The death of General Wolfe / painted by B. West, historical painter to His Majesty ; engraved by Wm. Woollett, engraver to His Majesty. – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of The death of General Wolfe / painted by B. West, historical painter to His Majesty ; engraved by Wm. Woollett, engraver to His Majesty.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The death of General Wolfe / painted by B. West, historical painter to His Majesty ; engraved by Wm. Woollett, engraver to His Majesty.
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The dying British general James Wolfe is shown at the moment of his triumph at Quebec in 1759, when he was mortally wounded during the battle on the Plains of Abraham. Benjamin West painted the scene in 1770, placing contemporary officers in uniform rather than the classical robes that academic convention called for, and William Woollett's engraving, dedicated to the King, carried the composition to a far wider audience. This London plate was published in January 1776, as the American colonies were moving toward independence, and it offers a useful view of how the French and Indian War was remembered in Britain.
| Created / published | London : Published as the Act directs by Messrs. Woollett, Boydell & Ryland, 1776 January 1st. |
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| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Empires : Louis & Clark and the Revealing of America" at Joslyn Art Museum |
| Notes | Title from item. At head of title: To the King's most excellent Majesty. This plate.... Caption continues: ... is with His gracious Permission humbly dedicated by his Majesty's most dutiful Subject & Servant, William Woolett. From the original Picture in the Collection of Lord Grosvenor. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. Exhibited: Rivers |
| Subjects | Wolfe, James,--1727-1759--Death & burial. United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763--Casualties. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,486 × 1,203 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218478 |
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