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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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Exhibitions

Imaging a Shattering Earth: Contemporary Photgraphy and the Environmental Debate

27 Jun 2008 - 13 Oct 2008

Concerned photographers bear witness to the profound transformation of our world. While natural calamities wreak havoc upon the environment, this exhibition underscores human-induced threats and damages. Imaging a Shattering Earth features 56 provocative testimonies by the American and Canadian photographers Edward Burtynsky, John Ganis, Peter Goin, Emmet Gowin, David T. Hanson, Jonathan Long, David Maisel, David McMillan, Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, John Pfahl, and Mark Ruwedel. Co-sponsored by Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, Michigan, and CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival. Presented by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography