, 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: Kamodini Ragini, 18th century
Unknown (Indian, Rajasthan, Bundi-Kota - 18th century)
opaque watercolour on laminated paper
27.1 x 19.6 cm
Gift of Max Tanenbaum, Toronto, 1979
National Gallery of Canada (no. 23590)
Kamodini is one of the six original "ragini" in the female mode, played early at night. Her personification is shown in the form of a young woman adorned with jewels and carrying flowers. Here she is accompanied by peacocks as she waits for her lover in a forest.
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