The Death of General Wolfe is an oil painting completed in 1770 by the Anglo American artist Benjamin West, commemorating the 1759 Battle of Quebec, where General James Wolfe died at the moment of victory. The painting broke a standard convention of historical portraiture by showing figures who had not actually been present at the scene dressed in modern rather than classical costume, and it became one of the best known images in eighteenth century art.
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Year Created LocationNational Gallery of Canada, Ottawa 1 Medium
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1770 history painting by Benjamin West.
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Grand-manner history painting in the Neoclassical mode, 1770.
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The Death of General Wolfe is a 1770 painting by Anglo-American artist Benjamin West, commemorating the 1759 Battle of Quebec
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Oil on canvas
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The primary copy of The Death of General Wolfe is in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, with further examples kept at the Royal Ontario Museum (as part of the Canadiana art collection) and the William L.
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The Death of General Wolfe is a 1770 painting by Anglo-American artist Benjamin West, commemorating the 1759 Battle of Quebec, where General James Wolfe died at the moment of victory.
Created By: Benjamin West, Infobox: artist
Benjamin West
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