François Mesnard (active 1830s)

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François Mesnard (active 1830s)

Vue d'Acapulco, prise du mouillage du la Vénus;
and Vue de l'entrée du Port d'Acapulco (au Mexique)

signed 'Mesnard' and extensively inscribed, watercolour, unframed
8 5/8 x 15 1/16in. (21.9 x 38.3cm.)

and two related coloured lithographs (plates 41 and 42 in the atlas pittoresque) after the above watercolours (3)

Lot Essay

Mesnard was the official artist to the Dupetit-Thouars circumnavigation of 1836-9. After a lengthy hydrographic survey of the Mexican coast, the Vénus anchored off Acapulco for two weeks in January 1838 before setting sail for Easter Island

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