This sketch shows the Marquis de Montcalm on his deathbed. He is surrounded by members of the clergy and of his army. On September 14, 1759, he was buried in a crater a British bomb made inside the church of the Ursuline monastery. In 2001, Montcalm’s remains were moved to the cemetery at the Hôpital-Général de Québec.

1759 - 1759

France and Great Britain wage war

In 1759, the struggle between France and Great Britain to control North America came to a head. That year, New France—a territory then covering almost two thirds of the continent—fell under British rule. The event took place on the Plains of Abraham in Québec City, where the armies of generals James Wolfe and Louis-Joseph de Montcalm skirmished on the morning of September 13. Though both generals died in battle, the British were victorious by the end of the confrontation. A chapter in history had come to an end. New France was no more, and its territory had become part of the British Empire.

Sketch for “La Mort de Montcalm” [the death of Montcalm]

Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Côté This sketch shows the Marquis de Montcalm on his deathbed. He is surrounded by members of the clergy and of his army. On September 14, 1759, he was buried in a crater a British bomb made inside the church of the Ursuline monastery. In 2001, Montcalm’s remains were moved to the cemetery at the Hôpital-Général de Québec.

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Depicted period: 1759

Source: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec Document in the public domain (free of copyright) - Date: 1902

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