The Siege of Doway, April 25 1710

Antoine Benoist (1721 - 1770)
Claude Dubosc (1682 - 1745)

Coloured engraving

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Commonwealth Secretariat, Marlborough House
  • About the artist
    Antoine Benoist was born to a family of artists in Picardy, France. In his teens he was brought to England by engraver and publisher Claude Du Bosc, to work on plates for ‘A Military History of the Duke of Marlborough’ (1736). In June 1741 he revisited Paris for less than a year. After returning, he was employed by the Bowles brothers to engrave Hayman’s designs for Vauxhall Gardens. He remained in London until March 1744, when France declared war on Britain. Following the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle he again returned to produce topographical, architectural and portrait prints and plates. He was also a drawing master and, in 1763, was living in St Martin’s Lane with a fellow drawing master and dealer named Beauvais. He died unmarried in 1770.
  • Explore
    Places
    France
    Subjects
    horseback, topography, townscape/cityscape, horse, smoke, soldier, Siege of Doway, house, fortification
    Materials & Techniques
    engraving, coloured engraving
  • Details
    Artist
    Antoine Benoist (1721 - 1770)
    Claude Dubosc (1682 - 1745)
    Title
    The Siege of Doway, April 25 1710
    Date
    Medium
    Coloured engraving
    Acquisition
    Purchased from the Parker Gallery, August 1975
    Inscription
    inside image: [lower centre] THE SIEGE of DOWAY April the 25 1710 below image: [centre] [text covered by border]
    GAC number
    12033