Focus on The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775 and discuss the History.
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 Hôtel 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 composition of the Declaration of Independence.
The Death of General Wolfe George III Hôtel de Langeac Benjamin West Declaration of Independence King George III American Revolution Thomas Jefferson American minister to France The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775