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

Date1760

After work by Capt. Hervey Smyth

Engraver Peter Mazell

Publisher Thomas Jefferys ca. 1719 - 1771

Publisher John Bowles 1701 - 1779

Publisher Robert Sayer (1725-1794)

Publisher Carington Bowles 1724 - 1793

Publisher Henry Parker ca. 1725 - 1809

OriginEngland, London

MediumLine engraving and etching on laid paper

DimensionsOverall: 17 13/16 × 23 1/8in. (45.2 × 58.7cm)
Other (Plate): 36.2 × 53.3cm (14 1/4 × 21in.)

Credit LineAnonymous gift

Object number1984-48

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "A View of Gaspe Bay, in the Gulf of S.t Laurence/ This french Settlement used to supply Quebec with Fish till it was destroyed by General Wolfe after the surrender of Louisburg in 1758./ During the stay of the British Fleet in 1759, General Wolfe resided at the House on the Beach. (I)/ Vue de la Baye de Gaspé dans le Golfe de S.t Laurent./

Scenographia AmericanaLabel TextThis print is from a series of twenty-eight prints of American scenes published under the title Scenographia Americana in 1768. The images range widely in content and geographical location, depicting the military structures at Port Royal in Guadeloupe as well as the wilderness of Passaic Falls in New Jersey. Many of the prints commemorated sites where the English were victorious during the Seven Years War, and were the first, large, accurate, and elaborately engraved series of views of America.ProvenanceBefore 1984, anonymous; 1984-present, given to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).