Glooskap and the Fairy (for "Canadian Wonder Tales")
Sheringham created this illustration for a book of collected stories by Canadian academic and, later, politician Cyrus Macmillan, whose research into folklore and native storytelling began with his Harvard doctoral thesis, "The Folk Songs of Canada" (1909). Macmillan based his "Canadian Wonder Tales" on narratives recounted to him by First Nations peoples. This scene shows the "little man" paddling a canoe through stormy weather in a challenge posed to him by Glooskap—a mythological origin figure common among many Indigenous tribes of the northeast Atlantic coast.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glooskap and the Fairy (for "Canadian Wonder Tales")
- Artist: George Sheringham (British, London 1884–1937 London)
- Author: Related author Cyrus Macmillan (Canadian, Prince Edward Island 1882–1953)
- Publisher: Related publisher John Lane Company, New York
- Date: ca. 1918
- Medium: Pen and ink, brush and wash, gouache (bodycolor), on colored paper
- Dimensions: sheet: 6 x 6 in. (15.2 x 15.2 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
- Object Number: 67.800.3
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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