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Wolfe and Montcalm, Catalogue of plans, portraits, views and souvenirs of the Siege of Quebec, on exhibition at the Franciscan Convent, Grande Allée, Quebec.
The exhibit was opened by the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, the Hon Louis-Amable Jetté, on June 27th, 1902. Arthur Doughty’s friend, R.V., the author of the column “Old and New” in The Montreal Gazette, mentioned on July 19th that he had received a copy of the Catalogue and urged visitors to Quebec “not forget so rare a chance of coming into touch with so many memorials of great men and great events”.
Although the authorship of the 22-page (numbered) booklet is not identified within the publication itself, authorship can be attributed to A.G. Doughty. The booklet was created as a catalogue of the items Doughty had included in the exhibition to support his findings on the probable site of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. It also served as an advertisement for his newly published book, The Siege of Quebec, and for the Battlefield Series of booklets printed by the Nuns of the Franciscan Convent, with the back cover (exterior cover and inner side) devoted to highlighting these publications. In addition, the booklet noted that there were souvenirs of the exhibition on sale in the room, and that orders could be taken for colored plates.
In this booklet, Doughty placed the exhibition items within the historical context of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, and listed them by an assigned number. Displayed were engravings, paintings, portraits, photographs, maps and plans, as well as, letters, publications, copies of and original documents, manuscripts, and artifacts including weapons, a gold watch and a silver plate. Many of these items were on loan from various sources for this exhibition, which included several items from the collection of Philéas Gagnon, and of the Reverend Ladies of the Hotel Dieu. None of the items are illustrated except for the portrait of Wolfe which is listed as possibly No. 125.
Wilson Collection copy of the catalogue was reviewed; select images are pictured above. A digital copy available through Canadiana (CIHM #74276) was reviewed; select images are pictured above.
