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Title

The Death of General Wolfe.

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Item (linked) part of

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

Date(s)

ca. 1790

Place of creation

Germany

Publisher

Klauber

Extent

1 print : engraving ; 42.8 x 59 cm (image).

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Uncoloured engraving by Theod. Falckeysen after the painting by Benjamin West. This image depicts distraught Grenadiers standing and kneeling by the side of a fallen General Wolfe at the Plains of Abraham, Quebec. The on-going combat can be seen in the background. This print was acquired sometime before the initial cataloguing date of 10/8/21, written on the verso.

Conditions of access

Graphic (art)

90: Open

Volume
48 Item no. assigned by LAC 383

90: Open

Archival reference no.

R13133-397-5-E

Terms of use

Additional name(s)

Artist: West, Benjamin, 1738-1820,
Engraver: Falckeysen, Theodor (active 1768-died 1814)
Wolfe, James, 1727-1759
Wolfe, James, 1727-1759

Additional information

Physical condition note

Print is dirty, and freyed around the edges. There are numerous tears, especially at the bottom and on the left margin.

Related materials

For other copies of this print, see Acc. No.'s R9266-1344 and R13133-380. Print may have been acquired from the same source as R13133-382, which bears the same initial cataloguing date.

Signatures and inscriptions

Recto, l.l.: Painted by B. West, / Historical Painter to His MAJESTY Recto, l.r.: Engraved by Theod. Falckeysen Recto, l.c.: To the King's moost Excellent Majesty / This plate, THE DEATH OF GENERAL WOLFE, is with / His gracious Permission humbly dedicated by his Majesty's most dutiful Servant. / Theod. Falckeysen. / From the original Picture in the Collection of Lord Grosvenor. / Is sold in Basil at Theod. Falckeisen in Augsburg at brother Klauber.

Attributions and conjectures

After the artist Benjamin West.

Subject heading

1. event.
2. Death and burial.
3. Wolfe, James,
4. Mort et sépulture.

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

3991585