The Death of General Wolfe at Quebec (September, 1759)
Penny painted several versions of the "Death of General Wolfe." The best known was exhibited at the Society of Artists in 1764 and is now at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. A smaller and slightly altered composition, now Petworth House, Sussex, was engraved by Richard Houston and published by R. Sayer in January 1772. The present mezzotint is later, oriented vertically rather than horizontally, and published by Sayer and Bennet, with the engraver not identified.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Death of General Wolfe at Quebec (September, 1759)
- Artist: After Edward Penny (British, Knutsford, Cheshire 1714–1791 Chiswick)
- Publisher: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (British, active 1774–83)
- Date: October 10, 1779
- Medium: Mezzotint, hand colored
- Dimensions: plate: 13 7/8 x 9 13/16 in. (35.2 x 24.9 cm)
sheet: 14 5/16 x 10 1/2 in. (36.4 x 26.7 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
- Object Number: 24.90.1398
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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