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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1923
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.743
Description
A rough sketch outlines a jeep driving up a mountain hill carrying luggage. In the background there is a mountain range and clouds in the sky. In the middle of the page near the bottom edge is says “SEE AMERICA FIRST” and above it you can see Peter’s signature. inside the fold along the length: qui…
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1923
Medium
graphite; ink on paper
Dimensions
14.0 x 21.5 cm
Description
A rough sketch outlines a jeep driving up a mountain hill carrying luggage. In the background there is a mountain range and clouds in the sky. In the middle of the page near the bottom edge is says “SEE AMERICA FIRST” and above it you can see Peter’s signature. inside the fold along the length: quick sketches - very cartoonish - throughout the page. There are five drawings of men and one of woman, two that appear to be of wolves, one duck, a plane and a rough landscape. verso: printed advertisement for Glacier National Park, with a cartoon drawing of a man to the right of the printed image. In the BLC “magnificent” is crossed out, and near the fold in the middle of the page it says “for mudit”
Subject
jeep
mountain
travel
cloud
hill
America
luggage
duck
man
woman
wolf
plane
cigarette
Glacier National Park
advertisement
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.743
Images
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.901
Description
Boxed off a person on a horse is travelling on a road/path. The road/path ascends up a hill.verso: written along the right edge “c 1-o, c 2-g, x 3-p, c 4 - sam, x 5-enw, x 6-nne, c 7-t, x 8-n, c 9-h, c 10-q, c 11-d, c 12-c, c 13-r, c 14-a, c 15-b b, x 16-e”
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Artist
Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
12.0 x 13.9 cm
Description
Boxed off a person on a horse is travelling on a road/path. The road/path ascends up a hill.verso: written along the right edge “c 1-o, c 2-g, x 3-p, c 4 - sam, x 5-enw, x 6-nne, c 7-t, x 8-n, c 9-h, c 10-q, c 11-d, c 12-c, c 13-r, c 14-a, c 15-b b, x 16-e”
Subject
person
animal
horse
road
path
travel
hill
landscape
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1975
Catalogue Number
WyP.03.901
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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