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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1951
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.772
Description
Christmas card sketch, resembling the final version of the 1951 card. Animals gather around Catharine and Peter’s vehicle waiting for Catharine to finish cooking. Peter sits on the roof reading. One of the bears is sitting by a stool with a fork in hand. Near the middle of the bottom edge of the pa…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Best Wishes Peter
Date
1951
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
21.5 x 28.0 cm
Description
Christmas card sketch, resembling the final version of the 1951 card. Animals gather around Catharine and Peter’s vehicle waiting for Catharine to finish cooking. Peter sits on the roof reading. One of the bears is sitting by a stool with a fork in hand. Near the middle of the bottom edge of the paper it says “BEST WISHES PETER”verso: rectangular box drawn that is blank, that could have been used for another sketch.
Subject
bears
stool
fork
moose
birds
squirrel
rabbit
tree
cooking
pot
woman
man
reading
vehicle
Christmas card
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.772
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Date
1870 – 1890
Material
metal
Catalogue Number
103.01.0063 a-e
Description
five pins, Japanese (a) a target with an arrow through it, arrow in gold and silver finish, target showing other holes, seems of iron, sterling silver backing plate b) a still life of an apple painted red, woven basket with handles and a blossom in the basket (c) haloed figure with tiger, sterli…
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Title
Brooch Pin
Date
1870 – 1890
Material
metal
Dimensions
2.0 x 1.0 x 3.0 cm
Description
five pins, Japanese (a) a target with an arrow through it, arrow in gold and silver finish, target showing other holes, seems of iron, sterling silver backing plate b) a still life of an apple painted red, woven basket with handles and a blossom in the basket (c) haloed figure with tiger, sterling backing plate (d) fox with walking stick and a fardel of branches, while a rabbit nearby sits on his fardel and smokes a kiseru (e) a round pin with a relief molded devilish looking chap smoking a kiseru (c) and (d) have bamboo stays through the back pins, which may function as clasps.
Subject
Whyte home
households
adornment
animal
tiger
rabbit
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.01.0063 a-e
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Artist
Unknown
Date
n.d.
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.63
Description
Burl rabbit, natural formation accented and scored with burn marks to accentuate rabbit-like form; scorched on faces, arrow marks, scrolling, glued to wood base.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Burl Rabbit
Date
n.d.
Dimensions
17.2 x 19.5 x 32.5 cm
Description
Burl rabbit, natural formation accented and scored with burn marks to accentuate rabbit-like form; scorched on faces, arrow marks, scrolling, glued to wood base.
Subject
animal, rabbit
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.06.63
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Catharine and Peter Season’s Greetings

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.939
Description
Christmas card drawing. A group of animals are painting canvases that are resting on easels. They are facing the viewer suggesting they could be painting you. Below the drawing it says “CATHARINE AND PETER SEASON’S GREETINGS” and in the TRC “164”
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Catharine and Peter Season’s Greetings
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
17.7 x 25.9 cm
Description
Christmas card drawing. A group of animals are painting canvases that are resting on easels. They are facing the viewer suggesting they could be painting you. Below the drawing it says “CATHARINE AND PETER SEASON’S GREETINGS” and in the TRC “164”
Subject
animal
moose
bird
squirrel
mouse
deer
bear
rabbit
wolf
easel
canvas
paint
painting
brush
palette
Christmas card
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.939
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1917 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.541
Description
Written vertically on L side: EASTER GREETINGA rabbit reads a book under the title, all enclosed in a rectangle.In a second much larger rectangle to the right is a chicken with four chicks and a fence behind.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Easter Greeting
Date
1917 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
15.1 x 22.5 cm
Description
Written vertically on L side: EASTER GREETINGA rabbit reads a book under the title, all enclosed in a rectangle.In a second much larger rectangle to the right is a chicken with four chicks and a fence behind.
Subject
Easter
rabbit
chicken
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.541
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1913
Medium
coloured graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.03.151
Description
flowers, rabbits and ducks in a row
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
A Happy Easter.
Date
1913
Medium
coloured graphite on paper
Dimensions
15.0 x 23.0 cm
Description
flowers, rabbits and ducks in a row
Subject
Easter
rabbit
duck
flower
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.03.151
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Herb and Ivy Paris interview

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Part Of
Whyte Museum Oral History Programme collection
Date Range
1984
Reference Code
S1 / 149
Description Level
6 / Item
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Date
1930 – 1960
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
105.05.1023
Description
Weathered, wooden sign, White Rabbit Trail. Split across centre horizontally. "WHITE RABBIT TRAIL" arrow 31.5 points to the left, "[17? 1? ] 1/2 MI TO HEADWATERS CABIN", "[17? 1? ] 1/2 MI TO ALLENBY TRAIL". another arrow underneath. Letters barely legible, slightly raised from weathering around p…
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Title
Identification Sign
Date
1930 – 1960
Material
wood
Dimensions
28.2 x 91.8 cm
Description
Weathered, wooden sign, White Rabbit Trail. Split across centre horizontally. "WHITE RABBIT TRAIL" arrow 31.5 points to the left, "[17? 1? ] 1/2 MI TO HEADWATERS CABIN", "[17? 1? ] 1/2 MI TO ALLENBY TRAIL". another arrow underneath. Letters barely legible, slightly raised from weathering around paint. 2 nail holes each side,1 nail right side, 4.0 x 2.0 x 28.0 pieces of wood screwed onto back.
Subject
sports
summer
hiking
trails
White Rabbit
Headwaters
Allenby Pass
Credit
Gift of Rhoda Rouse, Calgary, 1970
Catalogue Number
105.05.1023
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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Date
1976
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.01
Description
In the upper left corner of this painting there is an owl swooping down to the lower right to catch a rabbit. The white rabbit is in mid jump and is running toward the lower right corner. The scene takes place in the winter, therefore the ground is snow covered and the trees and shrubs that are on …
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Artist
Clarence Ingwall Tillenius (1913 – 2012, Canadian)
Title
In The Winter Night
Date
1976
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
71.1 x 101.6 cm
Description
In the upper left corner of this painting there is an owl swooping down to the lower right to catch a rabbit. The white rabbit is in mid jump and is running toward the lower right corner. The scene takes place in the winter, therefore the ground is snow covered and the trees and shrubs that are on both sides of the animals have snow on thier branches. The overall colour of this painting is blue with some yellow in the owl's wing colour.
Subject
animal
owl
rabbit
landscape
Canadian
Credit
Gift of Clarence Ingwall Tillenius, Winnipeg, 1996
Catalogue Number
TiC.02.01
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Date
1977
Material
skin
Catalogue Number
104.24.3003 a-c
Description
Three deer hides of slightly different size with sewn repairs and holes from the cleaning process. Tag on (a) with CRW’s writing: “Flora Rabbitt 4 white hides $75 each pawned for $200 July 20 ‘77.”
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Title
Pelt
Date
1977
Material
skin
Dimensions
106.0 (a); 92.0 (b); 113.0 (c) x 91.0 (a); 88.0 (b); 110.0 (c) cm
Description
Three deer hides of slightly different size with sewn repairs and holes from the cleaning process. Tag on (a) with CRW’s writing: “Flora Rabbitt 4 white hides $75 each pawned for $200 July 20 ‘77.”
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
Flora Rabbit
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.24.3003 a-c
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