27th Oct, 2010 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Audacious)
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[M] FRANÇOIS GEFFROI ROUX (1811-1882)<br/>The...
FRANÇOIS GEFFROI ROUX (1811-1882)
The launching of a warship
Signed and inscribed 'Frois Roux Marseille 1850', (lower right)
Watercolour
22 x 28¾in. (56 x 73cm.)
Exhibited: Antoine Roux et Fils, at Musee Cantini, Marseille, Feb 1955, No.6.
This vessel is clearly one of the sizeable number of large two-deckers of 90 or 100 guns designed by committee in the early 1820s and laid down intermittently until 1848 even though the majority were begun before 1830. Given the date of this work, it may depict the last of them to be launched.
The launching of a warship
Signed and inscribed 'Frois Roux Marseille 1850', (lower right)
Watercolour
22 x 28¾in. (56 x 73cm.)
Exhibited: Antoine Roux et Fils, at Musee Cantini, Marseille, Feb 1955, No.6.
This vessel is clearly one of the sizeable number of large two-deckers of 90 or 100 guns designed by committee in the early 1820s and laid down intermittently until 1848 even though the majority were begun before 1830. Given the date of this work, it may depict the last of them to be launched.
Sold for £4,712
Estimated at £3,000 - £4,000
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
FRANÇOIS GEFFROI ROUX (1811-1882)
The launching of a warship
Signed and inscribed 'Frois Roux Marseille 1850', (lower right)
Watercolour
22 x 28¾in. (56 x 73cm.)
Exhibited: Antoine Roux et Fils, at Musee Cantini, Marseille, Feb 1955, No.6.
This vessel is clearly one of the sizeable number of large two-deckers of 90 or 100 guns designed by committee in the early 1820s and laid down intermittently until 1848 even though the majority were begun before 1830. Given the date of this work, it may depict the last of them to be launched.
The launching of a warship
Signed and inscribed 'Frois Roux Marseille 1850', (lower right)
Watercolour
22 x 28¾in. (56 x 73cm.)
Exhibited: Antoine Roux et Fils, at Musee Cantini, Marseille, Feb 1955, No.6.
This vessel is clearly one of the sizeable number of large two-deckers of 90 or 100 guns designed by committee in the early 1820s and laid down intermittently until 1848 even though the majority were begun before 1830. Given the date of this work, it may depict the last of them to be launched.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Audacious), 27th Oct, 2010
