A rare Bow figure of General James Wolfe circa 1765

modelled standing before a tree stump holding a rolled map in his outstretched right hand, wearing a black cocked hat, puce jacket  with gilt-edged blue cuffs and lining, orange breeches and black boots, at his feet a cannon, cannon balls and a standard, the scroll-moulded base picked out in blue, puce and gilt (some restoration)

Minor restoration to tricorn hat. Some wear to gilding on hat. Restoration to neck. Area of restoration /repainting to right shoulder approx. 1cm. by 0.75cm. Some restoration to right hand and to map in hand. Some chips and minor restoration to flowers and leaves. Some typical wear wear to gilding and minor wear to the enamels.
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General James Wolfe is best remembered as the Commander of the British expedition that took Quebec in Canada from the French in 1759, thus establishing British rule.

Wolfe was born in Westerham in Kent in 1727 into a military family. His career started at the age of fourteen and a few years later his rapid promotion began, having come to the attention of the Duke of Cumberland at the Battle of Dettingen. After distinguishing himself in further campaigns against the French and in North America, Wolfe was chosen to lead the British assault on Quebec City in 1759. In defeating the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, Wolfe was shot in the chest and died, at the age of 32.

It is likely that the Bow figure of Wolfe is based on a mezzotint by Richard Houston after the original oil painting by J.S.C. Schaak. The mezzotint is now in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Another version of this rare figure, in the Victoria & Albert Museum, is illustrated by P.Bradshaw, Bow Porcelain Figures circa 1748-1774, p.156.pl.168. A further example is in the Willett Gallery, Brighton Museum.