James Wolfe (1727-59) was a General. He was sent to capture Quebec and so to end French rule in Canada. Wolfe achieved success by discovering a steep unguarded patch which enabled him to land his troops unobserved; he led the attack on the Plains of Abraham above Quebec, but died of wounds before he could enter the city. This plaster cast by Joseph Wilton is posthumous; stated to be based on a servant of Lord Gower's who was very like Wolfe. Wilton found the hero's face 'too much distorted' when his coffin was opened at Portsmouth.

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