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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.776
Description
A quick sketch boxed off in the upper half of the page that has a narrative that matches the Christmas cards. In a vehicle an assortment of animals is crossing a bridge, with a water source below. Just to the left of the bridge there is a dog sitting and watching the car cross. In the background th…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1930 – 1960
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
27.8 x 21.5 cm
Description
A quick sketch boxed off in the upper half of the page that has a narrative that matches the Christmas cards. In a vehicle an assortment of animals is crossing a bridge, with a water source below. Just to the left of the bridge there is a dog sitting and watching the car cross. In the background there is a statue (resembles the one from WyP.03.775) and trees. Below the drawing there is a practice sketch of a dog running.verso: two loose silhouette drawings of what appears to be two military men.
Subject
trees
statue
Christmas card
war memorial
bridge
water
vehicle
moose
bear
rabbit
squirrel
deer
running
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.776
Images
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.904
Description
A large long necked dinosaur is stomping it’s way across a landscape. It has knocked down two trees and there is a person running the other away from the feet of the animal. In the background there is a tree to the left of the dinosaur and a trilithon to the right. Written below the drawing “Millio…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
27.5 x 21.3 cm
Description
A large long necked dinosaur is stomping it’s way across a landscape. It has knocked down two trees and there is a person running the other away from the feet of the animal. In the background there is a tree to the left of the dinosaur and a trilithon to the right. Written below the drawing “Millions of year ago I see in imagination, my hairy ancestor -- dodging a dinosaur”
Subject
animal
dinosaur
person
running
trees
feet
trilithon
stone
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.904
Images
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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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