Views in Quebec

Lot 33
25.05.2022 17:00UTC -05:00
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$ 52 920
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementEtats-Unis, New York
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ID 752773
Lot 33 | Views in Quebec
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$ 12 000 – 18 000
Views in QuebecRichard Short, 1761[SHORT, Richard (fl. before 1754 to after 1766). Views in Quebec, 1759. Drawn on the spot. London: Thomas Jeffreys, 1761.]Engravings depicting the desolation of Quebec after it fell to the British in 1759. The Battle of Quebec was a dramatic and pivotal victory for the British which assured the fate of France’s colonial possessions in Canada. The artist, about whom little else in known, was the purser of the H.M.S. Prince of Orange at the siege of Quebec during the French and Indian War. “The city is shown as it was in 1759, after the bombardment by the ships of Vice-Admiral Saunders, and the prints form a very valuable record of one of the most interesting cities of North America … They are the most accurate record we possess of many of the buildings of Quebec … In addition to their historical value, the pictures are well composed and drawn with minute accuracy. In spite of the many different engravers, the style remains the same, showing us that Short’s drawings were faithfully reproduced by the engravers” (Spendlove). Spendlove, The Face of Early Canada, pp. 8-9; Struggle for North America 74 note.Titles are here listed in English only, but each bear captions in both English and French. Comprises: A View of the Northwest Part of the City of Quebec. Taken from St. Charles’s River. Engraved by P. Benazech. * A View of the Intendant’s Palace. Engraved by William Elliott. * A View of the Treasury and Jesuits College. Engraved by C. Grignion. *A View of the Jesuits’ College and Church. Engraved by C. Grignion. * A View of the Cathedral, Jesuits’ College and Recollect Friars’ Church. Taken from the Gate of the Governor’s House. Engraved by P. Canot. * A View of the Inside of the Recollect Friars’ Church. Engraved by C. Grignion. * A View of the Orphans’ or Urseline Nunnery. Engraved by James Mason. (Repaired tear into sky.) * A View of the Bishop’s House, with the Ruins as they appear in going down the Hill from the Upper to the Lower Town. Engraved by J. Fougeron. * A View of the Bishop’s House, with the Ruins as they appear in going up the Hill from the Upper to the Lower Town. Engraved by A. Benoist. * A View of the Church of Notre Dame de La Victoire. Built in Commemoration of the raising the Siege in 1695, and destroyed in 1759. Engraved by A. Benoist.Together, ten copper-engravings (only, of 12). Approximately 315 x 495mm each, to neat line; on 360 x 520mm sheets (restoration to margins, particularly the left and right; prints resized). Individually window-matted. Housed together with two empty mats (should the two missing prints ever be located) in a custom morocco-backed solander box. Sale room notice One of the engravings was not listed in the printed catalogue. It is: A View of the Treasury and Jesuits College. Engraved by C. Grignion.
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