27th Oct, 2010 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Audacious)
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[M] FRANÇOIS GEFFROI ROUX (1811-1882)<br/>The Brig...
FRANÇOIS GEFFROI ROUX (1811-1882)
The Brig 'Eliza'
Signed, inscribed and dated 'Fs Roux Marseilles Juin 1871' (lower right)
Watercolour heightened with white
18½ x 25¼in. (47 x 64cm.)
Eliza was a popular ship's name in the mid-Victorian period but this vessel is probably that built on Prince Edward Island (Canada) in 1856. Registered at 210 tons, she was a large brig and measured 108 feet in length with a 23 foot beam. By 1870 she was owned and commanded by Captain J. Bolt who traded her out of Gloucester to the Mediterranean although her home port was actually Shields.
Provenance: Ex-Christies, Sale 7213 (10th May 1996) Lot 449
The Brig 'Eliza'
Signed, inscribed and dated 'Fs Roux Marseilles Juin 1871' (lower right)
Watercolour heightened with white
18½ x 25¼in. (47 x 64cm.)
Eliza was a popular ship's name in the mid-Victorian period but this vessel is probably that built on Prince Edward Island (Canada) in 1856. Registered at 210 tons, she was a large brig and measured 108 feet in length with a 23 foot beam. By 1870 she was owned and commanded by Captain J. Bolt who traded her out of Gloucester to the Mediterranean although her home port was actually Shields.
Provenance: Ex-Christies, Sale 7213 (10th May 1996) Lot 449
Sold for £3,720
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
FRANÇOIS GEFFROI ROUX (1811-1882)
The Brig 'Eliza'
Signed, inscribed and dated 'Fs Roux Marseilles Juin 1871' (lower right)
Watercolour heightened with white
18½ x 25¼in. (47 x 64cm.)
Eliza was a popular ship's name in the mid-Victorian period but this vessel is probably that built on Prince Edward Island (Canada) in 1856. Registered at 210 tons, she was a large brig and measured 108 feet in length with a 23 foot beam. By 1870 she was owned and commanded by Captain J. Bolt who traded her out of Gloucester to the Mediterranean although her home port was actually Shields.
Provenance: Ex-Christies, Sale 7213 (10th May 1996) Lot 449
The Brig 'Eliza'
Signed, inscribed and dated 'Fs Roux Marseilles Juin 1871' (lower right)
Watercolour heightened with white
18½ x 25¼in. (47 x 64cm.)
Eliza was a popular ship's name in the mid-Victorian period but this vessel is probably that built on Prince Edward Island (Canada) in 1856. Registered at 210 tons, she was a large brig and measured 108 feet in length with a 23 foot beam. By 1870 she was owned and commanded by Captain J. Bolt who traded her out of Gloucester to the Mediterranean although her home port was actually Shields.
Provenance: Ex-Christies, Sale 7213 (10th May 1996) Lot 449
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Audacious), 27th Oct, 2010
