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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

Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2004

? - 01 May 2004

The National Gallery of Canada is pleased to pay tribute to the laureates of the 2004 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts with a special exhibition. Works by the winners will be on view in the Contemporary Galleries from 12 March to 1 May 2004. The 2004 laureates are: Iain Baxter, Eric Cameron, Istvan Kantor, Garry Neill Kennedy, John Oswald, Ian Wallace and Tom Hill, who is the winner in the “Outstanding Contribution” category. In addition to a $15,000 prize, each laureate will receive an original artwork created by Nova Scotia ceramic artist Walter Ostrom, winner of the 2003 Saidye Bronfman Prize.