COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
31924
Record number:
31924
JCB call number:
En772 P416d
Image title:
The Death of General Wolfe on the 13th. Septr: 1759, at Quebec.
Creator 1:
Edward Penny
Creator 1 dates:
1714-1791
Creator 1 role:
Painted by
Creator 2:
Richard Houston
Creator 2 dates:
1721?-1775
Creator 2 role:
Engraved by
Creator 3:
Robert Sayer
Creator 3 role:
Execudit
Place image published:
London
Image publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer Map & Printseller No. 53 in Fleet Street
Image date:
1st. Jany. 1772
Image function:
print
Technique:
mezzotint engraving
Image dimension height:
39.4 cm.
Image dimension width:
50.3 cm.
Page dimension height:
42.9 cm.
Page dimension width:
50.3 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English
Description:
General James Wolfe lies dying in the company of three soldiers, his gun or musket by his side, while another runs toward him. In the distance is the battle of the Plains of Abraham and the town of Quebec.
notes:
Edward Penny, or Pennee, was a founding member of the Royal Academy and its first professor of painting. Penny's original painting is at Petworth, Sussex, in the private collection of Lord Egremont. This version of General Wolfe's death is said to be a more accurate depiction of the event than the more famous painting by Benjamin West. Only four men were said by Captain John Knox, an eyewitness, to be present at the death of Wolfe--Lieutenant Henry Brown (of the Louisbourg Grenadiers), James Henderson, Colonel Williamson (artillery officer), and a private soldier who was close at hand.
Time Period:
1751-1800
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1956.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
North America
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject headings:
Québec Campaign, 1759
The Death of General Wolfe on the 13th. Septr: 1759, at Quebec.
