A View of the Bay of Gaspe, in the Government of Quebec, Situate in the Gulf of St. Laurence...

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• PUBLISHER: Published in the Gentleman’s Magazine, London

• MEDIUM: Engraving,

  DATE: c.1760

• EDITION SIZE: Paper size 7 3/8 x 10 9/16" (18.7 x 26.9 cm)

• DESCRIPTION: The plate was published during the Seven Years' War (the French and Indian War). Just two years prior, in 1758, the British under General James Wolfe destroyed the French fishing settlements at Gaspe. This view served as a visual report to the British public of their newly acquired territories in the "Government of Quebec."

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• CONDITION: Good condition, modern hand color.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - Canada , Quebec