After Richard Short

Twelve Views of the Principal Buildings in Quebec: A View of the Inside of the Jesuits Church; A View of the Inside of the Recollect Friars Church; A View of the Treasury and Jesuits College; A View of the Bishops House and the Ruins as they appear in going down the Hill from the Upper to the Lower Town; A View of the Church of Notre Dame de la Victoire …; A View of the Cathedral, Jesuits College, and Recollect Friars Church, taken from the gate of the Governors House; A View of the Bishop’s House with the Ruins as they appear in going up the Hill from the Lower to the Upper Town; A View of the Jesuits College and Church; A View of the Intendent’s Palace; A View of the North West Part of the City of Quebec taken from the St Charles River; A View of the Orphans or Ursuline Nunnery taken from the Ramparts; and A General View of Quebec, from Point Levy, by P. Canot and others

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After Richard Short
Twelve Views of the Principal Buildings in Quebec: A View of the Inside of the Jesuits Church; A View of the Inside of the Recollect Friars Church; A View of the Treasury and Jesuits College; A View of the Bishops House and the Ruins as they appear in going down the Hill from the Upper to the Lower Town; A View of the Church of Notre Dame de la Victoire …; A View of the Cathedral, Jesuits College, and Recollect Friars Church, taken from the gate of the Governors House; A View of the Bishop’s House with the Ruins as they appear in going up the Hill from the Lower to the Upper Town; A View of the Jesuits College and Church; A View of the Intendent’s Palace; A View of the North West Part of the City of Quebec taken from the St Charles River; A View of the Orphans or Ursuline Nunnery taken from the Ramparts; and A General View of Quebec, from Point Levy, by P. Canot and others

handcoloured engravings, by P. Canot and others, published by R. Short, London, 1761
14 ¼ x 20 1/8in. (36.2 x 51.2cm.)
(12)a set of twelve

Literature

Spendlove, pls.4-15

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Lot Essay

'ONE OF THE FINEST SETS OF CANADIAN PRINTS PUBLISHED IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.'

‘The series of twelve line-engravings of Quebec by Richard Short, forms one of the finest sets of Canadian prints published in the eighteenth century. The city is shown as it was in 1759, after the bombardment by the ships of Vice-Admiral Saunders, and the prints form a very valuable record of one of the most interesting cities of North America.

'Richard Short was the purser of H.M.S. Prince of Orange, and served at the siege of Quebec in 1759. The set was based on Short’s own sketches and the twelve prints were engraved by eight English engravers, well known at that time.’ (F. St G. Spendlove, The Face of Early Canada, Toronto, 1958, p.8)

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