, 2008. Fibreglass stone and airplane. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2011. Photo © Roman März](/images/content/menuSeeGallery.png)
Benjamin West
The Death of General Wolfe (Detail), 1770
oil on canvas
152.6 x 214.5 cm
Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921 (Gift of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, England, 1918)
National Gallery of Canada (no. 8007)
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James Rosenquist
1933 -
Portrait: Bill Ray / LIFE Magazine, © TIME Inc.
Birth name
James Rosenquist
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Born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, 29 November 1933
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American
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