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Across the Southern States to the Blue Pacific and Vancouver

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.375

Description: Side 1: Pencil drawing of car driving on a highway to the viewer’s right and into the distance. Other more roughly sketched vehicles are in oncoming lanes. A sign to the right of the road reads: ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES/ TO THE PACIFIC AND/ VANCOUVERIn the top left corner, the number 13 is circle…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Across the Southern States to the Blue Pacific and Vancouver

Date: 1925 – 1966

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 14.5 x 21.0 cm

Description: Side 1: Pencil drawing of car driving on a highway to the viewer’s right and into the distance. Other more roughly sketched vehicles are in oncoming lanes. A sign to the right of the road reads: ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES/ TO THE PACIFIC AND/ VANCOUVERIn the top left corner, the number 13 is circled.Side 2: Pencil drawing of a car driving through a landscape of rolling hills. Mountains are barely visible in the background. This illustration is in a rectangular box. Below this box is a rectangle that is divided into four.

Subject: car; landscape; Peter Whyte; drawing

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.375

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An Auto Race

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1910 – 1915

Medium: graphite; on paper;

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.965

Description: A graphite pencil drawing of several cars during a race. In the center of the page is a car numbered “20” with two people visible in the open top car that has an exhaust cloud and the words “BANG, BOOM” written beside it. Ranged around this central car are five others on the track. Along the left s…

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: An Auto Race

Date: 1910 – 1915

Medium: graphite; on paper;

Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.1 cm

Description: A graphite pencil drawing of several cars during a race. In the center of the page is a car numbered “20” with two people visible in the open top car that has an exhaust cloud and the words “BANG, BOOM” written beside it. Ranged around this central car are five others on the track. Along the left side is what appears to be an upside-down car in what is possibly the viewer stands.

Subject: drawing; children; cars; car race; Peter Whyte;

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.965

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Cowboy June 1956

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1956

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.453

Description: Graphite drawing of three men dressed in western wear kneeling. They appear to be drawing with paper on the ground.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Cowboy June 1956

Date: 1956

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 25.5 x 16.1 cm

Description: Graphite drawing of three men dressed in western wear kneeling. They appear to be drawing with paper on the ground.

Subject: cowboy; drawing

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.453

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Drawing Album

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Date: 1835

Medium: pencil; ink; watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: PoS.09.01

Description: A paper album containing artworks done in ink, pencil and watercolour (?). The album is primarly made up of a brown marbled pattern, with red leather (?) or tape (?) on the spine and corners. Inside the front cover on the center of the page, there is an inscription that reads “Serena M. Potts / 183…

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Artist: Serena Matilda Potts (1812 – 1898, American)

Title: Drawing Album

Date: 1835

Medium: pencil; ink; watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 24.5 x 34.5 cm

Description: A paper album containing artworks done in ink, pencil and watercolour (?). The album is primarly made up of a brown marbled pattern, with red leather (?) or tape (?) on the spine and corners. Inside the front cover on the center of the page, there is an inscription that reads “Serena M. Potts / 1835”. Pages contain artworks of flora and fauna, including birds, butterflies, flowers, plants and landscape scenes, both in colour and in black and white. Some of the drawings share a page with another, while others are one drawing/painting per page.

Subject: flora; fauna; bird; butterfly; plant; flower; landscape; botanical drawings; black and white; ink; graphite; drawing; painting; sketchbook

Credit: Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986

Catalogue Number: PoS.09.01

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Eye level line no. 8

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.548

Description: A three dimensional box or book with lines coming off, likely perspective guides. A horizontal line runs across top edge. In centre: EYE LEVEL LINE. [left edge] V.P NO. 1; [right edge] V.P. NO. 2. [brc] NO 8

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Eye level line no. 8

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on paper

Dimensions: 15.1 x 22.5 cm

Description: A three dimensional box or book with lines coming off, likely perspective guides. A horizontal line runs across top edge. In centre: EYE LEVEL LINE. [left edge] V.P NO. 1; [right edge] V.P. NO. 2. [brc] NO 8

Subject: perspective; drawing; exercise

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

Catalogue Number: WyP.03.548

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Sketches

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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SKETCHES BANFF 1928

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

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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Sketchpad Sketchbook

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Artist: Ebenezer William Peyto (1869 – 1943, Canadian)

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on book

Catalogue Number: PyB.09.01 a-c

Description: Three sketchbooks, all the same size and colour. Beige pages with a red spine, soft cardboard back covering, while the front of the books are open faced. Book a: has two loose pages. Each page has outlines of lithic artifacts, ecofacts, and writing on the details of each item.

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Artist: Ebenezer William Peyto (1869 – 1943, Canadian)

Title: Sketchpad Sketchbook

Date: n.d.

Medium: graphite on book

Dimensions: 10.0 x 15.4 cm

Description: Three sketchbooks, all the same size and colour. Beige pages with a red spine, soft cardboard back covering, while the front of the books are open faced. Book a: has two loose pages. Each page has outlines of lithic artifacts, ecofacts, and writing on the details of each item.