The Siege of Lisle in 1708

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Commonwealth Secretariat, Marlborough House

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.

Places

France

Subjects

horseback, topography, townscape/cityscape, horse, smoke, tricorn hat, soldier, Siege of Lisle, house, fortification, church, spire, dome, tower

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

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

Title

The Siege of Lisle in 1708

Date

1735

Medium

Coloured engraving

Acquisition

Purchased from the Parker Gallery, August 1975

GAC number

12034