, 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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Capturing Time, 1993
Martha Fleming; Lyne Lapointe
Canadian, 1958
graphite and ink on wove paper, in wooden frame
39.2 x 33.7 x 1.5 cm (with integral frame)
Purchased 1998
National Gallery of Canada (no. 39728)
By the 1940s Inuit were carving in both stone and ivory; the 1949 Guild exhibition included work in both media. By the early 1950s there was a decided shift to stone, probably influenced by the preference of early buyers and carvers' ability to increase the size of the sculpture. These early animal figures still retain the scale and delicacy associated with ivory figurines and models.
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