Engraving
- Title:
- Major General / James Wolfe
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.1213
- Creator:
- Houston, Richard (1721/2-1775); Freeman, Samuel (1773-1857); Bentley, Richard (1794-1871)
- Place of Origin:
- London, England
- Date:
- 1852
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of James Wolfe (1727-1759). Engraved by Samuel Freeman (1773-1857). Steel engraving, printed on paper. Full-length portrait of middle-aged man, wearing three-pointed hat with bow accent, long military-jacket with large cuffs and belt at waist, firearm strapped at back; looking left, pointing with forefinger toward left, right hand at hip; hundred of men in large row boats in background, some on shore, climbing wooded hill, clouds in sky. "S. Freeman, sc. / Major General, / James Wolfe. / From A Scarce Contemporary Print Engraved by R. Houston. / London: Richard Bentley, 1852" printed beneath portrait. "M" written in pencil on upper-quarter of back of paper.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-8.3 W-5.3 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Wolfe, James (1727-1759), Houston, Richard (1721/2-1775), Freeman, Samuel (1773-1857), Bentley, Richard (1794-1871)
- Subjects:
- War
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