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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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Portrait Head of a Noble, c. 1650-1675

Unknown (Indian, Deccan, Golconda? - c. 1650-1675)

opaque watercolour on paper with gold floral-decorated and ruled borders
8.5 x 7.5 cm; image: 5.5 x 4.6 cm
Gift of Max Tanenbaum, Toronto, 1979
National Gallery of Canada (no. 23564)

This profile portrait in the Mughal tradition was probably painted in the Deccan region, possibly at Golconda. It likely dates from c. 1670, shortly before the Deccan was invaded by emperor Aurangzeb.

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