For the exhibit, lead artist and co-curator, Gordon Shadrach, created his own interpretation of Mrs. Pipkin — complete with four monarch butterflies to represent her children. Interestingly, the Austin family, who owned the house that is now Spadina Museum, did have a portrait of Mrs. Pipkin in their home. It was the only portrait of a person of colour or a Black person that the Austins commissioned. Today, that painting is part of an Austin family descendant’s personal collection.