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Where the Hell's My Horse!!!

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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.648
Description
Drawings for a birthday card on the inside and outside of a folded paper. On the outside of the closed card is a drawing of a figure with a tall walking stick striding towards the viewer’s right. In the background is an animal (likely a goat) on the top of a peak. At the top of card an inscription …
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Where the Hell's My Horse!!!
Date
1917 – 1929
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
17.0 x 25.0 cm
Description
Drawings for a birthday card on the inside and outside of a folded paper. On the outside of the closed card is a drawing of a figure with a tall walking stick striding towards the viewer’s right. In the background is an animal (likely a goat) on the top of a peak. At the top of card an inscription reads WHERE THE HELL’S MY HORSE!!! In the tlc, a is a Banff Springs Hotel printed logo.Inside, is a small drawing of lumpy objects [potatoes?] with cartoon eyes to the left of three teepees. Directly below the drawing is the inscription POTATOES TO YOU -In cursive below is the comment: The star boarder with help of “Pete”Below in large block letters is HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Subject
horse
humour
potatoes
teepees
Happy Birthday
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.648
Images
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