, 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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Edith Holman Hunt, April 1876
William Holman Hunt
British, 1827
- 1910
red and black chalk with stumping on heavy wove paper
54.3 x 37.4 cm
Purchased 1987
National Gallery of Canada (no. 29578)
Portraiture was a central concern for the Pre-Raphaelites. Holman Hunt has here portrayed his new bride like the Virgin Mary during their honeymoon in Jerusalem, following a clandestine marriage. Given the intimacy of the image and the secret circumstances of its production, it is not surprising to learn that the drawing remained in the family's possession until recently.
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