The Death of General James Wolfe (1727-1759) (after Benjamin West PRA)
William Woollett (Maidstone 1735 - London 1785)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1 Jan 1776
Materials
Paper
Measurements
482 x 610 mm
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Quebec House, Kent
NT 529148
Summary
Print, engraving, The Death of General James Wolfe (1727-1759) (after Benjamin West PRA) by William Woollett (Maidstone 1735 - London 1785). Published 1st January 1776, Messrs. Woollett, Boydell and Ryland in contemporary Hogarth frame. Reframed by Parker Gall, Alberman Street, W.1. 1977.
Provenance
Formerly part of the Wolfe-Aylward Collection. Previously part of the Allan Jamieson Collection and acquired from the collection after being exhibited at the Imperial Services Exhibition at Earls Court, September 1913 (see Catalogue of the Wolfe-Aylward Collection, January 1929).
Makers and roles
William Woollett (Maidstone 1735 - London 1785), engraver (printmaker) after Benjamin West (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 1738 - London 1820), artist Woollett, Boydell and Ryland, engraver and publisher