Description
This print shows a view on a Vessel to set sail. A rowingboat with people is leaving the ship. One from a series of 6 engravings. This is number 5.
Made by after an anonymous artist.
Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 37.5 x 28 cm (14.76 x 11.02 inch). Image size: 25.5 x 17.5 cm. (10.04 x 6.89 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light creasing. Two pinholes in left margin from previous binding. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
VESSEL-SEA-SAILING SHIP-ROWING BOAT-SET SAIL | RBOS-A9-44
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published ca. 1760.
Biography engraver: Nicolas Marie Ozanne (1728-1811) was a naval engineer, printmaker and marine artist, author of a naval treatise and creator of a series of 60 views of the ports of France. His work witnesses to the French Navy of his time, particularly the Ponant (western) fleet.
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