The Death of General Wolfe

Benjamin West, 1770, Canadian War Memorials Fund

‘The Death of General Wolfe’ is a work by Benjamin West (USA, 1738–1820). It is dated 1770. It is part of the collection Canadian War Memorials Fund. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’.

It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 153 × 215 cm. The work belongs to the genre history painting. The things depicted include James Wolfe and Battle of the Plains of Abraham.