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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal; glass
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.0002
- Description
- A rectangular faced barometer on a shaped piece of solid wood. There is a silver frame around the glass face and a silver knob at centre securing two indicator arrows. The face is scaled from “26" to “31" in increments of ten with a “5” indicating the halfway point between each number. Appropri…
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- Title
- Barometer
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- wood; metal; glass
- Dimensions
- 17.0 x 4.0 x 23.0 cm
- Description
- A rectangular faced barometer on a shaped piece of solid wood. There is a silver frame around the glass face and a silver knob at centre securing two indicator arrows. The face is scaled from “26" to “31" in increments of ten with a “5” indicating the halfway point between each number. Appropriate points of the dial indicate “Changeable”, “Fair”, “Very Dry”, “Stormy” and “Rain”. There is an adjustment screw through the wood on the back with a keyhole bracket for hanging. The face of the barometer is marked “Compensated” and “Henry Birks & Sons Limited”.
- Subject
- households
- seasons
- weather
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.0002
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- Date
- 1951 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.419
- Description
- One of Peter and Catharine’s printed greeting cards has been used as a support for two drawings.Blue, green and orange dabs and streaks of watercolour cover the entire inside of the card. On the space above the fold (below is the printed greeting) is the beginning of a drawing of a horse in pencil.…
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- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1951 – 1966
- Medium
- graphite; watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
- 21.2 x 16.5 cm
- Description
- One of Peter and Catharine’s printed greeting cards has been used as a support for two drawings.Blue, green and orange dabs and streaks of watercolour cover the entire inside of the card. On the space above the fold (below is the printed greeting) is the beginning of a drawing of a horse in pencil. Printed portion: [mountain wildlife scene with artists painting from the back of a red car, dated 1951 Peter Whyte in cursive]
- Subject
- paint tests
- horse
- Seasons Greetings
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
- Catalogue Number
- WyP.03.419
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