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Canadian Highlanders Are With You

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.757
Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1939 – 1945
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.757
Description
Two images of what appears to be sketches for propaganda posters for World War II. The top image is a Canadian Highlander standing on a hill in a poised stance holding a lee enfield. In the background there is a mountain range, and below his feet is says “CANADIAN HIGHLANDERS ARE WITH YOU.” In the …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Canadian Highlanders Are With You
Date
1939 – 1945
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
25.3 x 16.2 cm
Description
Two images of what appears to be sketches for propaganda posters for World War II. The top image is a Canadian Highlander standing on a hill in a poised stance holding a lee enfield. In the background there is a mountain range, and below his feet is says “CANADIAN HIGHLANDERS ARE WITH YOU.” In the second image it is the Highlander again looking out to the mountain range with his back to the viewer.
Subject
World War II
Highlander
gun
lee enfield
mountains
reserves
army
propaganda
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.757
Images
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Fighter Aircraft, Vancouver Island

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.560
Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1943
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.560
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Fighter Aircraft, Vancouver Island
Date
1943
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
40.5 x 50.8 cm
Subject
mountain
World War II
transportation
airplane
automobile
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.01.560
Images
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1944 – 1944
Medium
graphite; on paper;
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.20
Description
Pressed paper coil-bound sketchbook with dark brown covers. “ARTCRAFT SKETCH BOOK ROUGH” as well as manufacturer details printed on the front cover in black. Contents include sketches of various planes and air base scenes, as well as sketches of people dated July 1944.
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1944 – 1944
Medium
graphite; on paper;
Dimensions
25.3 x 36.1 cm
Description
Pressed paper coil-bound sketchbook with dark brown covers. “ARTCRAFT SKETCH BOOK ROUGH” as well as manufacturer details printed on the front cover in black. Contents include sketches of various planes and air base scenes, as well as sketches of people dated July 1944.
Subject
drawing
sketching
figure studies
military
World War II
airplanes
prairies
Peter Whyte;
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.09.20
Images
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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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