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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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Shiva and Parvati (Uma-Maheshvara), 6th century

Unknown (Indian, Madhya Pradesh - 6th century)

buff sandstone
45.7 cm high
Gift of Max Tanenbaum, Toronto, 1978
National Gallery of Canada (no. 23235)

Parvati, the consort of Shiva, represents Nature in all its aspects. One of the earliest renditions of the union of the divine couple, this work is symbolic of the power of creation.

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