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A Castleford-type tobacco jar, circa 1810, decorated with scenes in relief around the jar, one depicting the Death of Wolfe after Benjamin West
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[THE DEATH OF WOLFE]
A Castleford-type tobacco jar, circa 1810, decorated with scenes in relief around the jar, one depicting the Death of Wolfe after Benjamin West
7in. (17.8cm.) high including cover
A Castleford-type tobacco jar, circa 1810, decorated with scenes in relief around the jar, one depicting the Death of Wolfe after Benjamin West
7in. (17.8cm.) high including cover
Literature
A. McNairn, Behold the Hero, General Wolfe and the Arts in the Eighteenth Century, Quebec, 1997, p.157 (the tobacco jar).
Exhibited
Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, A Pageant of Canada, 1967, no.118, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue p.177.
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