overlapped with fine and smooth linear strokes to model his subject's faces. With gold, he used festoons, stippled patterns, and chased scallops. For George Washington, Ramage used a lock of Washington's hair with a meticulously cut "GW" cypher. Later life and death Britain's evacuation of New York may have affected Ramage's business. In 1789, he was suing for bad debts. He ended up in dire straits in 1794. Fearful of imprisonment and debt, he fled to Montreal in 1794 to escape further debt. En route, he contracted a fever after nearly escaping drowning. His original plan was to go to Quebec to find encouragement from Lieutenant-Colonel George Beckwith, and an acquaintance from Boston, Thomas Aston Coffin. When he got to Montreal, he was in a state of "galloping consumption". In Lower Canada, he arrived during a period of political tension. American emissaries were cautious of British officials coming from the United States. After five weeks recovering from his fever, he found himself in jail. Ramage lamented to his wife, "I should have staid where I was, as I think the Accommodation in the gaol in New York is much better, which is all they Could do with me there." He was discharged from jail after a month, due to the grand jury favoring his loyalism during the American Revolution. He still held a grudge against the Montreal government as of 1795. Also in 1795, Ramage claimed he painted multiple paintings, although only being paid for two of them. In February 1796, he wrote that he did "Some very Extraordinary pictures Lately Sutch as was never Seen in Montreal before." In November 1797, he protested "Some things in your Letters that racks my very soul. Want of money has been the only thing that has Prevented me from flying to your Arms, as I have never been three weeks at a time in health Since I came to this Place, by my fretting and anxiety of mind for you and my Poor dear Children." He died there 24 October 1802, possibly due to his fever when en route to Montreal. Legacy Ramage was friendless in Montreal, due to his disdain against his population during his exile. Only the rector, clark, and the sexton of Christ Church signed his burial record. Ramage's fortunes was decided by a land petition he sent in February 1802. He was granted 700 acres of land in