A View of Miramichi, a French Settlement in the Gulf of St Laurence

Date1760

Artist/Maker Paul Sandby (1725-1809)

Artist/Maker Capt. Hervey Smyth

OriginEngland, London

MediumLine engraving and etching on laid paper

DimensionsOverall: 14 1/4 × 21in. (36.2 × 53.3cm) Other (Plate): 36.2 × 52.7cm (14 1/4 × 20 3/4in.)

Credit LineAnonymous gift

Object number1984-50

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "A View of Miramichi, a French Settlement in the Gulf of S.t Laurence,/ destroyed by Brigadier Murray detached by General Wolfe for that purpose, from the Bay of Gaspe./ Vue de Miramichi Etablissement Francois dans le Golfe de S.t Laurent,/ ditruit par le Brigadier Murray, detaché a cet esset de la Baye de Gaspé, par le General Wolfe./ Drawn on the SPOT by Cap.t Hervey Smyth, Etch'd by Paul Sandby, Retouch'd by P. Benazech./ London, Printed for John Bowles at N.o 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at N.o 53 in Fleet Street, Tho.s Jefferys 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."
Label TextThis print was included in a series titled Six Views of the Most Remarkable Places in the Gulf and River of St Laurence. This 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.