English: This is a 1790 watercolor, pen and ink, painting depicting Fort Saint-Jean around the time of the 1775 siege of the fort. The ship in the foreground is the HMS Royal George.

From the Toronto Library description:

View keyed (asterisk have been supplied in transcription to distinguish the two sets of check marks) in ink c.l. to c.r.: v / vv / vv[*] / a / b / v[*] / d. / c Inscribed in ink on mount l.l.: [cropped] Peachey Ensn. 60 Regt. From the Original View taken by J. Hunter. R. Regt. Arty.; l.c.: A South West View of St. John's / Shewing the Fort and the Detach'd Redoubt with the Blockhouse opposite,; l.l. (key): [v M]ontgomery's Mortar Battery. v ["v" added later to replace loss at start of line] / a. South Redoubt, and Commanding Officers Quarters. / b. North Redoubt, Magazine & Artillery Storehouses.; l.r. (key): c. Detached Redoubt, Officers & Soldiers Barracks. / d. Market Place. / v.[*] Inflexible. / vv[*] Royal George.