A View of Miramichi, a French Settlement in the Gulf of St. Laurence destroyed by Brigadier Murray detached by General Wolfe for that purpose - from the Bay of Gaspe (after Captain Sir Hervey Smythe)
Paul Sandby, RA (Nottingham 1725 – London 1809)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1760
Materials
Paper
Measurements
472 x 632 mm
Order this imageCollection
Quebec House, Kent
NT 529123.6
Summary
Print, engraving, A View of Miramichi, a French Settlement in the Gulf of St. Laurence destroyed by Brigadier Murray detached by General Wolfe for that purpose - from the Bay of Gaspe (after Captain Sir Hervey Smythe) by Paul Sandby (Nottingham 1725 – London 1809) and retouched 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 Miramichi.' (PR/18a, b, c, d and e are others in set.PR/18g is title page.)
Makers and roles
Paul Sandby, RA (Nottingham 1725 – London 1809), engraver (printmaker) Peter Paul Benazech (c.1730 - c.1783), retoucher after Captain Sir Hervey Smythe, 3rd Bt (Ampton 1731 - Elmswell 1811), artist