Portrait of the Ship INDIA OF NEW YORK

Catalog no. 0000780

MediumWatercolor on Paper
Size19 x 25 Inches Inches
SignedSigned LR: H. Pellegrin, Marseilles
Date1854

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About the artist

The ship portraitists of the Mediterranean ports, particularly those of the Eastern Seaboards, produced their works on paper, using primarily gouache, an opaque form of watercolors. The most accomplished practitioners of this technique were the prolific Roux Family and their contemporary, Honore Pellegrin.Pellegrin worked in the French seaport of Marseilles during the Second and Third Quarters of the 19th Century. His work is characteristic of the Marseilles School, usually featuring the seaport's topography to form the paintings' background He commanded a pleasing and naturalistic style…

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