A View of the Cathedral, Jesuits College, and Recollect Friars Church, taken from the gate of the Governors House (after Richard Short)
Pierre-Charles Canot (Paris 1710 - Kentish Town 1777)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
431 x 584 mm
Place of origin
Quebec
Order this imageCollection
Quebec House, Kent
NT 529118.10
Summary
Print, engraving, A View of the Cathedral, Jesuits College, and Recollect Friars Church, taken from the gate of the Governors House (after Richard Short) by Pierre-Charles Canot ARA (Paris 1710 - Kentish Town 1777). One of a set of twelve engravings of views of Quebec drawn on the spot by Richard Short. Published in 1761. (PR/13a to PR/13l. PR/13m is title page)
Provenance
Formerly part of the Wolfe-Aylward Collection.
Marks and inscriptions
No.7
Makers and roles
Pierre-Charles Canot (Paris 1710 - Kentish Town 1777) , engraver (printmaker) after Richard Short (fl.1750-1777), artist