Behold the Hero: General Wolfe and the Arts in the Eighteenth Century 9780773566439

General James Wolfe's death on 13 September 1759 at the moment of British victory over the French on the Plains of

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Table of contents :
Contents
Figures
Preface
1 Up, Up, with Roast Beef
2 Sorrow Turned into Joy
3 The Glorious Catastrophe
4 Too Short Was His Life, But Immortal His Deeds
5 They Vote a Monument of Lasting Fame
6 A Coat and Waistcoat Subject
7 Ardent for Fame
8 A Revolution in Art
9 It Was He Who Had Immortalized Wolfe
10 Lively and Impressive Instruction
11 The Front Face Is No Likeness at All
12 Wolfe Now Detached and Bent on Bolder Deeds
13 Postscript: The Realism Was Overpowering
Appendix: Birth and Death Dates of Individuals Discussed in the Text
Notes
Index
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