Important Historic Americana | October 17, 2024
Thu, Oct 17, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Lot 1131
Mezzotint After F. Turin, Major General Wolfe
Estimate: $300 - $500
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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
