If you have an interest in what a French port was like during the Seven Years War - the people and how they dressed as well as the ships and their cargo then look no further than the works of Joseph Vernet - he was commissioned to make a series of studies of the seaports of France during the 1750s. Wikimedia Joseph Vernet. Vernet online
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This is the first stage of an excellent project. This is the corner tower of a recreation of the fort in the movie Drums Along the Mohawk...
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This came out in 1984. Was an excellent addition to a small set of books.
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This maker of figures is working on miniatures based around the theme Braddock's disaster. First up Natives and Canadians followed by B...
Do you know which ports these are? Your second illustration actually looks like Rochefort sur mer arsenal I mentioned I visited last month, and which is indeed impressive, totally renovated. If this is what this is, it was built in 1666, on the orders of Louis XIV.
ReplyDeleteExcellent pics, well done.
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yes it is Rochefort
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