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Features a remarkable selection of historic Americana, including important 18th-century American furniture and Delft from the collection of Constance & Dudley Godfrey; an exceptionally rare North Carolina survey map; New England & Philadelphia furniture, including an exceptional Philadelphia easy chair & a rare Connecticut Chippendale carved cherry chest in undisturbed surface; from a Revolutionary & patriotic-focused New England collection are rare prints & documents, early brass, ceramics, furniture, & accessories; a group of early portraits features Sully, Stuart, & Sharples; & much more Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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Mezzotint After F. Turin, Major General Wolfe
Lot 1131

Mezzotint After F. Turin, Major General Wolfe

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(British fl. 1750s)

Richard Purcell (1736-1766), engraver, “Printed for Eliz: Bakewell & Hen. Parker, opposite Birchin Lane Cornhill,” 1759-1766, plate 12-7/8 x 8-7/8 in.; unframed 

Provenance: The Old Print Shop, New York, New York, #92125-1, sold for $850 (document attached verso mount); Private New England Collection

Note: The passage under General James Wolfe’s name reads “Who, at the Expense of his Life, purchas’d immortal Honour for his Country and planted, with his own Hand, the British Laurel, in the inhospitable Wilds of North America, By the Reduction of Quebec, Sept,,r 13th,, 1758 [sic].” The battle in which General Wolfe lost his life, the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, marked the end of French rule in North America outside of Louisiana.

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The Old Print Shop, New York, New York, #92125-1, sold for $850 (document attached verso mount); Private New England Collection

laid on mount, light toning with light foxing in margins, staining bottom right

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