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Date
1911
Material
wood; glass; metal; concrete; stone
Catalogue Number
101.01.0009
Description
Log cabin entirely of notched log construction, now on stone and concrete plinth. Wood chinking covered with concrete. Some seams are chinked with tree branches faced with concrete. Door constructed from horizontal wood slats. Window on front covered in steel mesh to prevent entry of bears. Front w…
Title
Log House
Date
1911
Material
wood; glass; metal; concrete; stone
Dimensions
548.64 x 685.8 cm
Description
Log cabin entirely of notched log construction, now on stone and concrete plinth. Wood chinking covered with concrete. Some seams are chinked with tree branches faced with concrete. Door constructed from horizontal wood slats. Window on front covered in steel mesh to prevent entry of bears. Front window 60.96 x 137.16 cm. and one window on each side each 60.96 x 50.8. Wooden roof with wooden shingles, rafters are small logs.
Subject
architecture
Wardens
Parks Canada
Scotty Wright
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
101.01.0009
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
c. 1915
Medium
watercolour on graph paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.15.01
Description
The house is a white colour with green spots through-out the exterior. The cut out house has seventeen windows on the front side and two doors. All the windows have green shutters that will close over the windows and the two doors open to show the inside the house. The entire front of the house ope…
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
c. 1915
Medium
watercolour on graph paper
Dimensions
13.0 x 25.3 cm
Description
The house is a white colour with green spots through-out the exterior. The cut out house has seventeen windows on the front side and two doors. All the windows have green shutters that will close over the windows and the two doors open to show the inside the house. The entire front of the house opens up to expose the interior rooms and furniture. All the details within the rooms have been coloured and the closet doors within the rooms open up also to show what is behind the door. The very top section of the house which is the attic area is also made to open up and expose four bedrooms. Detail ranging from the art on the walls to the dishes in the cupboards have been included in every room. The roof is a brown colour with red chimneys in three places. The house has a brick patio area on the left side with a plant cover over top. The grass in the foreground is green and there are two walks in the front yard. One to the front door and the other is to the patio. The sky above is a medium colour of blue.
Subject
architecture
house
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.15.01
Images
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