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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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Three Judges at a Hearing, c. 1862

Honoré Daumier
French, 1808 - 1879
pen and black ink with grey wash over graphite on laid paper, mounted on laid paper
13.2 x 24.9 cm
Purchased 1914
National Gallery of Canada (no. 812)

Approached from an ironic point of view, the law courts, with their judges, lawyers, and clients, formed a major theme in Honoré Daumier's graphic work. He was very familiar with the world of law, having first encountered it at a young age when his father sent him to work for a bailiff. The subject became an ideal pretext for social criticism, allowing the artist to dissect and caricature the attitudes of the members of the legal profession.

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