Sir Jeffrey Amherst, KB
photograph of mezzotint, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1979-04-26-1
Description
Sir Jeffrey Amherst, KB. Photograph of a mezzotint by James Watson after Sir Joshua Reynolds, nd. Original painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1765. Original mezzotint published by J and J Boydell at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London, 1796 (c). Shows subject as General-on-Staff of British Army in armour overlooking the Heights of Abraham, Quebec.
Events
Quebec, Capture of, 1759 (Seven Years War, North America 1756-1763)