, 2008. Fibreglass stone and airplane. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2011. Photo © Roman März](/images/content/menuSeeGallery.png)
Benjamin West
The Death of General Wolfe (Detail), 1770
oil on canvas
152.6 x 214.5 cm
Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921 (Gift of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, England, 1918)
National Gallery of Canada (no. 8007)
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Man and Woman, c. 1920-1949
Unknown (Inuit Artist)
ivory and sinew with blacking
4.5 cm high approx. each
Gift of M.F. Feheley, Toronto, 1984
National Gallery of Canada (no. 28739.1-2)
The development of contemporary sculpture brought about a decided shift to carving in stone. Small, portable ivory figurines such as these are typical of the kinds of works produced for trade with whalers and others who came to the Arctic during the historic or contact period (1750-1949).
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