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War is a topic often explored in art. It can be depicted in many different ways. It can be shown as bloody and cruel or as grand and majestic. Some artists choose to focus on glorifying the heroes of war. Others choose to focus on the unfortunate fate of the victims. John Trumbell depicted war in his painting The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec. The painting is a 24 5/8 inch long by 37 inch wide oil on canvas. It is from 1786. It is now in the Yale University Art Gallery. It depicts a scene from the Revolutionary War. Trumbell uses vivid colors to show the liveliness of the scene. The scene is filled with action and movement. A cloth wrapped around a tree branch suggests this movement, as it looks like it is blowing in a fierce wind. Smoke fills most of the background, suggesting that the battle has just finished. Every figure in the scene is moving around or reacting to something, except for the dead bodies. The grandeur of thi