Item 164: Note by Gilbert Stuart McClintock titled “Death of General Wolfe,” (Removed to Black Case #8) , 1956 August

Item — Box: 21, Folder: 164

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Note by Gilbert Stuart McClintock titled “Death of General Wolfe,” (Removed to Black Case #8) , 1956 August

Dates

Created: 1956 August

Access:

All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.

Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Note.

Condition Note:

Fair.

Measurements:

8 in. x 7 ⅝ in.

Title:

Death of General Wolfe

Description:

The manuscript depicts a note by Gilbert Stuart McClintock stating where Isaac Barre is in a referred painting of General James Wolfe’s death. The referred print is item 162, Colored Print titled, “General Wolfe killed at the Siege of Quebec September 14; 1759,” by W & J Stratford, 1792 November 17. The note includes a sketch, copying where Barre is in relation to General Wolfe on the painting. Barre is the figure kneeling down behind Wolfe’s fallen figure. The note also mentions that McClintock bought item 162 in Paris August 1956.