[Death of General Wolfe at Quebec, 1759] – Historic Reproduction
![[Death of General Wolfe at Quebec, 1759] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d5/d5863acbf492-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of [Death of General Wolfe at Quebec, 1759]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Death of General Wolfe at Quebec, 1759]
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Few battlefield deaths were reproduced in print as often as that of James Wolfe, the British general who was mortally wounded on the Plains of Abraham outside Quebec on September 13, 1759. He fell at the moment of victory over the French under the Marquis de Montcalm, a win that gave Britain control of the city and, soon after, of New France. Benjamin West's 1770 painting of the death, which showed the officers in contemporary dress rather than classical robes, made the subject famous and prompted many engravings. No date is recorded for this impression, so it is best read as a later rendering of an event that held a lasting place in British imagination.
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [no date recorded on caption card] |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,214 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-119252 |
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