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Creator:
unknown artist
Title:
L'Orient 1776: Map of the Port of Orient
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink, red ink, yellow ink, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 15 7/8 × 20 3/8 inches (40.3 × 51.8 cm), Sheet: 14 1/8 × 19 9/16 inches (35.9 × 49.7 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 13 15/16 × 19 3/8 inches (35.4 × 49.2 cm), Image: 13 7/16 × 11 3/16 inches (34.1 × 28.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in pen with black ink, upper left: "L'ORIENT | 1776"; inscribed in pen with brown ink, upper left: "A hotel de l'intendante | B hotel des vventes | C Logement du Capitoaine de port | D hotel du Commandant | E Bulangerie | F Grenier a bled | G Magazin au goudron | H Pharmacie du Roy | I Corderie | K Vieux B.occupee par differens,- | Employes du port | L idem. | M Jardin du Roy | N hangard pour travailler les- | mats. | O Corps de gardes | P Machine a mater | Q forges des Radoubs | R Terrurerie | S forges du neuf et plomberie | T Magazins des Vivres | V Bureaux | X Magazin des Pompes a- | Incendie | Y Cayenne | Z Magazin general | a Connellerie | b Magazin loues au commerce | c Depot des cables | d Garniture | e Le Cantrolle | f Fonderie; inscribed in pen, with black ink, lower left: "Fond de | vase | qui decouvre | a toutes les marees | Echelle. | 50. 100. 150. 200. 250. 300. 350. Toises.; inscribed in pen, with black ink: upper right: "RIVIERE DE PONT CORF."; inscribed in pen, with black ink, lower right: "Fond de vase | qui decouvre | a toutes | les marees; inscribed in pen, with brown ink, upper right: "g Cour | h Logement du gardien de- | la Cour | j Atelier des Bateliers des- | Batiments Cisile | k Corps de garde de la grande | porte | l hotel des fermes | m Ecurie | n Charonnerie | o Remises et petites Cazernes de- | la marine | p Cazernes de la marine | q Magazins des ventes | r Logement dun Commissaire | s t Corps de garde de la petite porte | u Place d'armes | x Parc d'artillerie | y Parc aux ancres | aa Depot des Bois a brule | bb Parguet du bois de construction | cc Cales de construction | dd Parguet du bois de construction | ee Depot de mature | ff Imprimerie | gg Bureau des Classes | hh Batterie de l'Ecole | ii Grande Batterie | kk Quais"; inscribed in pen, with black ink, lower right: "ll Chantier de caudon | on y construit de grands Vaisseaux | comme a l'Orient | mm. Estaoads qui renfermme les Vaisseaux dans le port"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Accession Number:
B1984.21.63
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21028
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