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A View of the Launching Place Above the Town of Quebec, Describing the Assault of the Enemy, 13 September, 1759 [graphic material]
Date:ca. 1763.Reference:R13751-0-3-E, Box number: OP-0001Type of material:ArtFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:2837231Date(s):ca. 1763.Bilingual equivalent:Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:1 painting : oil on canvas ; 31.4 cm x 46.5 cm.
Support x cmLanguage of material:no languageScope and content:Item consists of a painting entitled "Storming of Quebec, 1759" showing a view from a height looking along the St. Lawrence, upon which men-of-war and numerous lighters are landing troops who are swarming up the heights on the left. Work is by Francis Swaine (1719/20-1782) after a sketch by Hervey Smyth. The work was formerly attributed to Benjamin West.Provenance:Additional name(s):Additional information:General note:This work was not accessioned when it first came to the Public Archives. It is mentioned in RG 37 "C" Series records, Vol. 335, file 1921-140. It was formerly attributed to Benjamin West, but in 1957, during restoration, Swaine`s signature was found on a rock in the left foreground..
See also copy negative C-000788 from engraving.
Painting was restored by the National Gallery of Canada in 1957.
Colour transparencies are available of both framed and unframed versions.Availability of other formats note:Colour transparency availableExhibitions note:Exhibition title: Mirror of Canada Past. Curators: Staff of the National Archives, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1972.06.01 - 1972.09.25, cat. no.: no. 16-3., Exhibition title: Georgian Canada: Conflict and Culture. Curators: Donald Webster, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario; 1984.06.15 - 1984.10.15., Exhibition Title: La Prise du Québec, 1759-1760. Curator: Daniel Drouin, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec; Québec, Québec City; 2009.05.21 - 2009.09.20, Exhibition Title: Treasured Memories 6: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition. Curator: Michel Anne Crawley, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 2002.02.18 - 2002.11.17Signatures and inscriptions note:Inscription: in brushpoint and yellow oil on rock, recto l.l.: FSwaineContainer note(s):C-002736 : with frame TC 258Varying form of title:Subject heading:Source:PrivateOther accession no.:00001
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Access to be given through an art archivistBox [1997-220][Consultation Open]OP-0001 Item no. assigned by LAC 1[Consultation Open]Copy negative [1997-220][Consultation Open]C-002736 Item no. assigned by LAC 1[Consultation Open]Terms of use:No restrictions on use. Copyright expired. Credit: Library and Archives Canada.You can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.
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