, 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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Woman Stretching a Skin, 1958
Eli Weetaluktuk, Attributed to
Canadian (Inuit), 1910
- 1958
dark-green stone and sinew
30.1 x 20.4 x 16.3 cm
Gift of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1992 (Gift of Robert Kennedy, Spencerville, Ontario, 1985)
National Gallery of Canada (no. 37458)
© Attributed to Eli Weetaluktuk
This figure of a woman bent over her work is typical of the focus many artists have given to everyday activities - the "how-to" of Inuit life and ways. The u-shaped sealskin stretcher that she balances on her toes is distinctive to Nunavik (Arctic Quebec).
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