Death of Richard Montgomery. The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775 is an oil painting completed in 1786 by the American artist John Trumbull depicting the 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.
The painting is on view at the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut. It is the second in Trumbull's series of national historical paintings on the war, the first being The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775.
Trumbull went to London in 1784 to study painting with Benjamin West, historical painter to King George III. West, himself famous for such paintings as The Death of General Wolfe, suggested that Trumbull paint great events of the American Revolution.
The first was The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775, started in the fall of 1785 and finished early in 1786. The second was this painting, which was finished in June 1786.
Both were painted in West's London studio. In July 1786, Trumbull traveled to Paris and stayed at the Hotel de Langeac at the invitation of Thomas Jefferson, who was then the American minister to France. Jefferson gave his warm approbation to these two works and assisted Trumbull with the early compositio
The painting is on view at the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut. It is the second in Trumbull's series of national historical paintings on the war, the first being The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775.
Trumbull went to London in 1784 to study painting with Benjamin West, historical painter to King George III. West, himself famous for such paintings as The Death of General Wolfe, suggested that Trumbull paint great events of the American Revolution.
The first was The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775, started in the fall of 1785 and finished early in 1786. The second was this painting, which was finished in June 1786.
Both were painted in West's London studio. In July 1786, Trumbull traveled to Paris and stayed at the Hotel de Langeac at the invitation of Thomas Jefferson, who was then the American minister to France. Jefferson gave his warm approbation to these two works and assisted Trumbull with the early compositio
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