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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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Eustache-Ignace Trottier dit Desrivières Beaubien, 1792
François Beaucourt
Canadian, 1740
- 1794
oil on canvas
84 x 68 cm
Purchased 1975
National Gallery of Canada (no. 18251)
Executed in Montreal towards the end of the 18th century, this portrait immortalizes a prosperous and elegantly dressed member of the bourgeois elite seated comfortably at his gaming table. He has just laid the ace of hearts down next to several gold and silver coins. Pausing, he gazes directly at us with a calm smile. Skilfully capturing a single brief moment, François Beaucourt has, through his choice of pose and accessories, created an ambiance that vividly conjures the world inhabited by his model.
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