, 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 of Mountain Crests,
John Ruskin
British, 1819
- 1900
pen and brown ink and watercolour over graphite, with opaque white, on cardboard
25.8 x 28.5 cm
Gift of Henry R. Wilkinson, Coniston, England, 1959
National Gallery of Canada (no. 7409)
Ruskin was never a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, but he was a staunch supporter. This image of a clearing on a mountain crest covered with snow appears objective at first glance, but it is suffused with energy and a profound sense of drama.
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