Immersion of the Ninth Cone in Cherbourg Harbor in the Presence of King (…)

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Pierre OZANNE

Immersion of the Ninth Cone in Cherbourg Harbor in the Presence of King Louis XVI on June 23rd, 1786

1786.
Pen and black ink, wash, brown gouache highlights over black chalk lines.
Dutch paper, Jan Kool’s watermark with a crowned escutcheon stamped with a fleur de lys and, further on, a numeral IV

43.3 x 74.8 cm. (18 116 x 31 316 in.)