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./ Vue de Miramichi Etablissement Francois dans le Golfe de St. Laurent....
London: Robert Sayer & Thomas Jefferys, c.1768. Notes: Rare view of Quebec.
This view shows British troops in small boats approaching a French settlement in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
"The items in the Scenographia of greatest interest to Canada are the six prints of the St. Lawrence done after the sketches of Captain Hervey Smyth, A.D.C. to General Wolfe. The Six Views of the Most Remarkable Places of the Gulf and River St. Laurence were published in 1760 by Thomas Jefferys, London, with a dedication to William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. The prints are line-engravings of good quality, engraved by various well-known engravers of the period."--George Spendlove pg.7
, Image Size : 328x511 (mm), 12.91x20.12 (Inches), Platemark Size : 365x528 (mm), 14.37x20.79 (Inches), Paper Size : 415x582 (mm), 16.34x22.91 (Inches), Coloring: Black & White, Medium: Copper Engraving, Categories: Views Canada Quebec;. Very Good. Item #P5012
Notes: Rare view of Quebec.
This view shows British troops in small boats approaching a French settlement in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
"The items in the Scenographia of greatest interest to Canada are the six prints of the St. Lawrence done after the sketches of Captain Hervey Smyth, A.D.C. to General Wolfe. The Six Views of the Most Remarkable Places of the Gulf and River St. Laurence were published in 1760 by Thomas Jefferys, London, with a dedication to William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. The prints are line-engravings of good quality, engraved by various well-known engravers of the period."--George Spendlove pg.7
, Image Size : 328x511 (mm), 12.91x20.12 (Inches), Platemark Size : 365x528 (mm), 14.37x20.79 (Inches), Paper Size : 415x582 (mm), 16.34x22.91 (Inches), Coloring: Black & White, Medium: Copper Engraving, Categories: Views Canada Quebec;.
Price: $3,750.00