Engraving

Print

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Boscobel House and Gardens

Name/Title

Engraving

Entry/Object ID

A 61.20

Description

Mezzotint engraving of Major General James Wolfe showing him standing with his right hand outstretched and facing to the viewer's left.

Type of Print

Engraving

Category

Prints/Drawings

Acquisition

Accession

A 61.20

Source or Donor

William C. Kennedy

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Credit Line

Purchase, 1961

Made/Created

Artist

Richard Houston

Date made

circa 1760

Place

City

London

Country

England

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

From an Original Picture in the Possession of Her'y Smith Esqr. / Rich'd Houston / Major General James Wolfe / COMMANDER in Chief of his MAJESTYS Forces on the Expedition against Quebec / Printed for J. Bowles & Son in Cornhill Eliz Bakewell Parker opposite Birshin Lane in Cornhill T. Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard and Robert Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street. Prin'ed 2nd.

Material/Technique

Printed

Dimensions

Height

14 in

Width

10 in

Condition

Notes

Abrasions along left margin. Reframed by Richard Saunders, Hudson Rogue, Cold Spring, NY, 2/17/81. Frame appears to be old, glass is modern.

Provenance

Notes

Purchase, William C. Kennedy 6/10/61