A View of Miramichi (Burnt Church, New Brunswick, 1758)

Inscribed in the plate, l.l.: A View of Mirimichi, a French Settlement in the Gulf of St. Laurence, / destroyed by Brigadier Murray detached by General Wolfe for that purpose, from the Bay of Gaspe.; l.r.: Vue de Mirimichi Etablissment Francois dans le Golfe de St. Laurent, / detruit par le Brigadier Murray, detache a cet effet de la Baye de Gaspe, par le Generale Wolfe.; b: Drawn on the SPOT by Capt. Hervey Smyth, Etch'd by Paul Sandby, Retouchd by P. Benazech. / London, Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Nov. 5. 1760, by T. Jefferys the Corner of St. Martins Lane. Watermark, vso c.: C[?] [T on lantern] DVPVY FIN / [...; illegible] One of Six Views of the Most Remarkable Places in the Gulf and River of St. Laurence after Smythe, originally published in 1760. Accs. JRR 2080-2, 2084 (and another state, X 76-50), 2085 & 2221 are impressions of various states of the six prints. Spendlove p. 8 & pl. 16; Stokes, Iconography, vol. 1, p. 284, a5 as BM impression.