, 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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Still-life and Street, March 1937
M.C. Escher
Dutch, 1898
- 1972
woodcut on laid japan paper
57.2 x 56.9 cm; image: 48.7 x 48.6 cm
Gift of George Escher, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, 1983
National Gallery of Canada (no. 28468)
© Cordon Art B.V. - Baarn - Netherlands. Used by Permission. All rights reserved.
Much like "Still Life with Mirror", this work is an impossible construction. Here, Escher combines several different perspectives into one view. The table with objects on it and the street that appears in the background actually form one continuous surface.
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