1720 - 1782
English
View of the Pierced Island, in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence
oil on canvas
22 1/4 x 28 in, 56.5 x 71.1 cm
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000 CAD
Sold for: $7,500
Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave
PROVENANCE
The Parker Gallery, London
Lieutenant-Colonel J.S. O'Meara, Quebec
Sold sale of John L. Russell Collection of Canadiana, Sotheby's Canada, November 12, 1987, lot 123
Private Collection, Toronto
LITERATURE
J. Russell Harper, Early Painters and Engravers in Canada, 1970, page 293
Francis Swaine, an English marine painter, completed a number of paintings modelled on a set of engravings of Canadian views by Hervey Smyth in 1762 or 1763. Smyth, a topographer and Captain in the British army, was Lieut. Gen. James Wolfe's aide-de-camp, and fought alongside him during the Battle of Quebec in 1759. Smyth later returned to England with Wolfe's body.
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