A View of the Pierced Island, a remarkable Rock in the Gulf of St Laurence

Date1768

Artist/Maker Capt. Hervey Smyth

Maker Pierre-Charles Canot

OriginEngland, London

MediumLine engraving and etching on laid paper

DimensionsOverall: 17 1/2 × 23 1/16in. (44.5 × 58.6cm) Other (Plate): 36.4 × 53.3cm (14 5/16 × 21in.)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1984-224

DescriptionLower margin reads: "A View of the Pierced island, a remarkable Rock in the Gulf of St. Laurence/Vue de l'Isle Percee, Rocher remarquable dans le Golfe St. Laurent/Two Leagues to the Southward of Gaspee Bay./a 2 Lieues au Sud de ;a Baye de Gaspe./Drawn on the SPOT by Cap.t Herv.y Smyth. Engraved by P. Canot./London Prints for John Bowles at N.o 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at N.o 53 in Fleet Street, Tho.s Jeffreys the corner of St Martin's Lane in the Strand, Carrington Bowles at N.o 69 in St Paul's Church Yard, and Henry Parker at N.o 82 in Cornhill"
Label TextThis print is one of six in a set titled, "Six views of the most remarkable places in the Gulf and river of St Laurence." The print depicts multiple ships in front of a pair of arches. It was later included among the collecton of twenty-eight prints titled "Scenographia Americana" which included different scenes of colonial America.