Title
A View of Louisburg in North America, taken near the Light House when that City was besieged in 1758 : Vue de Louisburg, dans L'Amerique Septentrionale, prise du fanal durant le dernier siege en 1758. / Drawn on the SPOT by Capt Ince of the 35t Regt Engraved by P. Canot.
Creator
Canot, Pierre Charles, 1710-1777, printmaker.
Publication details
[London] : Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Novr 11 1762 by Thos Jefferys, at Charing Cross. ; [November 11 1762]
Physical details
1 print : etching and engraving ; platemark 35.8 x 53 cm, on sheet 38.1 x 55.4 cm
Description
Soldiers in battle in the foreground; a lighthouse on the left; French ships in the middle ground to the right-hand side; the British fleet in the distance Gabarus Bay; the town of Louisbourg at the centre; mountains in the distance. The view is numbered and a key is given in English below ltitle: 1. The City; 2. Gabarus Bay; 3. English camp; 4. French Fleet; 5. Island Battery; 6. The Light House. Bears indistinct collector's mark in red chalk in the upper right-hand corner.
Place
Louisbourg (N.S.)
Other persons
Ince, Charles, -1760, artist.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.119.95.c.