Mortlach School

Provenance of  the  Harris Jones
Ducks in a Prairie Sunset Painting

By Barbara K Latham (née Wigmore) of Moose Jaw Saskatchewan (July 27^th 1943-   ) and of Victoria BC

Judge Harold Pope (1899-1983) and Muriel Pope of Moose Jaw (http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/collections/index.php/harold-pope-fonds;rad) gave this painting to Dennis and I on December 1966 . It is a standard canvas size, probably about 18” x 24”.  It was painted by Harris ‘Casey’ Jones of Mortlach whose major contribution to Saskatchewan was his unique and extensive arrowhead collection.  Casey never gave the painting a name  . . . .The Judge was a friend of Casey’s  . . . 

. . June 2011, Den and I visited Buffalo Lake where we learned that Jocelyn’s new teaching job was in Mortlach; it was easy to see that the fitting place for the duck painting to be was with her. She was happy about her job and content  to be going to a small town which she described as “happening” and delighted to take the painting there ….

 THANK YOU to Jocelyn Wigmore for letting us enjoy this beautiful painting which is currently displayed in the staff room.

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