After GOVERNOR THOMAS POWNALL and CAPTAIN HERVEY SMYTH

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After GOVERNOR THOMAS POWNALL and CAPTAIN HERVEY SMYTH

A View of Miramichi, a French Settlement in the Gulf of St. Laurence, by Paul Sanby; A View of Gaspe Bay, in the Gulf of St. Laurence, by Peter Mazell; and A View of the Falls on the Passaick, or second River, in the Province of New Jersey, by Paul Sanby, from Scenographia Americana, London, circa 1768 (see Deak 106)

three engravings, on laid paper, published by John Bowles, Robert Sayer, Thomas Jefferys, Carington Bowles, and Henry Parker, A View of the Falls on the Passaick with margins, A View of Miramichi and A View of Gaspe Bay with trimmed margins, A View of Miramichi with a diagonal crease in the sky, A View of Gaspe Bay and A View of the Falls on the Passaick with tears at the margin edges (some backed), all with pale staining and soiling, other minor defects
all P. 14 1/4 x 20 7/8in. (362 x 530mm.) (3)

拍品專文

These three views were made after drawings by Thomas Pownall, who served as colonial governor of Massachusetts from 1757 to 1759, and Captain Hervey Smyth. The first Scenographia Americana comprised a total of twenty-eight views of America engraved after drawings done on the spot by several officers of the British army and navy. Other collections of similar views issued contemporaneously by the same publishers are also referred to as Scenographia Americana.