Side 1: Pencil drawing of car driving on a highway to the viewer’s right and into the distance. Other more roughly sketched vehicles are in oncoming lanes. A sign to the right of the road reads: ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES/ TO THE PACIFIC AND/ VANCOUVERIn the top left corner, the number 13 is circle…
Across the Southern States to the Blue Pacific and Vancouver
Date
1925 – 1966
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
14.5 x 21.0 cm
Description
Side 1: Pencil drawing of car driving on a highway to the viewer’s right and into the distance. Other more roughly sketched vehicles are in oncoming lanes. A sign to the right of the road reads: ACROSS THE SOUTHERN STATES/ TO THE PACIFIC AND/ VANCOUVERIn the top left corner, the number 13 is circled.Side 2: Pencil drawing of a car driving through a landscape of rolling hills. Mountains are barely visible in the background. This illustration is in a rectangular box. Below this box is a rectangle that is divided into four.
Pencil drawing of a mountain capped with snow. The silhouette of trees act as a screen in the foreground. A hand drawn frame in pencil encircles the drawing.MT. SIR DONALD [centre bottom] CANADIAN ROCKIES [brc]appears to have an erased signature in bottom right corner, with “Pete...” Peter White 1…
Pencil drawing of a mountain capped with snow. The silhouette of trees act as a screen in the foreground. A hand drawn frame in pencil encircles the drawing.MT. SIR DONALD [centre bottom] CANADIAN ROCKIES [brc]appears to have an erased signature in bottom right corner, with “Pete...” Peter White 1921 [brc, above CANADIAN ROCKIES]
A pencil drawing of a car driving towards the viewer. In the background, the road winds over a hilly landscape. There is a rail on the car’s left. The drawing is framed by a hand drawn rectangle.
A pencil drawing of a car driving towards the viewer. In the background, the road winds over a hilly landscape. There is a rail on the car’s left. The drawing is framed by a hand drawn rectangle.
A mountain scene with tree silhouettes in the foreground and mountains and billowing clouds in the background. Thatching is used for shading. Scene is a placed in a narrow and tall rectangle.verso in pencil: # 11 A ; p 11; S/S
A mountain scene with tree silhouettes in the foreground and mountains and billowing clouds in the background. Thatching is used for shading. Scene is a placed in a narrow and tall rectangle.verso in pencil: # 11 A ; p 11; S/S
A plane with two propellers on the front of the wings flies overhead of an artist painting up in the mountains. The figure is using a canvas and easel setup, is holding paint brushes and looking out at a mountain landscape
A plane with two propellers on the front of the wings flies overhead of an artist painting up in the mountains. The figure is using a canvas and easel setup, is holding paint brushes and looking out at a mountain landscape
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”
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”
A covered wagon being pulled by a team of horses travels through the desert. There is a cactus in the foreground, and a large cloud coming up over a smooth rocky ridge.
A covered wagon being pulled by a team of horses travels through the desert. There is a cactus in the foreground, and a large cloud coming up over a smooth rocky ridge.
A pathway that is lined with rocks on either side sits in between a park full of trees and a body of water that has a sailboat on it. In the background there is a treed mountain with clouds rolling in on the left
A pathway that is lined with rocks on either side sits in between a park full of trees and a body of water that has a sailboat on it. In the background there is a treed mountain with clouds rolling in on the left