, 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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Study for "Die Drei Nornen", c. 1905
Gustav Hahn
German, Canadian, 1866
- 1962
oil on canvas
30.4 x 56.7 cm (arched stretcher)
Purchased 1993 from the Evelyn de Rostaing McMann Fund
National Gallery of Canada (no. 37050)
© Natalie McMinn/Harry G. Hooke
"Die Drei Nornen" are the Nordic fates: Urd (the past who spins the thread of life), Verdandi (the present who measures the thread of life), and Skuld (the future who cuts off the thread of life).
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Young Girl (Study for "Hail Dominion!")
Hail Dominion
Reclining Woman
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