, 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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Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, 1909
Donald Shaw MacLaughlan
Canadian, American, 1876
- 1938
etching on laid paper
34.8 x 12.2 cm; plate: 33 x 10.7 cm
Gift of Herman A. Webster, Paris, 1960
National Gallery of Canada (no. 9145)
The tower of the Palazzo Vecchio looms over the claustrophobic confines of a narrow Florentine street in this (reversed) view. The palace, begun in 1299, was originally a meeting place for the heads of the guilds that governed Florence. Its tower was added in 1310.
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