An Indian Chief

We’ve seen this painting by Nicholas de Grandmaison before on a 1938 menu and a 1943 menu. Today’s menu is a 1944 lunch menu; like the other two, it has Art Nouveauish borders and script typeface.

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This menu, along with Stoney Indian and Indian Matron menus, came in a package with a handwritten note on a Canadian Pacific notepad that provides a little insight on these menus. The note is dated March 18, 1941, from a “JTS” in Winnipeg to someone identified only as “MSD.”

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“Think the enclosed is a new series,” says the note. “The one of the Indian squaw is from an original painting. The other two are reproductions from actual photos.” They must have been “actual photos” of paintings since all three are clearly paintings.

The notewriter’s definition of “series” slightly differs from my own: where I use “series” to mean a standard layout, the notewriter is referring to the subject matter of the illustrations.


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