"BELLE OF THE BAY/ Entering the River Gironde, April 22nd 1862"

watercolor

PAINTINGS - WATERCOLORS
marad; paintings
Avrilland
FRANCE: Bordeaux area
April 22, 1862
paper
17.75 x 22.00 x 0

Watercolor on paper; painted at bottom "BELLE OF THE BAY/ Entering the River Gironde, April 22nd 1862"; starboard view of half brig BELLE OF THE BAY (built by Geo. Greenman, Mystic, CT, 1860), lighthouse at left, schooner in distance at right; signed (illegible) lower right "deline par avrilland Maurin [?] Rue Lagrange"; with frame 1997.138.2. Attributed to Arvilland (active in Bordeaux 1850-1878).

1997.138.1