Chief Willie Russ Skidegate
Datec. 1935
Mediumoil painting
DimensionsFramed: 85.3 × 75 cm (33 9/16 × 29 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineSkidegate Band Collection
Terms
Object numberPa 0060
DescriptionFramed portrait in oils on canvas board of "Willie Russ", wearing a ceremonial tunic with a possible bear design. Signed "Mildred Valley Thornton" in bottom right-hand corner. Painting is set in a double matt, with an interior border of white matt and an outer layer of white canvas. The frame is wood, painted gold. The back of the painting is inscribed in pencil, "Chief Willie Russ, Skidegate". Another inscription in pen reads, "Chief Willie Russ, Haida, by Mildred Valley Thornton". A large printed "182" is in the centre of the back of the canvas board.On View
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