The Garden Tools

Jack Shadbolt

BIRTH YEAR 1909

BIRTH PLACE Shoeburyness, England

DEATH YEAR 1998

DEATH PLACE Vancouver, British Columbia

MEDIUM Graphite on paper

DATE 1942

DIMENSIONS 45.2cm x 58.3cm

ACCESSION NUMBER FAC 1139

CREDIT LINE Firestone Collection of Canadian Art, the Ottawa Art Gallery. Donated to the City of Ottawa by the Ontario Heritage Foundation

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
A detailed, delicate sketch depicting a variety of gardening tools piled against a the side of a building that is partially in the frame of the picture on the right. A woodpile is stacked on the left side of the image, with a pair of shears lying atop it. The space between looks out to a garden in the background with a small rock wall and trees in the distance.

The Garden Tools

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