, 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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Leaving the Bath, c. 1890
Edgar Degas
French, 1834
- 1917
transfer crayon lithograph with scraping on laid paper
Printed by Auguste Clot
42.7 x 48.8 cm; image: 30.5 x 32.5 cm
Purchased 1978
National Gallery of Canada (no. 23117)
In this print Degas redrew the bather and her servant and eliminated periphery details so that attention falls upon contrasting visual elements, including the curve of the spine with the vertical line of the arm, and the cascade of the model’s dark hair against the outstretched towel. A more atmospheric distribution of light is achieved through a lighter touch of the lithographic crayon and a scraping away of the crayon from the stone.
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