An East View of MONTREAL, in Canada

Date1762

Engraver Pierre-Charles Canot

After work by Thomas Patten

OriginEngland, London

MediumLine engraving and etching on laid paper

DimensionsOverall: 17 5/8 × 23in. (44.8 × 58.4cm) Other (Plate): 36.2 × 53.3cm (14 1/4 × 21in.)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1991-176

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "An East View of MONTREAL, in Canada./Vue Orientale de MONTREAL, en Canada./Drawn on the SPOT by Thomas Patten Engraved by P. Canot/1. General Hospital. 2. The Recollects. 3. S. Sulpicius./London Printed for John Bowles at N.o 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at N.o 53 in Fleet Street, Tho.s Jeffreys the corner of S.t Martins Lane in the Strand, Carington Bowles at N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, and Henry Parker at N.o 82 in Cornhill/4. The Nunnery. 5. The Jesuits Church. 6. The Fort."
Label TextIncluded in the 1768 series "Scenographia Americana," this print depicts the successful British campaign in 1760 to reclaim Canada. Two British ships are portrayed as well as several landmarks including Mount Royal. Other landmarks are numbered in the lower margin. The picture was orginally drawn on the spot by Thomas Patten, a British officier, and later was engraved by Pierre-Charles Canot to be published in 1762.