Baugean, Jean Jerome “L’ Abordage" [The Boarding]

Jean Jerome Baugean (1764–1830).  “L’ Abordage.”  [The Boarding]. From Collection de toutes les espèces de bâtiments de guerre et de bâtiments marchands.  

Paris: [1814].   4 ¾ x 6 ¾.  Etching on laid paper.    Hand color.  Very good condition with large margins. 

A very detailed print from a series of seventy-two etchings of merchant and naval vessels during the Napoleonic era.  These drawings, also etched by Baugean, are notable for their accurate and detailed descriptions of ship construction and rigging.  This print depicts a smaller ship trying to board a larger one.