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- Date
- 1956 – 1956
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.23
- Description
- Flip book-style coil-bound sketchbook with pressed paper covers. “REEVES, Series 60, SKETCH BOOK” printed on the cover in black. Also written on the cover in pencil [upside-down at the bottom] is “MRS. ELMER GAUMDROUE, (MUSEUM) DAWSON, Y.T. YUKON.” Contents include sketches of various buildings ar…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1956 – 1956
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 26.1 x 17.3 cm
- Description
- Flip book-style coil-bound sketchbook with pressed paper covers. “REEVES, Series 60, SKETCH BOOK” printed on the cover in black. Also written on the cover in pencil [upside-down at the bottom] is “MRS. ELMER GAUMDROUE, (MUSEUM) DAWSON, Y.T. YUKON.” Contents include sketches of various buildings around the town of Dawson, Yukon done during July 1956, a car Peter & Catharine helped pull out of a ditch in Northern BC, figure studies of people and animals, and buildings/attractions around Fairbanks and Homer, Alaska.
- Subject
- sketching
- drawing
- buildings
- travel
- automobiles
- tourism
- Dawson City
- Yukon
- Alaska
- Peter Whyte
- Catharine Robb Whyte;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.23
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- Date
- 1934 – 1934
- Medium
- graphite; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.25
- Description
- Spiral-bound sketchbook with red and white-patterned cardboard covers and a black fabric elastic band attached to the back cover for the purpose of holding the book closed. A white paper sticker is adhered to the front cover with “Spring Block, Drawing Paper, By T.S.” printed in black on it - “Pete…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1934 – 1934
- Medium
- graphite; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 24.8 x 19.0 cm
- Description
- Spiral-bound sketchbook with red and white-patterned cardboard covers and a black fabric elastic band attached to the back cover for the purpose of holding the book closed. A white paper sticker is adhered to the front cover with “Spring Block, Drawing Paper, By T.S.” printed in black on it - “Peter Whyte” is written in pencil in the TLC. Contents include scene sketches from a 1934 trip to Japan by Peter and Catharine. Consists mostly of people sitting at tables presumably playing cards, Catharine reading the newspaper, figure studies, and a horse-drawn 2-wheel carriage.
- Subject
- sketching
- drawing
- figure study
- newspaper
- portrait
- Japan
- horses
- Peter Whyte
- Catharine Robb Whyte;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.25
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- Date
- 1934 – 1934
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.26
- Description
- Fabric-wrapped cardboard cover Japanese sketchbook with high-quality paper pages. All pages stacked folded over each other like an accordion. Contents include figure studies and caricatures/stylized portraits of Japanese men and women, often holding umbrella - almost all of the images of women have…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1934 – 1934
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 24.2 x 18.22 cm
- Description
- Fabric-wrapped cardboard cover Japanese sketchbook with high-quality paper pages. All pages stacked folded over each other like an accordion. Contents include figure studies and caricatures/stylized portraits of Japanese men and women, often holding umbrella - almost all of the images of women have been coloured in with watercolour paint.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.26
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- Date
- 1930 – 1930
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.05
- Description
- A sketchbook with a black spine and pressed paper cover in black and white. There is a white rectangular label with “Peter Whyte Banff” written in graphite pencil. It contains several black and white and coloured sketches done by Peter Whyte of various subjects including people, places, structures,…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1930
- Medium
- ink; graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 26 x 20.2 cm
- Description
- A sketchbook with a black spine and pressed paper cover in black and white. There is a white rectangular label with “Peter Whyte Banff” written in graphite pencil. It contains several black and white and coloured sketches done by Peter Whyte of various subjects including people, places, structures, and transports (mostly ships) from trips through Asia, Africa, and Hawaii taken during 1930.
- Subject
- sketching
- drawing
- figure studies
- ships
- Asia
- Peter Whyte
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.05
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- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.329
- Description
- A pencil and ink drawing of two men on a frozen lake. One man has fallen through broken ice and is only visible from the chest-up. The other man, wearing a hat and coat, assists the fallen man by pulling him up with a stick. Quickly-sketched trees line the background. There is a sign with illegibl…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1929
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.0 x 23.5 cm
- Description
- A pencil and ink drawing of two men on a frozen lake. One man has fallen through broken ice and is only visible from the chest-up. The other man, wearing a hat and coat, assists the fallen man by pulling him up with a stick. Quickly-sketched trees line the background. There is a sign with illegible writing on it posted to the right of the fallen man. In the bottom left corner of the drawing, “Peter Whyte -29” is visible. A hand-drawn pencil line frames the scene.Below this drawing, dialogue reads:WELL HOW DID YOU COME TO FALL IN?FOOL, I DIDN’T COME TO FALL IN, I CAME TO SKATE!!
- Subject
- comic
- winter
- skating
- Peter Whyte
- drawing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.329
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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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- 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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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.01
- Description
- Spiral-bound sketchbook with brown thick card stock covers that belonged to Peter Whyte. Printed on the front cover is “The Beverly Spiral Sketch Book, (Rough Surface), For Pencil, Watercolors, Crayon and Ink, M” in dark brown. Sketches feature Christmas card ideas, figure studies, teepee interiors…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 22.4 cm
- Description
- Spiral-bound sketchbook with brown thick card stock covers that belonged to Peter Whyte. Printed on the front cover is “The Beverly Spiral Sketch Book, (Rough Surface), For Pencil, Watercolors, Crayon and Ink, M” in dark brown. Sketches feature Christmas card ideas, figure studies, teepee interiors, rows of teepees with people in front/around them, animals, a house [done in watercolour paints, possibly by a child named Ian], and the funeral of Chief David Bearspaw, 1956. Some pages appear to have been torn from other sketchbooks and inserted in this one - there are also smaller papers of sketches folded up and tucked between the pages.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.01
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- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; on paper;
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.16
- Description
- Metal coil-bound sketchbook with patterned black and white covers - the back cover has a green tint to the white parts, unsure if this was the original colour and the front cover is simply faded or if the back cover was dyed or tinted green later. Front cover has adhered paper label with manufactur…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1950 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; on paper;
- Dimensions
- 25.1 x 21.0 cm
- Description
- Metal coil-bound sketchbook with patterned black and white covers - the back cover has a green tint to the white parts, unsure if this was the original colour and the front cover is simply faded or if the back cover was dyed or tinted green later. Front cover has adhered paper label with manufacturer name and space for an owner’s name - brand reads “GYRAL, Patent Pending.” Contents include sketches of possible Christmas cards, figure studies, notes, skiers, church/funeral scenes from Morley, sketches for paintings, geometric plans for tepees, and more.
- Subject
- drawing
- sketching
- skiing
- Indigenous Peoples
- tepees
- Morely
- Stoney Nakoda
- Peter Whyte
- Catharine Robb Whyte;
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.09.16
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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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