To The Right Honourable George Dunk Earl Of Halifax His Majestys Principal Secretary Of State C C C

by Richard Short

$8,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

An important and very rare print from a fine set ... most important historically Spendlove . Richard Short was purser onboard H.M.S. Prince of Orange, and served at the siege of Quebec in 1759. Clearly, he was allowed a certain amount of lee-way, for in addition to his commissioned drawings of Quebec, he also had time enough to produce a series of views of Halifax, the main anchorage for the British fleet. Short's Halifax drawings were evidently worked up into paintings by

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