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Title

Grey Owl (Archibald Stansfeld Belaney)

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Item (linked) part of

Archival prints [graphic material] : Accession 1997 (R613-382-1-E)

Bilingual equivalent

Grey Owl (Archibald Stansfeld Belaney)

Date(s)

February 27, 1936

Place of creation

Canada

Extent

1 photograph : silver gelatin print ; 27.9 x 21.5 cm on sheet 35.5 x 27.7 cm.
Positive Paper Silver - gelatine

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Item consists of a photograph of Grey Owl (Archibald Stansfeld Belaney)

Conditions of access

Graphic (photo)

90: Open
To be viewed with the assistance of the
Portrait Gallery of Canada.

Graphic (photo)

90: Open

Volume
487

90: Open

Archival reference no.

R613-459-X-E

Terms of use

Credit: Yousuf Karsh, Library and Archives Canada, Arch ref. no. R613-459, e010751811
Copyright: Expired
Restrictions on use: None

Finding aid

Grey Owl, Archie Belaney Reference Room FA-197 90 (Paper)

Additional name(s)

Photographer: Karsh, Yousuf, 1908-2002.

Additional information

Karsh photographed Grey Owl- international celebrity, writer, and conservationist- before his non-Aboriginal identity was revealed. In the process of reinventing himself, he dedicated his life to preserving Canada's wilderness.

Exhibitions note

Karsh: Image Maker. Portrait Gallery of Canada, Library and Archives Canada and the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Ontario; 2009.06.12- 2009.09.12.
Further Venue: Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; 2010.01.30-2010.05.30

Signatures and inscriptions

Signed: in black ink, recto l.l.: Karsh

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3916509