Mort de Montcalm [The Death of Montcalm at Quebec, September 14, 1759]
![Mort de Montcalm [The Death of Montcalm at Quebec, September 14, 1759] by Jean-Baptiste Morret|Pierre Blin|Jacques François Joseph Swebach-Desfontaines|Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Grozon, Marquis de Montcalm de Saint-Veran](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/dp/thumb/mort-de-montcalm-the-death-of-montcalm-at-quebec-388683.webp)
Medium
Aquatint, hand colored
Dimensions
plate: 9 3/4 x 6 7/16 in. (24.8 x 16.4 cm) sheet: 12 3/4 x 9 in. (32.4 x 22.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
Accession Number
83.2.940
Tags
Art Historical Context
This poignant aquatint, *Mort de Montcalm [The Death of Montcal at Quebec, September , 1759]*, captures a dramatic moment from the Seven Years' War It depicts the death of French General Louis-Joseph de Montm-Grozon, Marquis de Saint-Véran, mortally wounded during the pivotal Battle of the Plains of near Quebec City. Created in 1789 by Jean-Baptiste Morret, Pierrein, and Jacques François Swebach-Desaines, the print immortalizes Montcalm's final moments amid tents, soldiers, and grieving men—a scene evoking heroism and tragedy that reshaped North American history, paving the way for British con...
About the Artist
Jean-Baptiste Morret|Pierre Blin|Jacques François Joseph Swebach-Desfontaines|Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Grozon, Marquis de Montcalm de Saint-Veran (French|French|French|French) · 1790 |1786 |1769 |1712 –1820 |1792 |1823 |1759
French, active 1790–1820|French, active 1786–92|French, 1769–1823|French, near Nîmes 1712–1759 Quebec