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Mercury Barometer
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- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- wood; glass; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.0001
- Description
- A glass tube, filled with a clear liquid, secured by metal straps in a slit cut in a wooden frame. A vertical metal strip on the left side of the wood indicates the weather with “Stormy”, “Change” and “Fair”. There is a screw eye on top for hanging.
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- Title
- Mercury Barometer
- Date
- 1875 – 1900
- Material
- wood; glass; metal
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 1.7 x 3.8 cm
- Description
- A glass tube, filled with a clear liquid, secured by metal straps in a slit cut in a wooden frame. A vertical metal strip on the left side of the wood indicates the weather with “Stormy”, “Change” and “Fair”. There is a screw eye on top for hanging.
- Subject
- households
- seasons
- weather
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.30.0001
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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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