Lot Essay
The scene of General Wolfe's death is derived (in reverse) from William Woollett's popular 1776 engraving after Benjamin West's painting, now in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
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CIRCA 1800, PERHAPS HERCULANEUM
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AN ENGLISH PEARLWARE MASSIVE COMMEMORATIVE JUG
CIRCA 1800, PERHAPS HERCULANEUM
Transfer printed and coloured with the Death of Wolfe at Quebec with Fame blowing a trumpet with a banner dated 1759 in clouds above, the reverse with BRITANIA (sic.) REWARDING THE GALLANT RODNEY. on a ribbon below, a group of military trophies beneath the spout, the top rim with a brown band with white pendant lappets with swags of blue foliage below (restoration to spout, slight chipping and staining to footrim)
15 1/8 in. (38.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 1800, PERHAPS HERCULANEUM
Transfer printed and coloured with the Death of Wolfe at Quebec with Fame blowing a trumpet with a banner dated 1759 in clouds above, the reverse with BRITANIA (sic.) REWARDING THE GALLANT RODNEY. on a ribbon below, a group of military trophies beneath the spout, the top rim with a brown band with white pendant lappets with swags of blue foliage below (restoration to spout, slight chipping and staining to footrim)
15 1/8 in. (38.5 cm.) high
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