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Long Time Squirrel
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdgn.04.02
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- print on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.04.02
- Description
- A print reproduction of a pastel drawing. The drawing is a portrait of an aboriginal man. The man’s black hair is tied into multiple braids and there are feathers at the top of his head. He is wearing many beaded/ braided necklaces. The background is brown and the artist signature and a copyright s…
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- Title
- Long Time Squirrel
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- print on paper
- Dimensions
- 47.0 x 34.5 cm
- Description
- A print reproduction of a pastel drawing. The drawing is a portrait of an aboriginal man. The man’s black hair is tied into multiple braids and there are feathers at the top of his head. He is wearing many beaded/ braided necklaces. The background is brown and the artist signature and a copyright symbol is about 6 cm up from the bottom on the left hand side. Under the image in the bottom left corner, written in pencil, “100/1000”. There is a write up that accompanies the print, see narrative.
- Subject
- aboriginal
- man
- Nicolas De Grandmaison
- Credit
- Gift of Nicolas Jr. de Grandmaison, Vancouver, 2011
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.04.02
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Long Time Squirrel
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactdgn.04.03
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- print on paper
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.04.03
- Description
- A print reproduction of a pastel drawing in a folder. The drawing is a portrait of an aboriginal man. The man’s black hair is tied into multiple braids and there are feathers at the top of his head. He is wearing many beaded/ braided necklaces. The background is brown and the artist signature and a…
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- Title
- Long Time Squirrel
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- print on paper
- Dimensions
- 47.0 x 34.5 cm
- Description
- A print reproduction of a pastel drawing in a folder. The drawing is a portrait of an aboriginal man. The man’s black hair is tied into multiple braids and there are feathers at the top of his head. He is wearing many beaded/ braided necklaces. The background is brown and the artist signature and a copyright symbol is about 6 cm up from the bottom on the left hand side. Under the image in the bottom left corner, written in pencil, “99/1000”. Along the bottom left edge of the paper in black print, “© 1979 Bank of Montreal. “LONG TIME SQUIRREL, BLOOD”, Cardston, Alberta, 1938 by N. de Grandmaison”. There is a write up that accompanies the print, see Narrative.
- Subject
- portrait
- Indigenous
- man
- Nicolas de Grandmaison
- Credit
- Gift of Nicolas Jr. de Grandmaison, Vancouver, 2011
- Catalogue Number
- DgN.04.03
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A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.773
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.773
- Description
- Peter is taking a nap on three logs that have three squirrels on the top, three birds rest on his body. At his feet there is a stump with an axe in it, with three more birds watching Peter and beside the stump there is a bear. Peter has comic “z’s” coming up from his body where in a conversation bu…
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- Title
- A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 10.0 x 16.0 cm
- Description
- Peter is taking a nap on three logs that have three squirrels on the top, three birds rest on his body. At his feet there is a stump with an axe in it, with three more birds watching Peter and beside the stump there is a bear. Peter has comic “z’s” coming up from his body where in a conversation bubble he describes his dream of sitting at a table with Catharine around a meal. Written along the top edge “TO MOTHER ROBB FROM PETER” and along the bottom edge “A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR”
- Subject
- Christmas card
- New year
- logs
- axe
- stump
- bear
- birds
- squirrels
- man
- sleeping
- coupe
- woman
- mean
- chair
- table
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.773
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Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactwyp.03.769
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.769
- Description
- Peter is driving their vehicle towards Concord (as depicted in the sign), just below the back end of the vehicle there is an erased sign that pointed to Banff in the opposite direction. There is a band of animals with Peter as he drives. At the bottom of the drawing it says “SEASONS GREETINGS CATHA…
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- Title
- Seasons Greetings Catharine and Peter
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 22.8 x 30.4 cm
- Description
- Peter is driving their vehicle towards Concord (as depicted in the sign), just below the back end of the vehicle there is an erased sign that pointed to Banff in the opposite direction. There is a band of animals with Peter as he drives. At the bottom of the drawing it says “SEASONS GREETINGS CATHARINE AND PETER” and “29.1”in the BRC
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.769
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.774
- Description
- Framed by an orange border of a card face, a drawing of Catharine and Peter sitting in there home. Catharine is knitting in her chair as Peter sits and reads the paper. On the walls there is two paintings and in the big window a group of animals is watching them. The drawing is adhered onto the ora…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.0 x 15.7 cm
- Description
- Framed by an orange border of a card face, a drawing of Catharine and Peter sitting in there home. Catharine is knitting in her chair as Peter sits and reads the paper. On the walls there is two paintings and in the big window a group of animals is watching them. The drawing is adhered onto the orange front of another piece of paper. inside the fold: the paper is actually made into a card, and on the inside in pencil is says “SEASONS GREETINGS”
- Subject
- orange
- card
- Christmas card
- man
- woman
- reading
- newspaper
- house
- chairs
- knitting
- paintings
- window
- moose
- bird
- bear
- dear
