Collection Highlights
The Rapalje Children
1768
1946.201
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
"The Storming of Quebec"
Title
"The Storming of Quebec"
Object name
Yardage
Date
ca. 1800
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 34 x 29 1/2 in. ( 86.4 x 74.9 cm )
Description
Cotton copper-engraved yardage with an image of the English storming the fortress of Quebec, battle in the front, naval scenes in the rear with the fortress; printed in red on a white ground.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1941.111
Gallery Label
There are no other known examples of this textile.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.