, 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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Child and Dog, 1952
Alex Colville
Canadian, 1920
glazed tempera on masonite
80.9 x 60.8 cm
Purchased 1954
National Gallery of Canada (no. 6257)
Exploring the relationship between animal and human, this painting's juxtaposition of a large black dog and blond, cherubic child (the artist's daughter Ann) is made all the more powerful by the confined compositional space and dominating presence of the animal. Positioning the viewer at the low vantage point of a child, the composition, with its absence of shadows, heightens the ominous feeling created by the encounter between child and dog.
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