, 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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The Lumaaq Story, 1965
Paulusi Iqiqu Amarualik
Canadian (Inuit), 1917
- 1986
grey-black stone
10.9 x 31.4 x 14.2 cm
Gift of M.F. Feheley, Toronto, 1988
National Gallery of Canada (no. 30071)
© Paulusi Iqiqu Amarualik
From the swirling waters, the woman cries "Lumaaq, Lumaaq!" as a whale tows her away. This is the final episode in the legend of the blind boy who is the victim of an abusive mother. His sight regained, he takes revenge on her by tying her to the line of his harpoon just before he spears the whale.
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