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The Death of General Wolfe

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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Medina, March 1969

Betty Goodwin
Canadian, 1923 - 2008
etching, aquatint, soft-ground etching, and open bite, printed four times, on wove paper
83.3 x 65.5 cm; plate: 39 x 46 cm overall
Gift of Betty and Martin Goodwin, Montreal, 1999
National Gallery of Canada (no. 40275)
© Betty Goodwin

The plate has been printed four times, with the image overlapping. The artist has included handprints, a parcel, and letters that spell out her son's name, Paul. Goodwin visited Medina, Spain, in 1968, en route to Paul's wedding.

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