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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)

Exhibitions

MetroSonics

06 May 2009 - 28 Aug 2009

MetroSonics foregrounds the wealth of sound-based artworks in the Library’s holdings, with an emphasis on the rare, unusual and pioneering examples of audio art in the Art Metropole Collection. Audiocentric artifacts produced by Canadian and international artists over the last fifty years are featured, such as album covers, CDs, books, posters, multiples, performance scores and other sonic ephemera. Organized by the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives. Open during Library Reading Room hours.