topic:"bird" found 22 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Bird bath and stone building

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.484

Description: Pencil drawing of a garden scene with a bird bath or stone basin in the foreground, a body of water in the middle, leading back to a stome building in background. Trees and bushes frame the drawing.

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Artist: Charles John Collings (1848 – 1931, British)

Title: Bird bath and stone building

Date: c. 1920

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 26.0 x 21.0 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of a garden scene with a bird bath or stone basin in the foreground, a body of water in the middle, leading back to a stome building in background. Trees and bushes frame the drawing.

Subject: landscape; building; basin; bird bath

Credit: Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1997

Catalogue Number: CoJ.03.484

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Bowl Set

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Date: 1930 – 1950

Material: wood

Catalogue Number: 104.20.0418 a-h

Description: All bowls red lacquer with exception of black inside foot. Only one bowl is totally red lacquer. All bowls have flared rim and stamped "Made in Japan". Lids red laquer with gold and silver laquer decoration of jaybird and flowers.

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Title: Bowl Set

Date: 1930 – 1950

Material: wood

Dimensions: 5.2 x 11.3 cm

Description: All bowls red lacquer with exception of black inside foot. Only one bowl is totally red lacquer. All bowls have flared rim and stamped "Made in Japan". Lids red laquer with gold and silver laquer decoration of jaybird and flowers.

Subject: households; animal; bird; jaybird

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

Catalogue Number: 104.20.0418 a-h

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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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Flight Woodcock

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Artist: Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896 – 1969)

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: engraving on paper

Catalogue Number: RpL.04.01

Description: Colour: black on white. Across the bottom and in the left corner are branches of a bush with berries. Behind is a distant lake and shores. A full round moon sits just above the horizon and is reflected in the lake. In the sky above are two birds flying to the right filling the upper left corner and…

Artist: Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896 – 1969)

Title: Flight Woodcock

Date: 1930 – 1940

Medium: engraving on paper

Dimensions: 22.6 x 30.2 cm

Description: Colour: black on white. Across the bottom and in the left corner are branches of a bush with berries. Behind is a distant lake and shores. A full round moon sits just above the horizon and is reflected in the lake. In the sky above are two birds flying to the right filling the upper left corner and center.

Subject: landscape; animal; bird

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1977

Catalogue Number: RpL.04.01

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Owl

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1914 – 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.656

Description: Pencil drawing of an owl, perched on a stand, with rough trees and mountains in the background. Enclosed in a rectangle. Below rectangle is the word OWL, circled. Signed Pete W. in cursive in brc within the rectangle; Signed P.R. WHiTE in brc outside rectangle.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Owl

Date: 1914 – 1925

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 17.0 x 21.8 cm

Description: Pencil drawing of an owl, perched on a stand, with rough trees and mountains in the background. Enclosed in a rectangle. Below rectangle is the word OWL, circled. Signed Pete W. in cursive in brc within the rectangle; Signed P.R. WHiTE in brc outside rectangle.

Subject: owl; bird; mountains; trees

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.656

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Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.940

Description: A Christmas card design. A rabbit in snowshoes holding poles has one lifted up and is pointing at a group of animals that is watching it. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS CATHARINE AND PETER” and on the left edge it says “REDUCE TO 3 3/4”.verso: lines drawn to determine a size for the …

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 17.8 x 28.7 cm

Description: A Christmas card design. A rabbit in snowshoes holding poles has one lifted up and is pointing at a group of animals that is watching it. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETINGS CATHARINE AND PETER” and on the left edge it says “REDUCE TO 3 3/4”.verso: lines drawn to determine a size for the card. Written along the left edge “Rota brown Yellow Lake Mixing white animals Standard red Peacock blue”.

Subject: Christmas card; animal; rabbit; moose; deer; bird; squirrel; bear; clothing; mittens; scarf; winter; sports; snowshoes; poles; skis

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.940

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Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.941

Description: A Christmas card design. A group of animals are in a convoy of snow mobiles, and they are driving up and over a snowy hill. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETING’S [sic Greetings] CATHARINE AND PETER”

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Season’s Greetings Catharine and Peter

Date: 1930 – 1960

Medium: graphite; ink on paper

Dimensions: 17.7 x 25.5 cm

Description: A Christmas card design. A group of animals are in a convoy of snow mobiles, and they are driving up and over a snowy hill. Below the drawing it says “SEASON’S GREETING’S [sic Greetings] CATHARINE AND PETER”

Subject: Christmas card; vehicle; snow mobile; winter; snow; sport; animal; moose; deer; wolf; squirrel; rabbit; bear; bird

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.941

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Sparrow on Plum Branch

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Artist: Ohara Koson (1877 – 1945, Japanese)

Date: 1910

Medium: woodblock on paper

Catalogue Number: KhO.04.02

Description: A bird, brown tail, back and head with a white face and breast is sitting on a greyish branch which has some pink blossoms at both ends and runs from top left down to bottom right. The top of the picture is yellowish fading to white.

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Artist: Ohara Koson (1877 – 1945, Japanese)

Title: Sparrow on Plum Branch

Date: 1910

Medium: woodblock on paper

Dimensions: 24.0 x 24.8 cm

Description: A bird, brown tail, back and head with a white face and breast is sitting on a greyish branch which has some pink blossoms at both ends and runs from top left down to bottom right. The top of the picture is yellowish fading to white.