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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
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.331
- 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
- 1920 – 1935
- Medium
- graphite; ink; watercolour on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.02
- Description
- A grey fabric-bound sketchbook with “Sketches” [cursive] embossed in burgundy on the front cover and a small fabric pencil sleeve attached to the inside of the back cover that belonged to Peter Whyte. The original pages of the sketchbook seem to have been removed at some point - the book is full of…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1920 – 1935
- Medium
- graphite; ink; watercolour on paper;
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 35.9 cm
- Description
- A grey fabric-bound sketchbook with “Sketches” [cursive] embossed in burgundy on the front cover and a small fabric pencil sleeve attached to the inside of the back cover that belonged to Peter Whyte. The original pages of the sketchbook seem to have been removed at some point - the book is full of loose pieces of paper, some of which may be original to the sketchbook. Sketches feature figure studies, cars, wildlife, and graded sampler sheets done by Peter as part of his coursework at the Boston School of Fine Art.
- Subject
- painting
- drawing
- Peter Whyte;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.02
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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
- 1920 – 1950
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.19
- Description
- Pressed paper coil-bound sketchbook with green covers. White paper adhesive label on front cover contains manufacturer details “Li-Rite, Sketch Pad, No. 6087” in black. Sketchbook pages are mostly empty, with only a sketch of two people on skis with their backs shown [includes a small inset at the …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 25.0 x 36.0 cm
- Description
- Pressed paper coil-bound sketchbook with green covers. White paper adhesive label on front cover contains manufacturer details “Li-Rite, Sketch Pad, No. 6087” in black. Sketchbook pages are mostly empty, with only a sketch of two people on skis with their backs shown [includes a small inset at the bottom where the same scene is sketched in with watercolour paint], a rough sketch of a log building with Rundle Mountain in the background, and a rough sketch of a person on horseback.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.19
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- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Medium
- pencil; water colour; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.22
- Description
- Pressed paper flip-book style sketchbook with laminated light brown cover - “CO-MO SKETCH BOOK” and figure study sketch printed in black. “55¢” handwritten in black ink in top left corner. Sketch book contains two sketches: an unidentified Indigenous man with hair braided and tied with green wearin…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1920 – 1950
- Medium
- pencil; water colour; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 22.2 cm
- Description
- Pressed paper flip-book style sketchbook with laminated light brown cover - “CO-MO SKETCH BOOK” and figure study sketch printed in black. “55¢” handwritten in black ink in top left corner. Sketch book contains two sketches: an unidentified Indigenous man with hair braided and tied with green wearing a red shirt with green accents around the neck, and a log building with trees along the left-hand side, a fence dissapearing off to the right, and moose antlers at the apex of the roof.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.22
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