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

Goya: The Disasters of War and Los Caprichos. Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.

26 Jan 2012 - 25 Mar 2012

The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford

Goya’s remarkable series, The Disasters of War, vividly records the horrific events of brutality that occurred both during the Peninsula War and in the aftermath of famine and the reactionary rule of the restored King Ferdinand VII.  

Francisco Goya y Lucientes And They Are Like Wild Beasts (detail), c. 1810-1813 NGC, Ottawa Photo © NGC

Francisco Goya y Lucientes And They Are Like Wild Beasts (detail), c. 1810-1813 NGC, Ottawa Photo © NGC