, 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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La Malbaie, 1927
Edwin Holgate
Canadian, 1892
- 1977
wood engraving on japan paper
18.2 x 13.6 cm; block: 10.1 x 10.8 cm
Purchased 1928
National Gallery of Canada (no. 3547)
© Estate of Edwin Holgate, Jonathan Rittenhouse, executor
In the 1920s Edwin Holgate emerged as one of Canada's finest printmakers. By the end of the decade, Schaefer was equalling Holgate's technical expertise. Yet when the two chose the same kind of subject, the more experienced Holgate was able to create more complex and varied compositions.
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