French brig ANGELIQUE

watercolor

PAINTINGS - WATERCOLORS
marad; paintings
Roux, Francois Geffroy; Dromocaiti & Fils
France, Marseilles
1853
paper
18.00 x 22.50 x 0

Watercolor on paper; by Francois Geffroy Roux; starboard view of French brig ANGELIQUE; black hull with white false gunports; sails backing; flying French ensign; flag on foremast is white with blue "A" in center, top of edge is blue, bottom is red; flag on mainmast is red and white striped with swallowtail; unidentified sloop astern; to right in distance is 3-masted steamship; unidentified lighthouse; signed by artist lower right "Fcois Roux. Marseilles, 8 [?] 1853-"; handwritten in white below "Angelique. Cap ne Ene Pailloux. Armateur Mrs. Dromocaiti & Fils, 1953". [Capt. E. Pailloux; built by Messrs. Dromocaiti & Fils].

1998.55.1