General colour: pencil on white. Two men in suits sitting at a table. The one in front faces right and is writing. The one behind faces more out and is reading. He wears glasses. Behind them in the upper left corner are book shelves. In the upper right corner is a lamp.
General colour: pencil on white. Two men in suits sitting at a table. The one in front faces right and is writing. The one behind faces more out and is reading. He wears glasses. Behind them in the upper left corner are book shelves. In the upper right corner is a lamp.
Copy of inscription au verso:To Pete and Catherine (sic) Whyte, with congratulations (better late than never) with the hope that life will always be as pleasant for them both as for Pete in the sketch. From this humble fellow member in the Opabin Shale Splitter’s J .E. H. MacDonaldOct. 1, 1930
Copy of inscription au verso:To Pete and Catherine (sic) Whyte, with congratulations (better late than never) with the hope that life will always be as pleasant for them both as for Pete in the sketch. From this humble fellow member in the Opabin Shale Splitter’s J .E. H. MacDonaldOct. 1, 1930
The shore of Lake Oesa is visible in the foreground at the bottom of the painting. It is quite rocky. A small shrub or plant is sprouting out of the rock on the right side of the shore. The turquoise Lake Oesa stretches across the canvas. The lake meets up with the headwall of the glacier which …
The shore of Lake Oesa is visible in the foreground at the bottom of the painting. It is quite rocky. A small shrub or plant is sprouting out of the rock on the right side of the shore. The turquoise Lake Oesa stretches across the canvas. The lake meets up with the headwall of the glacier which forms the upper half of the painting. It is painted in shades of dark blue and purple. At the top of the painting, blue and white areas of the glacier are visible.