In the United States Institution there is a pencil profile of General
Wolfe. It was presented to that collection by the Duke of Northumberland
(when Lord Prudhoe).
On the back of the sketch itself are written these words:
"This sketch belonged to Lieut.-Col. Gwillim, A.D. Camp to Genl.
Wolfe when he was killed. It is supposed to have been sketched by
Harvey Smith."
On the back of the frame there is a paper, with the following
inscription:
"This portrait of General Wolfe, from which his bust was
principally taken, was hastily sketched by Harvey Smith, one of
his aid-de-camps, a very short time before that distinguished
officer was killed on the plains of Abraham. It then came into the
possession of Colonel Gwillim, another of the General's
aid-de-camps, who died afterwards at Gibraltar; and from him to
Mrs. Simcoe, the Colonel's only daughter and heiress; then to
Major-General Darling (who was on General Simcoe's staff); and is
now presented by him to his Grace the Duke of Northumberland.
"Alnwick, Jan. 23, 1832."
This interesting sketch hangs near the case containing the sword worn by
Wolfe when he fell.