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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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Lucas Vorsterman, c. 1630
Anthony van Dyck
Flemish, 1599
- 1641
etching on laid paper, mounted on laid paper
25.7 x 17 cm trimmed; plate: 24.4 x 15.7 cm
Purchased 1948
National Gallery of Canada (no. 5247)
Lucas Vorsterman, a printmaker who worked closely with Van Dyck, is exhibited here in three states. The first shows the plate as Van Dyck left it; the second adds a frame and text. The third shows a significant change: parallel hatching is added in engraving, setting off the figure from the background. While Van Dyck was not averse to such additions, this change was made by a later publisher, in an attempt to make the print seem more finished. These prints are exhibited mounted together in an album, as was often done by print collectors in the past.
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