A View of Gaspe Bay, in the Gulf of St. Laurence
Date1760
After work by
Capt. Hervey Smyth
Engraver
Peter Mazell
Publisher
Thomas Jefferys
(ca. 1719 - 1771)
Publisher
John Bowles
(1701 - 1779)
Publisher
Robert Sayer (1725-1794)
Publisher
Carington Bowles
(1724 - 1793)
Publisher
Henry Parker
(ca. 1725 - 1809)
OriginEngland, London
MediumLine engraving and etching on laid paper
DimensionsOverall: 17 13/16 × 23 1/8in. (45.2 × 58.7cm)
Other (Plate): 36.2 × 53.3cm (14 1/4 × 21in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Object number1984-48
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "A View of Gaspe Bay, in the Gulf of S.t Laurence/ This french Settlement used to supply Quebec with Fish till it was destroyed by General Wolfe after the surrender of Louisburg in 1758./ During the stay of the British Fleet in 1759, General Wolfe resided at the House on the Beach. (I)/ Vue de la Baye de Gaspé dans le Golfe de S.t Laurent./Scenographia Americana
Label TextThis print is from a series of twenty-eight prints of American scenes published under the title Scenographia Americana in 1768. The images range widely in content and geographical location, depicting the military structures at Port Royal in Guadeloupe as well as the wilderness of Passaic Falls in New Jersey. Many of the prints commemorated sites where the English were victorious during the Seven Years War, and were the first, large, accurate, and elaborately engraved series of views of America.
1825-1829
1780-1783