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Watercolour Illustration

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Artist: Mary Ann Potts (1792 – 1870, American)

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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Artist: Mary Ann Potts (1792 – 1870, American)

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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Oil Painting

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

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.16

Description: Oil portrait of a man with short, dark hair, painted from the shoulders up in three-quarter view. He is wearing a dark red garment. He has fair skin, brown eyes and rosy cheeks. He is situated in front of a dark brown background.

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

Title: Oil Painting

Date: 1929

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 53.0 x 43.0 cm

Description: Oil portrait of a man with short, dark hair, painted from the shoulders up in three-quarter view. He is wearing a dark red garment. He has fair skin, brown eyes and rosy cheeks. He is situated in front of a dark brown background.

Subject: portrait; man

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.16

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Oil Painting

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: 1924 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: Wy?.02.019

Description: Oil portrait of a man from the shoulders up with short dark hair with warm, fair skin in three quarter view. He is wearing a white v-neck shirt and is situated in front of an orange/brown background. He eyes appear to be closed or looking at the ground, away from the viewer.

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Oil Painting

Date: 1924 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 53.0 x 43.0 cm

Description: Oil portrait of a man from the shoulders up with short dark hair with warm, fair skin in three quarter view. He is wearing a white v-neck shirt and is situated in front of an orange/brown background. He eyes appear to be closed or looking at the ground, away from the viewer.

Subject: portrait; man

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

Catalogue Number: Wy?.02.019

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Oil Painting

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: 1924 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: Wy?.02.018

Description: Oil portrait from the shoulders up of a man with fair skin, blue eyes and short brown hair in profile, looking left of the viewer. He is wearing a beige suit and blue tie. He is situated in front of a dark brown, almost black, background.

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Oil Painting

Date: 1924 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 53.0 x 43.0 cm

Description: Oil portrait from the shoulders up of a man with fair skin, blue eyes and short brown hair in profile, looking left of the viewer. He is wearing a beige suit and blue tie. He is situated in front of a dark brown, almost black, background.

Subject: portrait; man

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

Catalogue Number: Wy?.02.018

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Oil Painting

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

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.17

Description: Oil portrait of a women with short, medium brown hair and fair skin in profile. She is wearing a brown garment that blends with the background that she is situated in, which is split vertically off-center to the right; the left side of the background is a deep green colour, while the right side is …

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

Title: Oil Painting

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 53.0 x 43.0 cm

Description: Oil portrait of a women with short, medium brown hair and fair skin in profile. She is wearing a brown garment that blends with the background that she is situated in, which is split vertically off-center to the right; the left side of the background is a deep green colour, while the right side is a light brown. The bottom edge of the painting is unfinished.

Subject: portrait; woman

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

Catalogue Number: WyC.02.17

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Oil Painting

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: 1924 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: Wy?.02.015

Description: Oil portrait of a woman from the shoulders up with fair skin, blue eyes and wavy ginger hair in profile view. She is wearing a cream coloured blouse with a collar and a dark garment over top, along with a short beaded statement necklace. She is situated in front of a deep yellow ochre background.

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Oil Painting

Date: 1924 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 53.0 x 43.0 cm

Description: Oil portrait of a woman from the shoulders up with fair skin, blue eyes and wavy ginger hair in profile view. She is wearing a cream coloured blouse with a collar and a dark garment over top, along with a short beaded statement necklace. She is situated in front of a deep yellow ochre background.

Subject: portrait; woman

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

Catalogue Number: Wy?.02.015

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Oil Painting

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: 1924 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: Wy?.02.014

Description: Oil portrait from the shoulders up of a woman with dark, tied-back hair.She is wearing a dark, v-neck shirt. The woman has fair skin, rosy cheeks, red lips and dark coloured eyes. Her hair is parted on the side and she is situated in front of a warm grey background. The womans face is near front fa…

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Oil Painting

Date: 1924 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 53.0 x 43.0 cm

Description: Oil portrait from the shoulders up of a woman with dark, tied-back hair.She is wearing a dark, v-neck shirt. The woman has fair skin, rosy cheeks, red lips and dark coloured eyes. Her hair is parted on the side and she is situated in front of a warm grey background. The womans face is near front facing, but her gaze is directed to the bottom right of the paintings.

Subject: portrait; woman

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

Catalogue Number: Wy?.02.014

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Oil Painting

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: Wy?.02.013

Description: Oil portrait of a man from the waist up with short brown/black hair and fair skin in profile view. The man is seated against a background that is split vertically off center to the right; the left side, which is larger, is a deep brown/green colour, while the right side, which is smaller, contains …

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Oil Painting

Date: 1928

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 53.0 x 43.0 cm

Description: Oil portrait of a man from the waist up with short brown/black hair and fair skin in profile view. The man is seated against a background that is split vertically off center to the right; the left side, which is larger, is a deep brown/green colour, while the right side, which is smaller, contains a deep purple colour. The man is wearing a dark, presumably black garment, with a small white collar popping through at the neck. His skin is mostly fair, while his nose, lips, and ears are pink in colour. There are a series of small marks in the bottom left corner in varying shades of red, yellow ochre and brown. The bottom edge is unfinished, revealing the marks of the paintbrush over the raw canvas below.

Subject: portrait; man

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

Catalogue Number: Wy?.02.013

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Oil Painting

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Date: 1924 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: Wy?.02.012

Description: Oil portrait from the waist up of a woman with short, wavy brown hair wearing a cream-coloured blouse and yellow accessory is seated against a deep yellow background in three quarter profile, looking away from the viewer. She has rosy cheeks, brown eyes and fair skin. The woman’s gaze is directed a…

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Artist: Peter or Catharine Whyte

Title: Oil Painting

Date: 1924 – 1930

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 53.0 x 43.0 cm

Description: Oil portrait from the waist up of a woman with short, wavy brown hair wearing a cream-coloured blouse and yellow accessory is seated against a deep yellow background in three quarter profile, looking away from the viewer. She has rosy cheeks, brown eyes and fair skin. The woman’s gaze is directed away from the viewer.

Subject: portrait; woman

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

Catalogue Number: Wy?.02.012

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Untitled

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

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

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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Untitled

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

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

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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Untitled

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

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

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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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.951 q

Description: Ink drawing of obese dog.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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”

Subject: eating; food; fence

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.951 n

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Untitled

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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”