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The Death of General Wolfe

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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Ignatius Sancho, 1768

Thomas Gainsborough
British, 1727 - 1788
oil on canvas
73.7 x 62.2 cm
Purchased 1907
National Gallery of Canada (no. 58)

Ignatius Sancho (1729-1780) was a musician and man of letters who possessed an impressive breadth of learning. His musical compositions and correspondence have been published. Born aboard a slave ship en route from the coast of Guinea to the Caribbean, Sancho was brought to England at the age of two. He spent many years in the service of the Duke of Montagu, during which time he cultivated an interest in the arts. Gainsborough painted this portrait at Bath in 1768, and according to tradition, it took him only an hour and forty minutes to complete.

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