The Death of General Wolfe

The Death of General Wolfe is a 1770 painting by Anglo-American artist Benjamin West,
commemorating the 1759 Battle of Quebec, where General James Wolfe died at the moment of
victory. The painting, containing vivid suggestions of martyrdom, broke a standard rule of historical
portraiture by featuring individuals who had not been present at the scene and dressed in modern,
instead of classical, costumes. The painting has become one of the best-known images in 18th-
century art.
 The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries

The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries is an 1812 painting by Jacques-Louis David. It
shows French Emperor Napoleon I in uniform in his study at the Tuileries Palace. Despite the detail,
it is unlikely that Napoleon posed for the portrait.[1] It was a private commission from the Scottish
nobleman and admirer of Napoleon, Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton in 1811 and
completed in 1812. Originally shown at Hamilton Palace, it was sold to Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl
of Rosebery in 1882, from whom it was bought by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation in 1954, which
deposited it in Washington D.C.'s National Gallery of Art, where it now hangs
 Leonidas at Thermopylae

Leonidas at Thermopylae is an oil-on-canvas painting by French artist Jacques-Louis David. The work
currently hangs in the Louvre in Paris, France. David completed the massive work (3.95 m × 5.31 m) 15
years after he began, working on it from 1799 to 1803 and again in 1813–1814.[1] Leonidas at
Thermopylae was purchased, along with The Intervention of the Sabine Women, in November 1819 for
100,000 francs by Louis XVIII, the king of France. The piece depicts the Spartan king Leonidas prior to the
Battle of Thermopylae. David's pupil Georges Rouget collaborated on it.