This painting initially met with controversy due to its artist's decision to depict the (*) "modern garb of war".
The cathedral spire in this painting's left background is easier to make out in the William Woollett engraving that popularized this work. A running man frantically waving his hat and carrying a flag bearing several fleurs-de-lis can also be seen on this painting's left side, which contains a green-coated man in a beaded headband, sash, and leather boots leaning over above a figure posed in the same manner as Rodin's Thinker. This painting initially met with controversy due to its artist's decision to depict the (*) "modern garb of war". Among its central figural group are the aforementioned crouching Indian and two wounded officers, Simon Fraser and Robert Monckton, neither of whom were actually at the title 1759 event. For 10 points, identify this 1770 depiction of an event from the Battle of Quebec, a painting by Benjamin West.
The cathedral spire in this painting's left background is easier to make out in the William Woollett engraving that popularized this work.
The Death of General Wolfe