Hervey Smythe
British army officer and topographical painter
About Hervey Smythe
Lived 1734 – 1811 (aged 76–77). Hervey Smythe was a painter, military officer and draftsperson.
Sir Hervey Smythe (1734-1811) was a British army officer and a topographical painter. He fought alongside James Wolfe during the Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign and is pictured holding his right arm in the historic Benjamin West painting The Death of General Wolfe. Hervey made his own portrait of Wolfe at Quebec.
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British army officer and topographical painter (1734–1811)
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Hervey Smythe was born in 1734 in England.
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Hervey Smythe died in 1811 in England.
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Hervey Smythe was a painter, military officer and draftsperson.
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