Surcouf 1,570 Posted November 7, 2014 This is the Mont-Blanc in 1791, 74 gun ship, by Antoine Roux. Not frigate. Link to comment
Wagram 125 Posted October 28, 2018 (edited) Do you know on which basis this 74-gun ship was identified as the "Mont-Blanc" and by whom? I tried to read the name of the ship on the stern but failed. The first time I have seen the name of "Mont-Blanc" attributed to this ship was in Christie's Maritime Art catalogue of Wednesday 29 October 2008, without proper reference. They just pointed out that the painting was published in a German exhibition catalogue of 2002, but there the name of the ship remains unmentioned. Actually, the painting was just signed and and dated "Ant[oin]e Roux a Marseille 1803 = 45 -". BTW, isn't that a chef de division's pennant on top of the main mast? Edited October 28, 2018 by Wagram Link to comment
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