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Art in Britain and America in the age of revolution

Problem

How did Benjamin West's The Death of General Wolfe depart from accepted traditions of history painting?
Benjamin West, The Death of General Wolfe, 1770, oil on canvas, 152.6 x 214.5 cm (National Gallery of Canada)
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