Printing Block
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.43.0012
- Description
- A wooden block with a metal plate that is engraved (in reverse) with the design for Peter and Catharine Whyte’s 1947 Christmas card: Catharine is in her home serving the animals some kind of food from the Dutch door. On the top section of the drawing it reads “SEASONS GREETINGS” and “CATHARINE AND…
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- Title
- Printing Block
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; metal
- Dimensions
- 9.5 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 1947 Christmas card: Catharine is in her home serving the animals some kind of food from the Dutch door. On the top section of the drawing it reads “SEASONS GREETINGS” and “CATHARINE AND PETER” at the bottom right corner. In the bottom left corner you can see the faint signature of Peter, and the year writen as “’47.” Two strips of white paper affixed to back.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- Christmas
- art
- Peter Whyte
- correspondence
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.43.0012
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