, 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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Tattooed Faces, 1960
Jessie Oonark
Canadian (Inuit), 1906
- 1985
stonecut on laid japan paper
Printed by Lukta Qiatsuk
60.4 x 31 cm
Purchased 1961
National Gallery of Canada (no. 9579)
© West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative Ltd.
Although Jessie Oonark lived in Baker Lake, a number of her drawings were made into prints in Cape Dorset in 1960–61. Created only in black and white, they nonetheless highight Oonark’s compositional style and decorative forms. She depicted facial tattoos in a number of her works. Tattoos, hairstyles and clothing allowed Oonark room to play with elements of design.
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