Quebec Taken
Quebec Taken, bronze medal, 1759, by J. Pingo, Victory, on tiptoe, holds a palm branch, and crowns with a laurel wreath a trophy of captured French arms, at the foot of which is seated a bound captive. QVEBEC . TAKEN . MDCCLIX. SOC . P . A . C. rev. Bust of Britannia, left, head bound with fillet, hair compactly arranged into a knot behind, no drapery; underneath is a laurel wreath over a trident and a standard crossed. BRITANNIA SAUNDERS WOLFE, 40 mm, (MI. 705/439; M. H. 1919. 363 ;Betts 421; Stuart 5). A very slight flaw in the die, otherwise extremely fine. £675.00
This medal was executed by Thomas Pingo under the direction of the Society for Promoting Arts and Commerce. Mr. Hollis sent a specimen to Mr. Pitt, with the edge inscribed,
WILLIAM PITT ADMINISTRING.
Quebec surrendered 13 September 1759, and with this conquest Wolfe's name is indissolubly connected. Saunders commanded the naval force, greatly contributing to the success of the enterprise.
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