topic:"bird" found 18 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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Bird Figurine

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Date: 1974 – 1978

Material: plastic

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0116

Description: Plastic penguin in black and white, with red eyes and mouth. Head counterweighted so it wobbles if touched. Mass produced stamped on bottom "Grebe...Made in West Germany"

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Title: Bird Figurine

Date: 1974 – 1978

Material: plastic

Dimensions: 8.5 x 3.7 x 4.0 cm

Description: Plastic penguin in black and white, with red eyes and mouth. Head counterweighted so it wobbles if touched. Mass produced stamped on bottom "Grebe...Made in West Germany"

Subject: households; decorative; miniatures; animal; bird; penguin

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

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0116

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Bird Figurine Set

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Date: 1977

Material: wood; metal; paper

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0094 a-h

Description: A set of eight small, brightly painted, wooden birds. Each bird is shaped and coloured in a stylized manner to represent different kinds of birds. Metal tails and bills have been added to some. All stand on two toothpick like metal legs attached into a flat green square base. (a) red, partridge lik…

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Title: Bird Figurine Set

Date: 1977

Material: wood; metal; paper

Dimensions: 3.0 x 1.2 x 3.3 cm

Description: A set of eight small, brightly painted, wooden birds. Each bird is shaped and coloured in a stylized manner to represent different kinds of birds. Metal tails and bills have been added to some. All stand on two toothpick like metal legs attached into a flat green square base. (a) red, partridge like, with bill in air, white spots, yellow eye. (b) yellow with brown head, long bill, crest on head, striped wing. (c )yellow with green head, long bill in air white dot on wing. (d) yellow, rooster like, with red head and comb, full striped green tail. (e) white with grey head, short bill, brown wings with bands at tips. (f) white with red circle around eye, long bill, brown wings, short tail. (g) blue with red wing, yellow bill and crest, white stripes around neck.( h)grey with black head with crest, red dot on wing.

Subject: Whyte home; households; decorative; miniatures; animal; bird; partridge; rooster

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

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0094 a-h

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Owl

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Artist: Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)

Date: 1973

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: HoR.03.04

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Artist: Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)

Title: Owl

Date: 1973

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 47 x 34.5 cm

Subject: bird, owl

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

Catalogue Number: HoR.03.04

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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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Ruffed Grouse

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Artist: Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)

Date: 1977

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: HoR.03.02

Description: Colour: brown and black on white. The rear view of a bird whose head is turned to the right. The background is divided in two diagonally, from the upper edge left of center to two thirds down the right side. The markings on the lower section are in squares. In the upper section the markings run hor…

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Artist: Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)

Title: Ruffed Grouse

Date: 1977

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.5 x 11.5 cm

Description: Colour: brown and black on white. The rear view of a bird whose head is turned to the right. The background is divided in two diagonally, from the upper edge left of center to two thirds down the right side. The markings on the lower section are in squares. In the upper section the markings run horizontally.

Subject: animal, bird

Credit: Purchased from Robert J. Hope, 1975

Catalogue Number: HoR.03.02

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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.

Subject: animal, bird

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

Catalogue Number: KhO.04.02

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Untitled

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Artist: Brian Joseph Grandbois

Date: 1978

Medium: acrylic on paper

Catalogue Number: GrB.12.02

Description: Large stylized eagle looking to the left, another bird under its breast, another bird looking to the right behind wings. Predominate colours light blue, maroon and yellow.

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Artist: Brian Joseph Grandbois

Title: Untitled

Date: 1978

Medium: acrylic on paper

Dimensions: 25; 38 x 35; 45.5 cm

Description: Large stylized eagle looking to the left, another bird under its breast, another bird looking to the right behind wings. Predominate colours light blue, maroon and yellow.