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Title

Mort du Général Wolfe à la bataille de Quebeck dans l'Amerique Septentrionale le 13 7bre 1759 [graphic material]. 

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Item (linked) part of

Canadian Historical Prints Collection [graphic material] (R13133-0-7-E)

Date(s)

1776-1835

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent

1 print engraving on wove paper 41.0 x 48.0 cm.
Support: 48.000 x 41.000 cm

Scope and content

Image depicts the mortally wounded General James Wolfe surrounded by a group of men including numerous grenadiers and a native man. In the background the battle at the Plains of Abraham, Quebec, continues.

Conditions of access

Graphic (art)
90: Open
Volume
48 Item no. assigned by LAC 379
90: Open
Archival reference no.
R13133-393-8-E

Terms of use

Credit: Library and Archives Canada, R13133-379 Copyright: expired

Additional name(s)

Artist: West, Benjamin, 1738-1820,
Engraver: Zaffonato, Angelo.
Wolfe, James, 1727-1759
Wolfe, James, 1727-1759
Wolfe, James, 1727-1759

Additional information

This is one of a series of works copied from William Woollett's 1776 print that was based on Benjamin West's painting, "Death of Wolfe." In this case the Italian engraver, Angelo Zaffonato produced this print for sale in French shops. (See Alan McNairn, Behold the Hero: General Wofe and the Arts in the Eighteenth Century, p. 152)

Custodial history
This version of the "Death of Wolfe" print was acquired sometime before 1932 from an unknown source. Initial cataloguing date, written on the verso: 13/2/32.

Signatures and inscriptions
Inscription: in the plate, l.l.: Invent. par B. West. ; l.r.:Gravée par A. Zaffonato

Attributions and conjectures
After the artist Benjamin West.

Subject heading

1. Québec.
2. Death and burial.
3. Wolfe, James,
4. Mort et sépulture.
5. Portraits.

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3796173