The Death of General Wolfe (after Benjamin West)
William Woollett (Maidstone 1735 - London 1785)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1776
Materials
Paper
Measurements
48.5 cm (h)61.5 cm (w)
Collection
Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 1429819
Summary
Print, engraving, The Death of General Wolfe (after Benjamin West) by William Woollett (Maidstone 1735 - London 1785). Wolfe lying diagonally to right of centre beneath a standard, officers kneeling around him. Others standing at left, with a kneeling Indian in foreground. Two soldiers in attitudes of supplication at right.
Provenance
probably bought with D/15, as marketed by Boydell
Makers and roles
William Woollett (Maidstone 1735 - London 1785), engraver (printmaker) Benjamin West (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 1738 - London 1820), artist John Boydell I (Dorrington 1719 – Cheapside, London 1804), engraver and publisher