, 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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Folio from a Ragamala Series: Madhumadhavi Ragini, 18th century
Unknown (Indian, Rajasthan, Bundi-Kota - 18th century)
opaque watercolour on laminated paper
26.5 x 19 cm
Gift of Max Tanenbaum, Toronto, 1979
National Gallery of Canada (no. 23589)
Madhumadhavi ("honeyed sweetness") rushes into a palace from an oncoming storm in order to join her lover. She is surprised by the cry of a frightened peacock, the symbol of love-making. This "ragini" in the "female" mode is played late in the evening.
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