, 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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Dervishes Dancing, 19th century
Unknown (Indian, Punjab? - 19th century)
brush and black ink on paper
23.6 x 28.5 cm
Gift of Max Tanenbaum, Toronto, 1979
National Gallery of Canada (no. 23635)
Whirling Dervishes are members of a muslim religious order in which mystic faith takes the form of a doctrine based on music, song and dance. The cult was introduced in India by the Mughals. This drawing depicts a group of dancer-priests practising their sacred dance.
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