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Death of Wolfe

URL: http://www.usc.edu/programs/cst/deadfiles/lacasis/ansc100/library/images/140bg.jpg
Date: 1771
Image Creator: Benjamin West
Source: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
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  • (1754–1763)
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The final moments of British General James Wolfe during the 1759 Battle of Quebec. It is an oil on canvas of the Neoclassical era.