Location

Country: USA
City: Boston
Place: British Consulate-General

John Trumbull was born in Lebanon, Connecticut; the son of a shipowner and later Governor of Connecticut. He studied at Harvard and under J. S. Copley, before serving in the War of Independence. In 1780 he travelled to London to study under B. West. He was imprisoned as a spy and forced to leave the UK but returned in 1784 to continue in West’s studio and study at the Royal Academy schools. He went back to America in 1789 and travelled along the east coast, painting portraits of participants in the War. He was later back in London to serve as Secretary to the Jay Treaty Commission. In 1817, in America again, he was commissioned to produce four murals for the dome of the Capitol and elected President of the American Academy. He died at 87.

People

Montgomery, RichardCheeseman, JacobMacpherson, JohnCampbell, DonaldThompson, WilliamAtiatoharongwenMeigs, Return JonathanHendricks, WilliamWard, SamuelHumphries, JohnCooper, SamuelOgden, Matthias

Places

Canada, Quebec City, Quebec

Subjects

topography, snow, Native/Central American, 18th century costume, military uniform, boots, breeches, flag, death, tomahawk, bayonet, cannon, musket, general, American Revolutionary War, Battle of Quebec

Materials & Techniques

engraving

Artist

John Trumbull (1756 - 1843)
Christian Wilhelm Ketterlinus (1766 - 1803)

Title

The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack of Quebec, December 1775

Date

1799

Medium

Engraving

Acquisition

Purchased from Colnaghi, April 1952

Inscription

Pencil inscription in French below image: La Bataille d'avat [sic] Quebek [sic], les 30 Decemb 1775 la Mort de Gen Montconnery [sic]

GAC number

1561