The death of General Montcalm, at Quebec, in the background are soldiers and ships. Engraving by P.A. Martini after F.L. Watteau.

  • Watteau, François, 1758-1823.
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1770
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547580i
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The death of General Montcalm, at Quebec, in the background are soldiers and ships. Engraving by P.A. Martini after F.L. Watteau. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Paris] (Galleries neuves du Palais Royal, No. 44) : Le s.r Lenoir, m.d fournisseur du cabinet des estampes du Roi

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1 print : engraving ; image 21.2 x 29.7 cm

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Mort du Général de Montcalme. Vatteau del. Martini sculp. Bears number: 44 Extensive lettering beneath describes the general's death, and names the people attending, including Louis Antoine de Bougainville. Montcalm asks to be buried in a hole made by a shell; two other dead soldiers are being carried on stretchers into the hole. Left foreground, two Native Americans remove the exploded shell. The death of James Wolfe is shown in the distance, and the Saint Lawrence River beyond

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G.K. Nagler, Neues allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon, München: E.A. Fleischmann, 1835-1852, vol. 8 p. 369, Peter Anton Martini no. 9 ("Der Tod des General Montcalm, nach Watteau, qu. fol.")

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Wellcome Collection 547580i

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A composition attributed to François-Louis-Joseph Watteau (1758-1823)

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