, 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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Shirt Two, January 1970
Betty Goodwin
Canadian, 1923
- 2008
soft-ground etching and etching in dark-blue on wove paper
79.9 x 63.4 cm; plate: 70 x 55.3 cm
Gift of Martin Goodwin, Montreal, 1989
National Gallery of Canada (no. 30559)
© Betty Goodwin
Six months after making "Shirt One", Goodwin animates the garment, giving it a living presence. The "46" may be a reference to Jasper Johns' prints of numbers. It was also her son's birth year, suggesting that this was his shirt.
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