Live Auction 8918Maritime Art
Montardier (Le Havre c.1815)
Lot 32

Montardier (Le Havre c.1815)

A British armed lugger in French waters

Closed12 June 2013

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GBP 625

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Montardier (Le Havre c.1815)
A British armed lugger in French waters
signed and dated 'Montardier du havre .1815.' (lower right) and inscribed 'Lougre Anglaise' (lower centre)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour heightened with white, on paper
13 5/8 x 17 5/8 in. (34.6 x 45 cm.)

Specialist note

A French ship portraitist working in Le Havre during the first half of the 19th century, Montardier was one of the earliest exponents of ship portraiture. Although very little is recorded of him, his work is represented in the collection of The Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.