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Three-quarter length portrait of Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, commander of the British fleet at the Siege of Quebec, showing the attack of the French fire-ships in the background.. Work copied after the portrait by Sir Richard Brompton (ca. 1734-1783) by an unidentified artist.
This work was not accessioned when it arrived in the Public Archives but it is mentioned in RG 37 "C" series, Volume 336, File 1923-73 and in Volume 337, file 1924-58A..
This work is OP0777 and was located.
Admiral Sir Charles Saunders (ca. 1713-1775), British naval officer who commanded the British naval forces during the attack and siege of Quebec. Richard Brompton (ca. 1734-1783), portrait painter, born England, and died in St. Petersburg, Russia, as court painter to Catherine the Great

Graphic (art): canvas

Bibliographic citation: Schoenherr, D.S., ed., The Painted Past (Ottawa: Public Archives of Canada, 1984), catalogue entry 5