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John Trumbull: The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775  wikidata:Q49281539 reasonator:Q49281539
Artist
John Trumbull  (1756–1843)  wikidata:Q369263
 
John Trumbull
Description American painter and architect
Date of birth/death 6 June 1756 Edit this at Wikidata 10 November 1843 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Lebanon Edit this at Wikidata Category:New York
Work location
New York, London
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q369263
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775 Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Lfr,"La mort du général Montgomery dans l'attaque de Québec, le 31 Décembre 1775"
label QS:Len,"The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre history painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
The The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775 is an 1786 oil painting by John Trumbull. It depicts the tragic death of the American General Richard Montgomery at the Battle of Quebec on December 31, 1775, during the Invasion of Quebec, a major military operation by the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War.
Depicted people
Date 1786
date QS:P571,+1786-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 24.6 in (62.5 cm); width: 37 in (93.9 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,24.625U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,37U218593
institution QS:P195,Q1568434
Accession number
1832.2
References
Yale University Art Galley (Descriptive data)
Smithsonian Art Inventory Catalog, IAP 07261659
Source/Photographer Yale University Art Gallery
Other versions Engravings after the painting:
  • The Death of General Montgomery, In the Attack of Quebec, December 1775 by Johan Frederik Clemens (1798)
    The Death of General Montgomery, In the Attack of Quebec, December 1775
    by Johan Frederik Clemens (1798)
  • The Death of General Montgomery at Quebec by Christian Wilhelm Ketterlinus (1808)
    The Death of General Montgomery at Quebec
    by Christian Wilhelm Ketterlinus (1808)
  • Death of General Montgomery by J. Thomson
    Death of General Montgomery
    by J. Thomson
  • Death of General Montgomery by J. C. Armytage, coloured
    Death of General Montgomery
    by J. C. Armytage, coloured
Image extraction processThis file has an extracted image: Matthias Ogden holding General Montgomery - detail from The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec December 31 1775 (cropped).jpeg.
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The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775 is an 1786 oil painting by John Trumbull.

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current22:27, 17 February 2017Thumbnail for version as of 22:27, 17 February 20173,000 × 1,998 (2.19 MB)Jeangagnonplus haute résolution
14:11, 13 February 2016Thumbnail for version as of 14:11, 13 February 20161,920 × 1,279 (868 KB)ZeetePresentation size from Yale University Art Gallery
11:25, 16 March 2011Thumbnail for version as of 11:25, 16 March 2011700 × 466 (260 KB)MarmadukePercy{{Information |Description ={{en|1="The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775," oil on canvas, by the American artist John Trumbull. 24 5/8 in. x 37 in. Yale University Art Gallery, Trumbull Collection. Courtesy of Yale

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