Death of General Wolfe, 1759, Wolfe's Tod in er Schlacht bei Quebeck (title on object), The death of English general James Wolfe on 13 September 1759 during the Battle of Quebec, part of the Seven Years' War (1756-1763). The general dying on the ground surrounded by his troops, a half-naked native of Canada with body tattoos and feather headdress looks on, beside him lies a battle axe. print maker: Friedrich Randel, after painting by: Benjamin West, Berlin, 1818 - 1886, paper, steel engraving, height 313 mm x width 402 mm.