Painting, Musee National de la Marine, Rochefort, France
View of the port of Rochefort, oil painting on canvas, 1837, by Louis-Augustin Auguin, 1824-1904, in the Musee National de la Marine de Rochefort, opened 1936 in the Hotel de Cheusses, built 1600-72, at the Arsenal de Rochefort, a naval base and dockyard used 1665-1926, on the Charente estuary in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France. The scene depicts convicts (in red), warships on the Charente, ships under construction in the dry docks, and windmills (for sawing wood and dredging the river). The arsenal and Hotel de Cheusses are listed as a historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Pick your License
Restrictions Only for Ireland and United Kingdom and United States Of America
1600-72 1665 1665-1926 1837 Charente Charente-maritime Cheusses Convict Convicts Corderie Depicts Dockyard Dredging Estuary Nouvelle-aquitaine Rochefort Rochefort-sur-mer Royale Sawing Warships Windmill Windmills
Features In These Collections
> Contributors > COH
