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THB1808 The Death of General Montgomery at Quebec. Engraved by W Ketterlinus Published by John Trumbull
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"The Death of General Montgomery at Quebec." Engraved by W. Ketterlinus, After the painting by John Trumbull, Published by John Trumbull, Jany. 1st, 1808, Printed by Andrew Maverick, No. 108 Broad-Way, New York.
The Death of General Montgomery at Quebec. Engraved by W. Ketterlinus, After the painting by John Trumbull, Published by John Trumbull, Jany. 1st, 1808, Printed by Andrew Maverick, New York. Framed, Extremely Fine.
The full text below the image reads: "The Death of General Montgomery at Quebec." (Repeated in French) Engraved by W. Ketterlinus, After the painting by John Trumbull, Published by John Trumbull, Jany. 1st, 1808, Printed by Andrew Maverick (1782-1826), No. 108 Broad-Way, New York. The image measures 20" wide x 16" tall (by sight) professionally matted and framed to fully 34" wide x 26.25" tall in a highly attractive decorative faux gold gilt ornate pattern design on wood, with a wide 3" x 4.5" white linen with gold inner trim double matting. The plate impression is still clearly evident within the engraved print's heavy paper. The impression is sharp and clear, being extremely clean having excellent eye appeal. Some trivial waviness to the matted paper and the frame shows some minor wear from prior display. Not examined out of the frame. John Trumbull (1756-1843), created the original oil painting in 1786 (now displayed at the Yale University Art Gallery).
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"The Death of General Montgomery at Quebec", created by Christian Wilhelm Ketterlinus (listed as W. Ketterlinus) after the painting by John Trumbull, and published by John Trumbull on January 1st, 1808, and printed by Andrew Maverick.
On the night of December 31, 1775, Major General Richard Montgomery attempted to enter Quebec during a heavy blizzard, hoping that the snow would veil the sight and sound of the marching Continentals. He planned to stage a simultaneous attack on the upper and lower sections of the town but one part of the army deserted. Montgomery then decided to attack the lower part from two directions with his remaining troops, after which the two parties would join and march together through the upper town.
One battalion, led by Colonel Benedict Arnold, managed to overcome the first artillery unit and move on to the designated site of rendezvous. They waited in vain for Montgomery's battalion. The general, leading about 300 New York militiamen, was ambushed by British and Canadian troops who had waited silently until the American forces approached and then fired a blast from a naval cannon, killing Montgomery and several others.
Despite the fact that the attack on Quebec resulted in a British triumph over America, Trumbull and many of his contemporaries considered Montgomery's effort to take the city in midwinter a gallant attempt, and the men who participated in the campaign remarkable for their bravery and persistence.
Using a powerful diagonal composition echoed in smaller intersecting diagonals of lights and darks, Trumbull depicts the moment when General Montgomery expires in the arms of Major Matthias Ogden. Before him on the snow-covered ground lie the bodies of his two aides-de-camp, Captains Jacob Cheeseman and John MacPherson.
Lieutenants John Humphries and Samuel Cooper and Lieutenant Colonel Donald Campbell surround the two central figures in a protective semicircle, while an Oneida Indian chief, Colonel ""Joseph Louis,"" defiantly raises his tomahawk in the direction of the shots.
Three figures in the left foreground, Major Return Johnathan Meigs and Captains Samuel Ward and William Hendricks, gesture in shock at the sight of their dying general. Trumbull was an American artist during the period of the American Revolutionary War and was notable for his historical paintings. Ref : Yale University Art Gallery website.Ketterlinus copied this painting from the print by J.F. Clemens according to Thieme-Becker
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