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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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A Raja Smoking a Hookah, 19th century

Unknown (Indian, Rajasthan, Bundi - 19th century)

opaque watercolour on board
34.1 x 30.4 cm
Gift of Max Tanenbaum, Toronto, 1979
National Gallery of Canada (no. 23634r)

This portrait of a Raja of Bundi, a state in northern Punjab, originally included further figures at right, subsequently cut out. The sensitive depiction of the Raja's face is in direct contrast to the conventional treatment of the attendant.

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