This watercolour by Benjamin Fisher features Cape Diamant. The British officer visited Canada, including Québec City, at the end of the 18th century and produced several watercolours during his trip. After his works were found in 2003 in the basement of Balliol College in England, 13 watercolours were repatriated to Canada.

1760 - 1791

Québec City, the maritime capital of the 18th-century

In the decades following 1760, the Province of Quebec became part of the British Empire in North America. The St. Lawrence River was the main commercial gateway to the continent. For Québec City residents, the river had become an even more important part of daily life. Often related to the import or export of goods, their work was closely linked to this waterway. For landscape artists of the period, Québec City was quite inseparable from the St. Lawrence River, which almost always appeared in their artwork. Discover a few of these magnificent works.

Cape Diamant, Québec City

Benjamin Fisher This watercolour by Benjamin Fisher features Cape Diamant. The British officer visited Canada, including Québec City, at the end of the 18th century and produced several watercolours during his trip. After his works were found in 2003 in the basement of Balliol College in England, 13 watercolours were repatriated to Canada.

Chronoscope Can you identify the military buildings in the image? (unilingual French for a limited time)

Depicted period: 1791

Source: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec Document in the public domain (free of copyright) - Date: between 1785 and 1796

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