, 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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Tara, Buddhist Saviour Goddess, 16th century
Unknown (Nepalese, Kathmandu Valley - 16th century)
wood with polychrome
53.3 cm high
Gift of Max Tanenbaum, Toronto, 1978
National Gallery of Canada (no. 23266)
Tara, "she who helps cross the ocean of life", is a female form of the enlightenment and the buddhist goddess of compassion.
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