Tribute To Montcalm At Versailles
by Al Bourassa
Title
Tribute To Montcalm At Versailles
Artist
Al Bourassa
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Artworks
Description
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Saint-Veran (February 28, 1712 – September 14, 1759) was a French soldier best known as the commander of the forces in North America during the Seven Years' War (whose North American theatre is called the French and Indian War in the United States).
Montcalm was born near Nîmes, France to a noble family, and entered military service early in life.
He saw service in the War of the Polish Succession and the War of the Austrian Succession, where his distinguished service led to promotion to brigadier general. In 1756 King Louis XV sent him and his aide-de-camp Chevalier de Levis to New France to lead its defence against the British in the Seven Years' War. Montcalm met with notable successes in 1756, 1757 and 1758, but British mobilisation of large numbers of troops against New France led to military setbacks in 1758 and 1759 (when, in January, he was promoted to lieutenant general), culminating in Montcalm's death at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. It is also known as the château de Versailles.
When the château was built, Versailles was a country village; today, however, it is a wealthy suburb of Paris, some 20 kilometres southwest of the French capital. The court of Versailles was the centre of political power in France from 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789 after the beginning of the French Revolution. Versailles is therefore famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.
The Fifth Republic has enthusiastically promoted the museum as one of France’s foremost tourist attractions.
Above courtesy of Wikipedia.
Trying to visit and appreciate the wonder of Versailles in one day is lunacy, but that was all we had, so we counted on the camera to quickly take such photos so we could appreciate the beauty later. I would much rather have had a week to spend enjoying the magnificent artworks.
This digitally altered artwork is derived from a photograph taken March 14, 2009 during a tour of Western Europe.
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May 17th, 2016
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