The death of General Wolfe
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808361
Item data
Title
The death of General Wolfe
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1750s
Names
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820 (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1830 - 1880 (Approximate)
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-175
Subjects
Wolfe, James, 1727-1759
United States -- 1750-1759
United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763
Campaigns & battles -- United States -- 1750-1759
Wounds & injuries -- United States -- 1750-1759
Arms & armament -- United States -- 1750-1759
Military personnel -- British -- United States -- 1750-1759
Indians of North America -- United States -- 1750-1759
Plains of Abraham, Battle of the, Québec, 1759
Genres
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: "B. West P.R.A. pinxt."--printed on border.
Physical Description
Etchings
Extent: 13 x 17 cm (5 x 6 1/2 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17613315
Barcode: 33333159309273
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f0879af0-c52f-012f-e3b8-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1830
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MLA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The death of General Wolfe" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1830 - 1880. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f0879af0-c52f-012f-e3b8-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1830 - 1880). The death of General Wolfe Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f0879af0-c52f-012f-e3b8-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The death of General Wolfe" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f0879af0-c52f-012f-e3b8-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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