Attributed to Pierre Ozanne (1735-1813)

Vue du Fort St. Pierre ou Royal de la Martinique en 1782

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Attributed to Pierre Ozanne (1735-1813)
Vue du Fort St. Pierre ou Royal de la Martinique en 1782
with inscription on the reverse
bodycolour, unframed
3¾ x 6¼in. (9.6 x 15.8cm.) (4)

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and a drawing and two watercolours of views in the Caribbean

The capital of the French West Indies until Blénac moved his base to Fort-Royal (Fort-de-France) in 1692, St. Pierre remained the commercial centre of the French territories until the disastrous eruption of the volcano above the town in 1902.

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