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 22.5 cm
- Description
- A simple square log structure that has trees surrounding it. There are mountains that rise up behind the building. The cabin’s door reads “HOTEL”.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 0
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.854
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- Date
- 1919 – 1920
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.03.251
- Description
- yellow and red flower with green leaves on brown background
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1919 – 1920
- Medium
- pastel on paper
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- yellow and red flower with green leaves on brown background
- Subject
- flower
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.03.251
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- Date
- 1917
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.17
- Description
- Christmas tree with yellow star, red brick fireplace with fire
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1917
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- Christmas tree with yellow star, red brick fireplace with fire
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.17
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- Date
- 1913 – 1914
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.16
- Description
- green hills, white fence, white house with red roof
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1913 – 1914
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 15.0 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- green hills, white fence, white house with red roof
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.16
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- Date
- 1915
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.15
- Description
- Three women wearing pink and purple gowns sitting on yellow chairs addressing a figure wearing a pink pantsuit standing on a purple floor
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1915
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 30.2 cm
- Description
- Three women wearing pink and purple gowns sitting on yellow chairs addressing a figure wearing a pink pantsuit standing on a purple floor
- Subject
- fairy tale
- pink dress
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.15
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- Date
- c. 1915
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.14
- Description
- red and green dots with red squares. Inside red watercolour “A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU”
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- c. 1915
- Medium
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 8.0 cm
- Description
- red and green dots with red squares. Inside red watercolour “A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU”
- Subject
- Christmas card
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyC.05.14
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