[MARINE] - FREMY. Antoine. - Lot 866

[MARINE] - FREMY. Antoine. Marine set belonging to Admiral Flavien du Moiron, including his portrait, a ship portrait portrait of the ship "La Chimère", and a view of the vessel L'Océan in the middle of a storm. 1851-1854. Portrait : 41 x 31 cm - Ship portrait : 23 x 30.5 cm - Storm : 16 x 24.5 cm, wood and gilded stucco frames, with missing parts. Minor foxing. Folds. Set including : -The Vessel The Ocean in the Storm. Graphite heightened with gouache on paper. Signed lower lower left in pencil At. Frémy. -La Chimère. 160-horsepower steam corvette commanded by Mr. Flavien du Moiron. Signed lower bottom left in pencil At Frémy. Graphite heightened with gouache on paper. Inscribed in pen Souvenir de Toulon 1er Janvier 1851" and "C. Aux Cousteaux (?) Oct. de la Guerronière. -Oval bust portrait of A Flavien de Moiron charcoal and chalk. Signed lower right B. Blanc. Moudon - May 1854. On the back of the frame of Vaisseau L'Océan dans la tempête is a handwritten note by Flavien du Moiron "Lead pencil made by the ship's doctor depicting the gale or mistral wind experienced in the Mediterranean, by the three-decker vessel l'Océan, 120 guns flying the flag of vice-admiral Admiral Hugon commanded by Captain Hamelin (later Admiral) from the January 23 to 27 in the Gulf of Lion (1841). The squadron of 6 ships and 2 smaller vessels vessels on their way from Toulon to the Hyères islands, having been unable to to anchor the same evening, was assailed during the night by a formidable gale, which lasted which lasted from Saturday to the following Wednesday. The ships were dispersed on the first night. The vessel L'Océan, after having held out against the storm in the Gulf of Lion for five days downwind to Palma in southern Sardinia; Note left by my father Flavien du Moiron Moiron (now a frigate captain, who was then on board the Océan as an ensign). Vaisseau". Antoine Alexandre Auguste (1816-1887) painter of seascapes, watercolors and drawings. He sailed along the coasts of South America with explorers and later worked as a draftsman in Rio de Janeiro. in Rio de Janeiro for the Emperor of Brazil.