, 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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Boar Incarnation of Vishnu with Audience, 11th century
Unknown (Indian, Madhya Pradesh - 11th century)
buff sandstone
69.9 cm high
Gift of Max Tanenbaum, Toronto, 1978
National Gallery of Canada (no. 23251)
Varaha is the third incarnation of the god Vishnu. In the aspect of a giant boar he rescued the Earth (in the form of a young woman) from sinking in the ocean.
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