Hervey Smythe

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Capt Hervey Smythe

Sir Hervey Smythe (1734-1811) was a British army officer and a topographical painter. He fought alongside

Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign (1758) and is pictured holding his right arm in the historic Benjamin West's painting The Death of General Wolfe.[1][2] Hervey made his own portrait of Wolfe at Quebec.[3]

References

  1. ^ Canadian Biography - Hervey Smythe
  2. ^ National Trust Collection - Death of General Wolfe
  3. ^ "A study of the portraiture of James wolfe". 1925.

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Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Robert Smyth
Baronet
(of Isfield)
1783–1811
Extinct