- wolf
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.774
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- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.775
- Description
- Boxed off there is a group of animals are standing around a statue (potentially a war memorial) taking photographs. Below this drawing there is a close-up of the statue in the first drawing. It is positioned from the figures back, and he is wearing a hat and what appears to be a working man’s wardr…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1960
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 28.0 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- Boxed off there is a group of animals are standing around a statue (potentially a war memorial) taking photographs. Below this drawing there is a close-up of the statue in the first drawing. It is positioned from the figures back, and he is wearing a hat and what appears to be a working man’s wardrobe
- Subject
- Christmas card
- moose
- bird
- rabbit
- squirrel
- deer
- bear
- wolf
- camera
- photo
- statue
- figure
- war memorial
- hat
- working man
- worker’s cloths
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.775
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- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.806
- Description
- In the drawing on the top half of the paper there are four figures in a line moving across a landscape with a mountain range infront of them. The drawing in the lower half is broken into three boxes, the first has what looks like Pete’s grandmother going up over a hill with her skis in the air and …
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1940
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.3 x 26.4 cm
- Description
- In the drawing on the top half of the paper there are four figures in a line moving across a landscape with a mountain range infront of them. The drawing in the lower half is broken into three boxes, the first has what looks like Pete’s grandmother going up over a hill with her skis in the air and her poles supporting her, while in the second drawing there is a skier going down a hill, with another at the top behind them, and in the background there is a mountain, and in the the final drawing it is a male figure (potentially Peter) on a set of skis holding poles with Pete’s grandma standing beside him on her own skis with poles looking up at him.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.806
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- Date
- 1930 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.807
- Description
- A robust Scottish man is skiing through a mountain pass area towards Skoki, indicated by a sign pointing in the same direction that he is travelling. The man is dressed up in a kilt and a Balmoral hat; and he has medals on his shirt. In the background there are lines suggesting the path that he too…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1930 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.7 x 21.5 cm
- Description
- A robust Scottish man is skiing through a mountain pass area towards Skoki, indicated by a sign pointing in the same direction that he is travelling. The man is dressed up in a kilt and a Balmoral hat; and he has medals on his shirt. In the background there are lines suggesting the path that he took and there is people in the background coming up over a ridge.
- Subject
- Skoki
- mountains
- snow
- winter
- mountain pass
- skiing
- skis
- poles
- man
- Scottish
- scarf
- kilt
- Balmoral hat
- medals
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.807
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- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.832
- Description
- There is a man on a bicycle delivering two bowls of food on a tray to a unknown location. Beside the bike there is a sign with a Japanese character which generally translates to “cannot go”. In the background there is multiple buildings, and one with a open area or shelter that has three figures st…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 27.9 x 22.0 cm
- Description
- There is a man on a bicycle delivering two bowls of food on a tray to a unknown location. Beside the bike there is a sign with a Japanese character which generally translates to “cannot go”. In the background there is multiple buildings, and one with a open area or shelter that has three figures standing underneath it. Just below the drawing it says “To O,EDIE SAN FROM PETER MARCH 25TH 1934 - TOKYO”. Written in ink below the drawing is says “Imperial Hotel Tokyo” and “TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS “IMPHO TOKYO””.
- Subject
- Tokyo
- Imperial Hotel
- travelling
- sign
- delivery
- food
- bowls
- tray
- bicycle
- person
- people
- man
- buildings
- street
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.832
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- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.833
- Description
- There is a drawing of a man, which appears to be Peter based on inscriptions on the drawing. He is sitting at a desk rubbing his head with his right hand. There is a bubble with an arrow pointing at his head, and in the bubble there is two sketches: one of a person being pulled in a rickshaw, and t…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1934
- Medium
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 12.8 x 20.0 cm
- Description
- There is a drawing of a man, which appears to be Peter based on inscriptions on the drawing. He is sitting at a desk rubbing his head with his right hand. There is a bubble with an arrow pointing at his head, and in the bubble there is two sketches: one of a person being pulled in a rickshaw, and the second two woman carrying traditional Japanese parasols and there is a child beside them. Written to the left of Peter there it says “MAIL HEADED UP” with an arrow pointing to the desk. Below the thought bubble it says “TRYING to ANSWER MY CORRESPONDENCE”, and near the BRC it says “To Aunt Nela From Peter xxxxxxx”. Faded along the right edge it appears to says “Imperial Hotel Tokyo”.verso: printed in ink “Imperial Hotel Tokyo” and “TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS “IMPHO TOKYO”” and in pencil ““MAIL HEADED UP””.
- Subject
- desk
- person
- man
- writing
- correspondence
- umbrella
- parasol
- rickshaw
- travelling
- Tokyo: Imperial Hotel
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.833
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