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Painting, Musee National de la Marine, Rochefort, France

View of the port of Rochefort, oil painting on canvas, 1837, by Louis-Augustin Auguin, 1824-1904, in the Musee National de la Marine de Rochefort, opened 1936 in the Hotel de Cheusses, built 1600-72, at the Arsenal de Rochefort, a naval base and dockyard used 1665-1926, on the Charente estuary in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France. The scene depicts convicts (in red), warships on the Charente, ships under construction in the dry docks, and windmills (for sawing wood and dredging the river). The arsenal and Hotel de Cheusses are listed as a historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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View of the port of Rochefort, oil painting on canvas, 1837, by Louis-Augustin Auguin, 1824-1904, in the Musee National de la Marine de Rochefort, opened 1936 in the Hotel de Cheusses, built 1600-72, at the Arsenal de Rochefort, a naval base and dockyard used 1665-1926, on the Charente estuary in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France. The scene depicts convicts (in red), warships on the Charente, ships under construction in the dry docks, and windmills (for sawing wood and dredging the river). The arsenal and Hotel de Cheusses are listed as a historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen