A View of Cape Rouge or Carouge, Nine Miles above the City of Quebec on the North Shore of the River St. Laurence. From this place 1500 chosen Troops at the break of Day fell down the River on the Ebb of Tide to the place of Landing 13 Sept 1759 (after Captain Hervey Smythe)
Peter Mazell (Dublin 1735 – c.1805)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1760
Materials
Paper
Measurements
472 x 632 mm
Order this imageCollection
Quebec House, Kent
NT 529123.3
Summary
Print, engraving A View of Cape Rouge or Carouge, Nine Miles above the City of Quebec on the North Shore of the River St. Laurence. From this place 1500 chosen Troops at the break of Day fell down the River on the Ebb of Tide to the place of Landing 13 Sept 1759 (after Captain Sir Hervey Smythe) by Peter Mazell (Dublin fl.1761 – 1797). 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 Cape Rouge.' (PR/18a, b, d, e and f are the others in the
Provenance
Formerly part of the Wolfe-Aylward Collection.
Makers and roles
Peter Mazell (Dublin 1735 – c.1805), engraver (printmaker) after Captain Sir Hervey Smythe, 3rd Bt (Ampton 1731 - Elmswell 1811), artist