, 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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Arch with Vishnu's Incarnations, Planetary Deities, and Celestials, 11th century
Unknown (Indian, Gujarat - 11th century)
buff sandstone
43.2 cm high
Gift of Max Tanenbaum, Toronto, 1978
National Gallery of Canada (no. 23258)
Part of a shrine to Vishnu, the relief shows the god in three manifestations: Vamana - guardian of the universe to the South; Buddha - the Enlightened; and Rama - the solar incarnation representing Cosmic Law.
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