, 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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Light Bulb and Hand, November 1968
Betty Goodwin
Canadian, 1923
- 2008
etching, open bite, and lift-ground on wove paper
48.6 x 52.2 cm; plate: 27.8 x 33.7 cm
Gift of Betty and Martin Goodwin, Montreal, 1999
National Gallery of Canada (no. 40273)
© Betty Goodwin
Prints by Jasper Johns that incorporated handprints and light bulbs may have been the prototype for this image. It may also relate to Goodwin's early interest in developing a photo-etching technique which required a suspended light to transfer an image onto a photo-sensitized plate.
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