Printing Block
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.43.0011
- Description
- A wooden block with a metal plate that is engraved (in reverse) with the design for Peter and Catharine Whyte’s 1949 Christmas Card: Scene depicts what looks like Norquay in the background, their home, and animals coming to and from the cabin. There is a rabbit watching the animals visiting and lea…
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- Title
- Printing Block
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 15.5 cm
- Description
- A wooden block with a metal plate that is engraved (in reverse) with the design for Peter and Catharine Whyte’s 1949 Christmas Card: Scene depicts what looks like Norquay in the background, their home, and animals coming to and from the cabin. There is a rabbit watching the animals visiting and leaving the house, and a figure is slipping in a chair by the chimney stack. On the top edge “SEASONS GREETINGS” and on the bottom edge “CATHARINE AND PETER,” and “P.W. - 49”. White paper and beige paper labels on back - partial beige labels read “Crag & Canyon Printers and Publishers BANFF, ALBERTA”
- Subject
- Whyte home
- Christmas
- Peter Whyte
- art
- correspondence
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.43.0011
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