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As an example of nation's efforts to document war events, official Japanese war artists were commissioned to create artwork in the context of a specific war for the Japanese government, including sensÅ sakusen kirokuga ("war campaign documentary painting"). Between 1937 and 1945, approximately 200 pictures depicting Japan's military campaigns ...
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. It depicts American general Richard Montgomery at the Battle of Quebec during the invasion of Quebec . [ 1 ]
Death of Dragut; The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777; The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775; The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775; The Death of General Wolfe; The Death of Major Peirson, 6 January 1781; The Defence of Rorke's Drift
This category is for works of art on the theme of death, with a title referring to death, or depicting the moment of someone's death. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
The Death of Cyprian Godebski at Raszyn; The Death of Nelson, 21 October 1805; The Death of Nelson (Maclise painting) The Death of Nelson (West painting) The Death of Prince Poniatowski; The Declaration of Victory After the Battle of Leipzig; The Defence of Saragossa; Departure of the Conscripts; The Departure of the Militiaman; The Disasters ...
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777 is the title of an oil painting by the American artist John Trumbull depicting the death of the American General Hugh Mercer at the Battle of Princeton on Friday, January 3, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War .
The painting was censored by the official censor of paintings and drawings in France, Lieutenant Colonel A. N. Lee, on the grounds that displaying dead bodies would hinder the war effort. Nonetheless, Nevinson included the painting in his official exhibition at the Leicester Galleries in March 1918, but the work was displayed with a brown paper ...
The Death of General Wolfe is a 1770 painting by Anglo-American artist Benjamin West, commemorating the 1759 Battle of Quebec, where General James Wolfe died at the moment of victory. The painting, containing vivid suggestions of martyrdom, broke a standard rule of historical portraiture by featuring individuals who had not been present at the ...