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Aklavik, N.W.T.
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactbpw.02.02
- Date
- prior to 1977
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- BpW.02.02
- Description
- General colour: blue with green, yellow, brown. A figure, sled and team of four dogs fills lower right quarter of picture. A broad crack in the frozen lake runs up from the center at the bottom and disappears into the horizon of trees. The far shore and mountains beyond start two thirds up the pict…
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- Title
- Aklavik, N.W.T.
- Date
- prior to 1977
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 35.6 x 45.6 cm
- Description
- General colour: blue with green, yellow, brown. A figure, sled and team of four dogs fills lower right quarter of picture. A broad crack in the frozen lake runs up from the center at the bottom and disappears into the horizon of trees. The far shore and mountains beyond start two thirds up the picture.
- Credit
- Purchased from William Bonnetplume, 1978
- Catalogue Number
- BpW.02.02
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The Battle of Cressy
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactunk.04.03
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1792
- Medium
- engraving on paper
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.04.03
- Description
- A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back…
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- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- The Battle of Cressy
- Date
- 1792
- Medium
- engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- 18.0 x 28.5 cm
- Description
- A black and white print showing a battle scene from a classical era with knights in armour. Script at the top reads “Engraved for Ashburton’s History of England” and the bottom reads “The Battle of Cressy” and “Published by W.&J. Stratfords No. 112 Helborn Hill, March 10, 1792”. A label on the back paper reads “Johnson Art Galleries Limited Pictures Fine Framing. Montreal 634 St. Catherine West.”
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- UnK.04.03
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.06
- Description
- Two jumping bison, facing left are being chased by an man on a brown horse, he has a bow and arrow ready to shoot at the bison. The horizon runs across page just below centre line. The plain is brown, the sky is blue to the right and white/yellow the left half of picture.
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Title
- Buffalo Hunt
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- Two jumping bison, facing left are being chased by an man on a brown horse, he has a bow and arrow ready to shoot at the bison. The horizon runs across page just below centre line. The plain is brown, the sky is blue to the right and white/yellow the left half of picture.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.06
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.01
- Description
- Three people on horseback, one waving a bright red flag, are chasing some bison over a cliff. The cliff, right foreground is green, the valley below is light green with two brownish hills. The sky is blue with two white clouds.
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- Artist
- John Lefthand Jr.
- Title
- Buffalo Jump
- Date
- 1950 – 1970
- Medium
- oil on canvas board
- Dimensions
- 23 x 30.0 cm
- Description
- Three people on horseback, one waving a bright red flag, are chasing some bison over a cliff. The cliff, right foreground is green, the valley below is light green with two brownish hills. The sky is blue with two white clouds.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- LeJ.02.01
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Burial of Chief David Bearspaw
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.02.030
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.030
- Description
- Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.
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- Title
- Burial of Chief David Bearspaw
- Date
- 1956
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 61.8 x 74.5 cm
- Description
- Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.02.030
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- Date
- 1950 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.566
- Description
- A sketch or unfinished painting of a ring of nine teepees. The teepee in the foreground, viewer’s right, is the largest, has inside firelight and shadows visible. The teepee, in the foreground, viewer’s left, is partially visible, with shadows and light from within visible. There are two figures in…
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- Title
- Camp at Dusk
- Date
- 1950 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Dimensions
- 27.0 x 71.0 cm
- Description
- A sketch or unfinished painting of a ring of nine teepees. The teepee in the foreground, viewer’s right, is the largest, has inside firelight and shadows visible. The teepee, in the foreground, viewer’s left, is partially visible, with shadows and light from within visible. There are two figures in the foreground, one in red, and one in blue and yellow and suggestions of others in the background. There is a low blue sky dusk descending overhead.
- Subject
- landscape
- camp
- teepee
- figure
- group
- Peter Whyte
- Indigenous
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.566
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- Date
- 1955 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.580
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- Title
- Camp Scene
- Date
- 1955 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Dimensions
- 9.4 x 21.4 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.580
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- Date
- 1955 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.582
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- Title
- Camp Scene
- Date
- 1955 – 1957
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 9.7 x 21.4 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.582
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Chiefs on Horseback
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.01.570
- Date
- 1954 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.570
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- Title
- Chiefs on Horseback
- Date
- 1954 – 1955
- Medium
- oil on masonite
- Dimensions
- 20.2 x 50.3 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.01.570
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Christmas Figurine Group
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifact107.01.0168
- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- paper; fibre; metal; cone
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0168
- Description
- Five identical Santas with pine cone bodies, lined up in a row. Each Santa stands on a white cardboard disc placed side by side on a rectangular green cardboard base. Each figure has black pipe cleaner feet, red pipe cleaner hands, a red felt toque with gold loop for hanging attached, white pipe cl…
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- Title
- Christmas Figurine Group
- Date
- 1955 – 1965
- Material
- paper; fibre; metal; cone
- Dimensions
- 7.2 x 4.2 x 20.9 cm
- Description
- Five identical Santas with pine cone bodies, lined up in a row. Each Santa stands on a white cardboard disc placed side by side on a rectangular green cardboard base. Each figure has black pipe cleaner feet, red pipe cleaner hands, a red felt toque with gold loop for hanging attached, white pipe cleaner beard, and each carries a little green Christmas tree. The noses are of red tear drop shaped plastic and the eyes are drawn in black ink.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- miniatures
- Christmas
- figure
- male
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0168
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