After Captain Ince, 35th Regiment

A View of Louisburg in North America, taken near the Light House when that City was besieged in 1758., by P. Canot

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After Captain Ince, 35th Regiment
A View of Louisburg in North America, taken near the Light House when that City was besieged in 1758., by P. Canot
handcoloured engraving from the Scenographia Americana, published London [c.1768]
14 x 19 5/8in. (35.6 x 49.9cm.)
(6)together with an engraving after Richard Paton (The action between Admiral Boscawen’s fleet and the French fleet in Louisburgh Harbour, 26th July 1758, by P.C. Canot, handcoloured engraving, published by J. Boydell, London, 1771), two portraits of Admiral Boscawen (a mezzotint and a mezzotint on glass, both after Reynolds), and two Royal Worcester transfer printed commemorative mugs (each 3 5/8in., 8.6cm. high), c.1760, showing Admiral Edward Boscawen holding a chart inscribed ‘Louisbourg’, the Admiral’s coat-of-arms with naval trophies, and two ships (one mug chipped and cracked).

Literature

F. St G. Spendlove, The face of early Canada, Toronto, 1958, pl.30.

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Lot Essay

For the Boscawen mug, see P.D. Gordon Pugh, Naval Ceramics, Newport, 1971, p.12, and plate 31 (A) (another mug illustrated). Boscawen’s pose on the mugs derives from John Faber’s 1747 mezzotint after the Ramsay portrait, and the head from the Reynolds portrait. Admiral Edward Boscawen (“Old Dreadnought”) commanded the Fleet at the Siege of Louisburg in 1758.

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