, 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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Note with Wires, c. September-November 1974
Betty Goodwin
Canadian, 1923
- 2008
etching with wire and scotch tape on japan paper laminate on wove paper
image: 25 x 27.3 cm maximum; plate: 56.2 x 45 cm
Gift of Betty and Martin Goodwin, Montreal, 1999
National Gallery of Canada (no. 40334)
© Betty Goodwin
The artist plays on the construction of wire-bound sketchbooks, setting up an image of exquisite tension, with the fragile paper being held taut by the two extended wires.
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