A View of the City of Quebec, the Capital of Canada (after Captain Sir Hervey Smythe)
Peter Paul Benazech (c.1730 - c.1783)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1760
Materials
Paper
Measurements
471 x 632 mm
Order this imageCollection
Quebec House, Kent
NT 529123.2
Summary
Print, engraving, A View of the City of Quebec, the Capital of Canada (after Captain Sir Hervey Smythe) by Peter Paul Benazech (1728-1798). One of a set of six engraved views of places in vicinity of Quebec, from drawings on the spot by Captain Sir Hervey Smythe (1731-1811), aide de camp to General Wolfe. Published in 1760. 'A View of the City of Quebec.' (PR/18a, c, d, e and f are the others in the set. PR/18g is title page.)
Marks and inscriptions
To the Right Honourable William Pitt, One of his Majestiesn most Honourable Privy Council and Principal Secretary of State
Makers and roles
Peter Paul Benazech (c.1730 - c.1783), engraver (printmaker) after Captain Sir Hervey Smythe, 3rd Bt (Ampton 1731 - Elmswell 1811), artist