Title

Portrait of Major General Paul Mascarene, 1729. Creator: John Smibert.

Caption

Portrait of Major General Paul Mascarene, 1729. Paul Mascarene was born Jean-Paul Mascarene in France in 1684 or 1685. He was educated in Geneva and in 1706 began a military career in England. In 1708 he was in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, preparing troops for an expedition against Canada, and in 1710 he was the captain who took possession of Port Royal (renamed Annapolis Royal) in the campaign that won Nova Scotia for Britain. Between, 1740 and 1749 he was chief administrator of Nova Scotia during the campaign against Louisbourg. He became a major general in 1758 and died in Boston in 1760.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23B00_038

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53,4Mb (1,8Mb) / 12,5in x 16,5in / 3760 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

portrait people male job man men historical landscape arts painting map country figure figures art guy occupation Canada Canadian museum color scene armour military war depiction location Armed Forces century Colonial gallery profession officer general concept exhibition exhibit Nova Scotia attache Army warfare art gallery oil Painting United States of America administrator Colour armed services british colony 18th century British Army Eighteenth Century Nova Scotian culture American history historic America USA British Colonies colonialism major-general Oil on canvas TGN attaché united states Paul Jean-Paul Los Angeles County Museum of Art Oil on canvas Major General art centre Painting Heritage Art John Smibert Smibert John army officer colonial administrator portrait? LACMA Paul Mascarene Mascarene Jean-Paul Mascarene