Pair of Antique Engravings after William Hamilton: "Death of General Wolfe" and "General Burgoyne Addressing the Indians" (1487)

Original Price $ 650.00

William Grainger 1765–1809
Pair of engravings after William Hamilton: Death of General Wolfe at the Siege of Quebec & General Burgoyne
Addressing the Indians at their War Feast in Canada, 1802-04
Paper, Etching, Engraving

15.5” x 14”

Pair of etchings and engravings on laid paper by William Grainger (1765–1809), after William Hamilton.
Death of General Wolfe at the Siege of Quebec: The general sitting up, supported by an officer kneeling beside
him, as another runs towards them in grief, the battle raging behind; from Lyttleton's 'History of England'
(London 1803-05). Published by J Stratford, London, Holbern Hill, 1802.
General Burgoyne Addressing the Indians at their War Feast in Canada: Burgoyne on horseback to right,
accompanied by two officers on foot, talking with three Canadian Indian dignitaries, wearing feathers and tall
headdresses, holding spears, others standing in the trees behind to left and sitting beside a fire, with a glimpse
of teepees in the background; in a hexagonal frame; illustration to Lyttleton's 'Modern History of England ...'
Published by J Stratford, London, Holbern Hill, 1804.

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