COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
6367
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6367
Accession number
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Record number:
6367-1
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6367-1
Record number
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JCB call number:
En760 S668s /1
jcb_call_no
En760 S668s /1
JCB call number
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Image title:
A View of the City of Quebec, the capital of Canada ... Vue de la Ville de Quebec, Capitale du Canada ...
image_title
A View of the City of Quebec, the capital of Canada ... Vue de la Ville de Quebec, Capitale du Canada ...
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Hervey Smyth
creator1
Hervey Smyth
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 dates:
fl. 1760
creator1_dates
fl. 1760
Creator 1 dates
false
Creator 1 role:
Drawn on the Spot by
creator1_role
Drawn on the Spot by
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
P. Benazech
creator2
P. Benazech
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 role:
Sculp.
creator2_role
Sculp.
Creator 2 role
false
Place image published:
[London]
place_image_published
[London]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
Published ... by T. Jefferys near Charing Cross
image_publisher
Published ... by T. Jefferys near Charing Cross
Image publisher
false
Image date:
1760 Nov. 5
image_date
1760 Nov. 5
Image date
false
Image function:
print
image_function
print
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
31.7 cm.
image_dimensions_height
31.7 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
50.1 cm.
image_dimensions_width
50.1 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
43 cm.
page_dimensions_height
43 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
54.9 cm.
page_dimensions_width
54.9 cm.
Page dimension width
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Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
English, French
languages
English, French
Languages
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Description:
View of Quebec City from the St. Lawrence River. Includes the location of the St. Charles River and General James Wolfe's landing place before the battle of the Plains of Abraham. Built environment includes fortified settlement, dwellings, churches, shipyard, ships with British flags, boats, and windmills. Items in the image are numbered for identification in text below.
description
View of Quebec City from the St. Lawrence River. Includes the location of the St. Charles River and General James Wolfe's landing place before the battle of the Plains of Abraham. Built environment includes fortified settlement, dwellings, churches, shipyard, ships with British flags, boats, and windmills. Items in the image are numbered for identification in text below.
Description
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Source creator:
Smyth, Hervey
source_creator
Smyth, Hervey
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Inscribed to the Right Honourable William Pitt, ... Six elegant views of the most remarkable places in the river and gulph of St. Laurence, from the originals ...
source_title
Inscribed to the Right Honourable William Pitt, ... Six elegant views of the most remarkable places in the river and gulph of St. Laurence, from the originals ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
London
source_place_of_publication
London
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
published, according to act of Parliament, by Thomas Jefferys
source_publisher
published, according to act of Parliament, by Thomas Jefferys
Source publisher
false
Source date:
[1760]
source_date
[1760]
Source date
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notes:
Hervey Smyth was an aide de camp to General James Wolfe. The Canadian landscapes engraved by Smyth were also included in a collection of views published by John Bowles, which are known collectively as Scenographia Americana (1768). Smyth's drawings were drawn on the spot and juxtaposed the British forces against dramatic Canadian landscapes.
notes
Hervey Smyth was an aide de camp to General James Wolfe. The Canadian landscapes engraved by Smyth were also included in a collection of views published by John Bowles, which are known collectively as Scenographia Americana (1768). Smyth's drawings were drawn on the spot and juxtaposed the British forces against dramatic Canadian landscapes.
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
Phelps Stokes, I.N. Iconography, I, p. 281 et seq.
references_
Phelps Stokes, I.N. Iconography, I, p. 281 et seq.
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1910.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1910.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
Commentary:
commentary
<a href="mailto:Susan_Danforth@brown.edu">Add a comment</a>
Commentary
false
geographic area:
North America
geographic_areas
North America
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Geography, maps, city views and plans
subject_groups
Geography, maps, city views and plans
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Québec (Québec)--Description and travel
subject_heads
Québec (Québec)--Description and travel
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Québec (Québec)--History--Siege, 1759
subject_heads
Québec (Québec)--History--Siege, 1759
Subject headings
false