Léon Morel FATIO (1810-1871), naval painter. French school. - Lot 114

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Léon Morel FATIO (1810-1871), naval painter. French school. - Lot 114
Léon Morel FATIO (1810-1871), naval painter. French school. "The Descartes tows the boats of the squadron". Pencil drawing, charcoal and gouache highlights. Annotated lower right. Signed on the passe partout "Morel Fatio". (some rust stains, old small tear lower left). Under glass. Gilded frame. 26.5 x 46.5 cm. With frame: 49 x 65.5 cm. LE DESCARTES: wooden-hulled paddlewheel frigate of the French Navy. Laid up under the name of Gomer, she was renamed Descartes in 1841 while still in the shipyards. She took part in the Crimean War and was used to transport wounded from Italy. On October 17, 1855, she took part in the Battle of Kinburn. She was finally dismantled in Brest in July 1867.
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